1913 Ohio Northern football team

1913 Ohio Northern football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6–1
Head coach
  • Carl Peters (1st season)
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     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
    4 6 1
Butler     2 4 1
Michigan State Normal     2 3 1
North Dakota Agricultural     0 2 2

The 1913 Ohio Northern football team represented Ohio Northern University as an independent during the 1913 college football season. Led by Carl Peters in his first and only season as head coach, Ohio Northern compiled a record of 4–6–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Pittsburgh
L 6–675,000[1]
October 43:30 p.m.at Notre DameL 0–87[2][3]
October 11at DenisonGranville, OHL 7–16[4]
October 18at Kentucky
L 0–21[5]
October 203:00 p.m.at Transylvania
  • League Park
  • Lexington, KY
L 2–6[6]
October 25AntiochAda, OHW 46–0[7][8]
November 1OtterbeinAda, OHW 19–7[9]
November 8at MariettaMarietta, OHL 13–14[10]
November 15at Mount UnionAlliance, OHT 0–0[11]
November 22HeidelbergAda, OHW 32–0[12]
November 27at Detroit
W 7–0[13]

References

  1. ^ "Ohio Northern is Badly Walloped". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1913. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football Season Opens Here Today—Notre Dame and Ohio Northern the Curtain Raiser—Local Team is Getting Down to Form Through Hard Work". South Bend News-Times. South Bend, Indiana. October 4, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ^ "Notre Dame Squad Wins Initial Game". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. October 6, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ "Ohio Northern Defeated—Loses 16 to 7 to Denison in Hotly Contest Game". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 12, 1913. p. 2C. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ "Wildcats beat Buckeye team". The Courier-Journal. October 19, 1913. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Transylvania 6, Ohio Northern 2". Lexington Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. October 21, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "Northern Has Revenge—Makes Up for Defeats by Smothering Antioch". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 26, 1913. p. 12D. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "Ohio Northern 46, Antioch". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, OH. October 26, 1913. p. 20. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  9. ^ "Ohio Northern Wins". The Cleveland Leader. Cleveland, Ohio. November 2, 1913. p. 4S. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. ^ "Marietta Is Victor—Defeats Northern by Single Point in Good Game". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. November 9, 1913. p. 3C. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  11. ^ "Mount Is Stopped By Ohio Northern". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. November 16, 1913. p. 2C. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  12. ^ "Ohio Northern Has Heidelberg Helpless". The Cleveland Leader. Cleveland, Ohio. November 23, 1913. p. 4W. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  13. ^ K. W. Hall (November 28, 1913). "University Bows to Ohio Northern". Detroit Free Press. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.