1913 Mercer Baptists football team

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1913 Mercer Baptists football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
  1912
1914  
1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Auburn $ 8 0 08 0 0
Mississippi A&M 4 1 16 1 1
Georgia 3 1 06 2 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 07 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 05 3 0
Alabama 4 3 06 3 0
LSU 1 1 26 1 2
Sewanee 2 2 04 3 0
Florida 2 2 04 3 0
Clemson 2 4 04 4 0
Mississippi College 1 2 06 3 0
Tennessee 1 3 06 3 0
The Citadel 0 3 13 4 2
Mercer 0 4 12 5 1
Kentucky 0 1 06 2 0
Texas A&M 0 1 13 4 2
Centre 0 2 02 5 0
Tulane 0 4 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1913 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. [1] The team was led by first-year head coach Lewie Hardage.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
Oct 4at AuburnL 0–53
Oct 1110th District ACW 44–0
Oct 18at Georgia TechL 0–33
Oct 25at The CitadelT 7–7
Nov 1Alabama PresbyterianW 33–0
Nov 8StetsonL 6–13
Nov 17ClemsonL 0–52
Nov 27at FloridaL 0–24

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References

  1. "1913 Mercer Bears Schedule and Results".