1913 Cornell Big Red football team

1913 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Albert Sharpe (2nd season)
Captain	John Munns
Home stadium	Percy Field

1913 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1913 college football season. In their second season under head coach Albert Sharpe, the Big Red compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 89.^[1][2] Two Cornell players received honors on Walter Camp's 1913 College Football All-America Team: tackle Jimmie Munns (third team); and end W. H. Fritz (second team).^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Ursinus	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0
October 1	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0
October 4	Oberlin	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 37–12
October 11	Carlisle	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–7
October 18	Bucknell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 10–7		[4]
October 25	Pittsburgh	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–20
November 1	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–23
November 8	Michigan	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–17	6,827
November 15	Lafayette	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 10–3
November 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 21–0

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1910–1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1913 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "Camp Picks All-American Eleven: 2 Western Men on All-America Football Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 14, 1913.
4. "Cornell Lucky To Defeat Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1913. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.