The 1913 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference during the 1913 college football season. In coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's 22nd year as head coach, the Maroons finished with a 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 27.[1][2]
| 1913 Chicago Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 7–0 (7–0 Western) |
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| Base defense | 7–2–2 |
| Home stadium | Marshall Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1913 for determining a national champion. However, Chicago was retroactively named as the 1913 national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[3]
Center Paul Des Jardien was a consensus first-team selection on the 1913 All-America college football team.[4] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.[5] Other notable players on the 1913 Chicago team included halfback Nelson Norgren, quarterback Paul Russell, and end Huntington.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 4 | Indiana | W 21–7 | 10,000 | [6] | |
| October 18 | Iowa |
| W 23–6 | [7] | |
| October 25 | Purdue |
| W 6–0 | 18,000 | [8] |
| November 1 | Illinois |
| W 28–7 | ||
| November 8 | at Northwestern | W 14–0 | |||
| November 15 | at Minnesota | W 13–7 | 21,000 | ||
| November 22 | Wisconsin |
| W 19–0 |
References
edit- ^ "1913 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Paul Des Jardien". National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Le Count Lovellette (October 5, 1913). "Maroons Beat Indiana, 21 to 7, in Opening Game". The Inter Ocean. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Victors After Hard Fight With Iowa, 23 to 6". Chicago Tribune. October 19, 1913. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ R.W. Lardner (October 26, 1913). "Kicks by Russell Down Purdue, 6-0, Before Big Crowd". Chicago Tribune. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.