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1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
1913 record7–0
Head coachJesse Harper (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainKnute Rockne
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →

Template:1913 college football independents records The 1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1913 college football season.

Jesse Harper became head coach in 1913 and remained so until he retired in 1917. During his tenure the Irish began playing only intercollegiate games and posted a record of 34 wins, five losses, and one tie. This period also marked the beginning of the rivalry with Army and the continuation of rivalries with Michigan State. In an effort to gain respect for a regionally successful but small-time Midwestern football program, Harper scheduled games in his first season with national powerhouses Texas, Penn State, and Army.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4[[{{{school}}}|Ohio Northern]]W 87–0
October 18South Dakota
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 20–7
October 25[[{{{school}}}|Alma]]
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 62–0
November 1at ArmyW 35–13
November 8at Penn StateW 14–7
November 22at Christian BrothersSt. Louis, MOW 20–7
November 27at Texas
W 30–7

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Season summary[]

Week 4: at Army[]

Notre Dame burst into the national consciousness and helped to transform the collegiate game in a single contest. On November 1, the Notre Dame squad stunned Army 35–13 on The Plain at West Point.[1][2] Led by quarterback Gus Dorais and future legendary head coach Knute Rockne at end, Notre Dame attacked the Cadets with an offense that featured both the expected powerful running game but also long and accurate downfield forward passes from Dorais to Rockne.

This game has often been miscredited as the invention of the forward pass. Prior to this contest, receivers would come to a full-stop and wait on the ball to come to them, but in this contest, Dorais threw to Rockne in stride, changing the forward pass from a seldom-used play into the dominant ball-moving strategy that it is today.

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