1913 Army Cadets football team

1913 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainBenjamin Hoge
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 0
Carlisle   –   10 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 0 – 1
Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 3
Rutgers   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 3 – 2
Geneva   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lafayette   –   4 – 5 – 1
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   3 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 3 – 2
Penn State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1913 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1913 college football season. In their first season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled an 8–1 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 253 to 57 – an average of 28.1 points scored and 6.3 points allowed.[1] The Cadets' only loss was against Notre Dame by a 35 to 13 score. In the annual Army–Navy Game at the Polo Grounds in New York City, the Cadets won 22–9.[2]

End Louis A. Merrilat was a consensus first-team player on the All-America team.[3] Tackle Alex Weyand was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[4] Quarterback Vernon Prichard was selected as a second-team All-American by Harper's Weekly.[5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Stevens
W 34–0
October 11Rutgers
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 29–0[6]
October 18Colgate
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 7–6
October 25Tufts
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 2–0
November 1Notre Dame
L 13–35
November 8Albright
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 77–0
November 15Villanova
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 55–0
November 22Springfield YMCA
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 14–7
November 29vs. Navy
W 22–9

References

  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "1913 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Camp Picks All-American Eleven: 2 Western Men on All-America Football Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 14, 1913.
  5. ^ "Butler of Wisconsin on All-American". Racine Journal-News. December 24, 1913.
  6. ^ "Army eleven wins by 29 to 0 count". The Washington Herald. October 12, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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