1913 Franklin & Marshall football team

1913 Franklin & Marshall football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
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
  –   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 Franklin & Marshall football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College during the 1913 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 54.[1]

Charles Mayser, a successful preparatory coach, was hired as the school's head coach in 1913. Upon arriving, he promised: "I am going to put the F. and M. on the athletic map in letters big and bold."[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27USS ConnecticutLancaster, PAW 69–01,500[3]
October 1at PennL 6–13[4]
October 18St. John's (MD)Lancaster, PAW 47–0
October 25at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 6–3
November 1HaverfordLancaster, PAW 27–6
November 8at MuhlenbergAllentown, PAL 0–25[5]
November 15Lebanon ValleyLancaster, PAW 13–0
November 27GettysburgLancaster, PAW 40–7

References

  1. ^ "Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results" (PDF). Franklin & Marshall University. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "F. & M. Coach To Put College On Athletic Map". The Morning Journal. September 6, 1913. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "F. and M. Makes Sixty-Nine Points on Sailors". The New Era. September 29, 1913. p. 6.
  4. ^ "A Victory in Defeat: F. and M. Gives Penn a Big Scare Wednesday". The New Era. October 2, 1913. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Muhlenberg Victor Over F. & M. 25 to 0". The Allentown Leader. November 10, 1913. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.