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1913 Detroit Tigers football team

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1913 Detroit Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
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 Detroit Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Detroit in the 1913 college football season. In its first season under head coach George M. Lawton, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 166 to 85.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27Polish SeminaryW 52–0[2]
October 4Battle Creek "Y"Detroit< MIW 61–0[3]
October 11at Assumption (ON)Sandwich, Windsor, ONW 7–0[4]
October 18Olivet
  • Mack Park
  • Detroit
W 13–12
October 25at Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MIT 0–0[5]
November 1Michigan freshmenDetroit, MIL 6–39
November 8Loyola (IL)W 27–6
November 15at HeidelbergTiffin, OHL 0–21[6]
November 27Ohio Northern
  • Mack Park
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–7[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "University Team Beats Poles, 44-0". Detroit Free Press. September 28, 1913. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U. of D. Buries the Battle Creek Team". Detroit Free Press. October 5, 1913. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ K. W. Hall (October 12, 1913). "Assumption Holds the University". Detroit Free Press. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ypsi Normals Hold Lawton's Team to Draw". Detroit Free Press. October 26, 1913. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "U. of D. Falls Before Ohioans by 21-0 Score". Detroit Free Press. November 16, 1913. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ K. W. Hall (November 28, 1913). "University Bows to Ohio Northern". Detroit Free Press. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.