1913 Army Cadets football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1913

| team = Army Cadets

| sport = football

| image = Group photo of the 1913 West Point football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 8–1

| head_coach = Charles Dudley Daly

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Benjamin Hoge

| stadium = The Plain

}}

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. 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 {{nowrap|won 22–9.{{cite web|title=1913 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=July 29, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1913-schedule.html}}}}

End Louis A. Merrilat was a consensus first-team player on the All-America team.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=August 16, 2014|page=4|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|title=Camp Picks All-American Eleven: 2 Western Men on All-America Football Team|work=The Indianapolis Star|date=December 14, 1913}} Quarterback Vernon Prichard was selected as a second-team All-American by Harper's Weekly.{{cite news|title=Butler of Wisconsin on All-American|publisher=Racine Journal-News|date=December 24, 1913}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1913|team=Stevens|title=Stevens}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 34–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| w/l = w

| opponent = Rutgers

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 29–0

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-herald-army-eleven-wins-b/136156196/|work=The Washington Herald|title=Army eleven wins by 29 to 0 count|date=October 12, 1913|accessdate=December 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| w/l = w

| opponent = Colgate

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 7–6

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| w/l = w

| opponent = Tufts

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 2–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = l

| opponent = Notre Dame

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 13–35

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1913|team=Albright Red and White|title=Albright}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 77–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = w

| opponent = Villanova

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 55–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1913|team=Springfield YMCA|title=Springfield YMCA}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 14–7

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 29

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = Navy

| site_stadium = Polo Grounds

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = Army–Navy Game

| score = 22–9

}}

References

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Category:Army Black Knights football seasons

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