1913 Western Conference football season

Sports season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1913 Western Conference football season was the eighteenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1913 college football season. This was Ohio State's first year as members of the conference.

SportFootball

Teams9

ChampionChicago

Quick facts Sport, Teams ...

1913 Western Conference football season
Sport	Football
Teams	9
Champion	Chicago
Football seasons
1912 1914

Close

More information Conf., Overall ...

1913 Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Chicago $	7	â	0	â	0			7	â	0	â	0
Iowa	2	â	1	â	0			5	â	2	â	0
Minnesota	2	â	1	â	0			5	â	2	â	0
Purdue	2	â	1	â	2			4	â	1	â	2
Illinois	2	â	2	â	1			4	â	2	â	1
Wisconsin	1	â	2	â	1			3	â	3	â	1
Ohio State	1	â	2	â	0			4	â	2	â	1
Indiana	2	â	4	â	0			3	â	4	â	0
Northwestern	0	â	6	â	0			1	â	6	â	0

$ â Conference champion

Close

Season overview

The Chicago Maroons won the Western title with a perfect 7â0 record, of which all seven victories were conference wins. Chicago was also retroactively named as the 1913 national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[1]

Iowa and Minnesota finished behind Chicago with 5-2 records and both went 2â1 in Western play. Purdue fell right behind with a 4-1-2 record, (2â1â2).

Illinois ended their season at 4-2-1 (2â2â1). Wisconsin wound up 3-3-1 (1â2â1) while newcomer Ohio State came in at 4-2-1 (1â2).

Indiana finished at 3-4 (2â4) while Northwestern followed at 1â6, with all six losses coming at the hands of Western rivals.

Chicago

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Indiana	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 21â7	10,000	^[2]
October 18	Iowa	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 23â6		^[3]
October 25	Purdue	Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 6â0	18,000	^[4]
November 1	Illinois	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 28â7		^{[citation needed]}
November 8	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 14â0		^{[citation needed]}
November 15	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 13â7	21,000	^{[citation needed]}
November 22	Wisconsin	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 19â0		^{[citation needed]}

Close

Iowa

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 4	Iowa State Teachers*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 45â3	^{[citation needed]}
October 6	Cornell (IA)*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 76â0	^{[citation needed]}
October 18	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 6â23	^[3]
October 25	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 78â6	^{[citation needed]}
November 8	Indiana	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 60â0	^{[citation needed]}
November 15	Iowa State*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 45â7	^{[citation needed]}
November 22	at Nebraska*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 0â12	^{[citation needed]}
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Close

Minnesota

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	South Dakota*	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 14â0	7,000
October 4	Iowa State*	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 25â0	3,000
October 18	at Nebraska*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 0â7	9,000
October 25	North Dakota*	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 30â0	2,500
November 1	at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 21â3	11,000
November 15	Chicago	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 7â13	21,000
November 22	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 19â9	3,500
*Non-conference game

Close

Purdue

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Wabash*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 26â0		^{[citation needed]}
October 11	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 34â0		^{[citation needed]}
October 18	Wisconsin	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	T 7â7		^{[citation needed]}
October 25	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 0â6	18,000	^[4]
November 8	Rose Polytechnic*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 62â0		^{[citation needed]}
November 15	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	T 0â0		^{[citation needed]}
November 22	at Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 42â7		^[5]^[6]
*Non-conference game

Close

Illinois

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Kentucky*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 21â0		^[8]
October 11	Missouri*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 24â7
October 18	Northwestern	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 37â0		^[9]
October 25	at Indiana	Washington Park Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)	W 10â0	8,500	^[10]
November 1	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 7â28	20,000	^[11]
November 15	Purdue	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	T 0â0	7,000	^[12]
November 22	Minnesota	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 9â19	3,500	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Close

