1913 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1913 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–2
Head coach
CaptainMelville Boyles
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rice     4 0 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 0 0
Texas     7 1 0
Navy     7 1 1
VMI     7 1 2
Louisville     5 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     5 1 1
Arkansas     7 2 0
Oklahoma     6 2 0
Kendall     5 2 0
TCU     5 2 1
Furman     6 3 0
Maryland     6 3 0
Ole Miss     6 3 1
Presbyterian     5 3 0
Howard (AL)     5 3 1
Richmond     5 3 1
Chattanooga     4 3 0
Oklahoma A&M     4 3 0
South Carolina     4 3 0
Baylor     4 4 2
Florida Southern     1 1 0
Polytechnic (TX)
    2 2 4
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     4 4 0
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 0
West Virginia     3 4 2
Louisiana Industrial     3 4 1
Marshall     3 4 0
Delaware     2 4 2
Catholic University
    1 4 1
Davidson     2 5 0
Mississippi Normal     1 5 1
West Tennessee State Normal     1 2 0
North Texas State Normal     0 1 0
Wake Forest     0 8 0

The 1913 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1913 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Edwin Sweetland, the team compiled a 3–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 137 to 109.[1][2] Melville Boyles was the team captain.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27
Davis & Elkins
Morgantown, WVW 43–0
October 4
Waynesburg
Morgantown, WVW 45–0
October 11at PittsburghPittsburgh, PA (rivalry)L 0–40
October 18vs.
West Virginia Wesleyan
Fairmont, WVL 0–21
October 25
Morris Harvey
Morgantown, WVT 0–0
November 1
Marietta
Morgantown, WVT 14–14
November 8Washington & JeffersonMorgantown, WVL 0–342,000[4]
November 15vs. Washington and LeeCharleston, WVL 0–28
November 27VillanovaMorgantown, WVW 7–0

References

  1. ^ "1913 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 176.
  3. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
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