1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team

The 1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team represented Southwestern College in the 1913 college football season.[1] The team won the Kansas State Championship.[2]

1913 Southwestern Moundbuilders football
KCAC co-champion
ConferenceKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
1913 record6–1–1 (4–1–1 KCAC)
Head coachFred Clapp (5th season)
1913 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
College of Emporia + 5 0 1  5 2 1
Southwestern (KS) + 4 1 1  6 1 1
Washburn 2 0 2  3 2 2
Kansas State 2 1 1  3 4 1
Baker 3 2 0  4 4 0
Friends 3 2 0  ? ? ?
Kansas State Normal 4 4 0  4 6 0
Cooper 3 3 0  ? ? ?
Pittsburg Normal 1 1 1  4 2 1
St. Mary's (KS) 2 3 0  3 4 1
Fairmount 1 6 0  2 6 1
Hays Normal 0 1 0  4 2 0
Kansas City University 0 2 0  0 3 0
Ottawa 0 4 0  1 4 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Clapp fielded an African American player for his team. Kansas Normal School (now called Pittsburg State University officially launched a formal protest against the appearance of the player.[3] In that same game, a player named Fred Hamilton was playing left halfback and was injured to the extent of having a broken neck and paralyzed arms.[4] The game ended in a 6-6 tie.[5]

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