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1913 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–2
Head coach
CaptainMelville Boyles
Seasons← 19121914 →
1913 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 0 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
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 1
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
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. Melville Boyles was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Davis & ElkinsMorgantown, WVW 43–0
October 4WaynesburgMorgantown, WVW 45–0
October 11at PittsburghL 0–40
October 18vs. West Virginia WesleyanFairmont, WVL 0–21
October 25Morris HarveyMorgantown, WVT 0–0
November 1MariettaMorgantown, WVT 14–14
November 8Washington & JeffersonMorgantown, WVL 0–342,000
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.
  4. Guy, Richard (October 12, 1913). "West Virginia Beaten By Pitt Team, 40-0". The Gazette Times. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wash-Jeff Beats W. Va". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1913. p. 34. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Washington and Lee beats Mountaineers". The Pittsburgh Post. November 16, 1913. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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