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1913 Army Cadets football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Home stadium
  
The Plain

1913 record
  
8–1

Head coach
  
Charles Dudley Daly (1st year)

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, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 22 to 9 score.

End Louis A. Merrilat was a consensus first-team player on the 1913 College Football All-America Team. 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. Quarterback Vernon Prichard was selected as a second-team All-American by Harper's Weekly.

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1913 Army Cadets football team Wikipedia