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The 1913 Cornell Big Red football team was an
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team that represented
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during the
1913 college football season The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as having been selected national champions. All three teams finished with undefeated re ...
. In their second season under head coach Albert Sharpe, the Big Red compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 89. Two Cornell players received honors on
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1913 College Football All-America Team The 1913 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1913 college football season. The only two selectors who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the National Col ...
: tackle Jimmie Munns (third team); and end W. H. Fritz (second team).


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Cornell Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach a ...
Cornell Big Red football seasons
Cornell Big Red football The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the ol ...