1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team

The 1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team represented Southwestern College in the 1913 college football season. The team won the Kansas State Championship.[1]

1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football
KCAC co-champion
ConferenceKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–1–1 (4–1–1 KCAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
College of Emporia + 5 0 1 5 2 1
Southwestern (KS) + 4 1 1 6 1 1
Washburn 2 0 2 3 2 2
Kansas State 2 1 1 3 4 1
Baker 3 2 0 4 4 0
Friends 3 2 0 ? ? ?
Kansas State Normal 4 4 0 4 6 0
Cooper 3 3 0 ? ? ?
Pittsburg Normal 1 1 1 4 2 1
St. Mary's (KS) 2 3 0 3 4 1
Fairmount 1 6 0 2 6 1
Hays Normal 0 1 0 4 2 0
Kansas City University 0 2 0 0 3 0
Ottawa 0 4 0 1 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Clapp fielded an African American player for his team. Kansas Normal School (now called Pittsburg State University officially launched a formal protest against the appearance of the player.[2] In that same game, a player named Fred Hamilton was playing left halfback and was injured to the extent of having a broken neck and paralyzed arms.[3] The game ended in a 6–6 tie.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Oklahoma Methodist*Winfield, KSW 47–0[5]
October 3at Kansas StateW 13–10
October 17Oklahoma Tech*Winfield, KSW 19–13[6][7]
October 24at FairmountWichita, KSW 29–7[8][9][10]
October 31Ottawa (KS)Winfield, KSW 75–0[11]
November 6at Kansas State NormalEmporia, KSL 10–28[12]
NovemberBakerW 21–13
November 25at Pittsburg NormalPittsburg, KST 6–6[13][14]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1913 Moundbuilders Football Team to be Recognized Saturday". KCACSports.com. September 10, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  2. ^ New York Times "Protest Negro Football Player" November 21, 1913
  3. ^ Reading Eagle "Telegrams" December 3, 1913
  4. ^ College Football Data Warehouse Fred H. Clapp Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine 1913 Football Season
  5. ^ "Oklahoma M. U. Down To Defeat". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. September 27, 1913. p. 7. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "We Have Been Mighty Busy". The Topeka state journal. October 18, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "On The Gridiron". The Topeka state journal. October 16, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "On The Gridiron". The Topeka state journal. October 30, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  9. ^ "On The Gridiron". The Topeka state journal. October 24, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  10. ^ "Sports". The Lake County times. October 25, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "On The Gridiron". The Topeka state journal. October 31, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "Football Gossip". The Topeka state journal. November 6, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  13. ^ "1913 Football Schedule - Pittsburg State University Athletics". Pittsburg State University. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "Color Line Drawn". The Topeka state journal. November 21, 1913. Retrieved November 8, 2024.