The 1913 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

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team that represented the

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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 reco ...

. In their first season under head coach

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, the Illini compiled a 4–2–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Western Conference. Fullback Enos M. Rowe was the team captain.

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