Wisconsin

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lawrence*	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 58â7		^{[citation needed]}
October 11	Marquette*	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 13â0		^{[citation needed]}
October 18	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	T 7â7		^{[citation needed]}
October 25	Michigan Agricultural*	Randall Field Madison, WI	L 7â12		^[14]
November 1	Minnesota	Randall Field Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 3â21	11,000	^{[citation needed]}
November 8	Ohio State	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 12â0		^{[citation needed]}
November 22	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 0â19		^{[citation needed]}
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Close

Ohio State

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Ohio Wesleyan*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 58â0	3,500	^[15]
October 11	Western Reserve*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 14â8		^{[citation needed]}
October 18	Oberlin*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	T 0â0		^{[citation needed]}
November 1	Indiana	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 6â7		^{[citation needed]}
November 8	at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI	L 0â12		^{[citation needed]}
November 15	Case*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 18â0		^[16]
November 22	Northwestern	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 58â0		^[17]

Close

Indiana

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	DePauw*	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 48â3		^{[citation needed]}
October 4	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 7â21	10,000	^[2]
October 25	vs. Illinois	Washington Park Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)	L 0â10	8,500	^[10]
November 1	at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 7â6		^{[citation needed]}
November 8	at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 0â60		^{[citation needed]}
November 15	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 21â20		^[18]^[19]
November 22	Purdue	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 7â42		^[5]^[6]
*Non-conference game

Close

^[20]^[21]^[22]

Northwestern

More information Date, Opponent ...

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lake Forest*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 10â0		^{[citation needed]}
October 11	Purdue	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 0â34		^{[citation needed]}
October 18	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0â37		^{[citation needed]}
October 25	Iowa	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 6â78		^{[citation needed]}
November 8	Chicago	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 0â14		^{[citation needed]}
November 15	Indiana	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 20â21		^[18]^[19]
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 0â58		^{[citation needed]}
*Non-conference game

Close

Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1913 season.

All-American honors

Bob Butler, Tackle, Wisconsin (WCâ2; HW-1; MFP-1; SBH-1; TT-2)
Huntington, End, Chicago (INS-2)
Paul Des Jardien, Center, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WCâ1; HW-1; INS-1; TT-2)
Ray Keeler, Guard, Wisconsin (INS-1; MFP-2)
Nelson Norgren, Halfback, Chicago (WCâ3; INS-2; MFP-2; FY-1)
Elmer Oliphant, Halfback, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (TT-2)
Paul Russell, Quarterback, Chicago (HW-1; INS-2)
Lorin Solon, End, Minnesota (WCâ3; INS-2; MFP-1; FY-1)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1913

WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp^[23]
INS = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of the International News Service^[24]

Other selectors

HW = Harper's Weekly, as selected by football critic Herman Reed^[25]
MFP = Milwaukee Free Press^[26]
FY = Fielding H. Yost, head coach at the University of Michigan^[27]
PHD = Parke H. Davis, Princeton's representative on the football rules committee, in the New York Herald^[28]^[29]
TT = Tom Thorp, former captain of Columbia football team and head football coach at Fordham University^[29]^[30]
SBH = S. B. Hunt in the Newark Sunday Call^[29]
TET = Trenton Evening-Times, selected by a "well known gridiron critic whose name is withheld by special request"^[31]

Bold = Consensus All-American^{[citation needed]}

1 â First-team selection
2 â Second-team selection
3 â Third-team selection

All-Western selections

Ends

Lorin Solon, Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-2, WE-1)
Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (CDN-2 [fullback], CRH, ECP-1 [guard]) (CFHOF)
Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2)
Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2, WE-2)
Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1)
Harold Pogue, Illinois (IO-2)

Tackles

Bob Butler, Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2, IO-2)
Harold Ernest Goettler, Chicago (CDN-2)

Guards

Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2)
Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1)
H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2)

Centers

Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2)

Quarterbacks

Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2)
Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2)
Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)

Halfbacks

Nelson Norgren, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2)
Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF)

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI