1913 Christian Brothers football team

1913 Christian Brothers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRobison Field
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Agricultural     7 0 0
Notre Dame     7 0 0
Western State Normal (MI)     4 0 0
Haskell     10 1 0
Michigan     6 1 0
Lake Forest     5 1 1
Doane     5 1 2
St. Mary's (OH)     4 1 1
Christian Brothers (MO)     6 2 1
Wabash     5 2 0
Detroit     5 3 1
Heidelberg     4 3 0
Marquette     4 3 1
Mount Union     4 3 2
Saint Louis     5 4 1
Lincoln (MO)     1 1 0
South Dakota     3 3 0
Northern Illinois State     3 3 3
Akron     3 4 0
Iowa State Teachers     2 3 1
Ohio Northern     4 6 1
Butler     2 4 1
Michigan State Normal     2 3 1
North Dakota Agricultural     0 2 2

The 1913 Christian Brothers football team represented the Christian Brothers College during the 1913 college football season.[1] The Brothers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 251 to 85. Luke Kelly was the team's head coach for the second year.[2][3] The team broke the school's scoring record with 97 points against Cape Girardeau Normal.[4]

The 1913 Christian Brothers team was reported to be the first college football team to adopt "the figure system of numbering the players" -- a system in which each athlete was numbered according to his position on the field, and the names and numbers of each player were printed on score cards that were distributed to the spectators.[5]

  1. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kelly Prepares for Big De Paul Battle". St. Louis Star. October 31, 1913. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Luke Kelly's Contract Received at College". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. April 3, 1912. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "C.B.C Plays Canton". St. Louis Star. September 25, 1913. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.