The 1913 Chicago Maroons football team was an

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team that represented the

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as a member of the Western Conference during the

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. In coach

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's 22nd year as head coach, the Maroons finished with a 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 27. There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Chicago was retroactively named as the 1914 national champion by the

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and as a co-national champion by

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. Center

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was a consensus first-team selection on the 1913 All-America college football team. He was inducted into the

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in 1955. Other notable players on the 1913 Chicago team included halfback

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, quarterback Paul Russell, and end Huntington.

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