1913 Christian Brothers football team

The 1913 Christian Brothers football team represented the Christian Brothers College during the 1913 college football season. 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. The team broke the school's scoring record with 97 points against Cape Girardeau Normal.

1913 Christian Brothers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
  • Luke Kelly
Home stadiumRobison Field
1913 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
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 team was reported to be the first college footbal team to adopt "the figure system of numbering the players" -- a system in which each athlete was numbered aaccoring 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.

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