In coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's 22nd year as head coach, the Maroons finished with a 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 27.
[1][2] There was no contemporaneous system in 1913 for determining a national champion.
[3] Center Paul Des Jardien was a consensus first-team selection on the 1913 All-America college football team.
[4] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
[5] Other notable players on the 1913 Chicago team included halfback Nelson Norgren, quarterback Paul Russell, and end Huntington.