1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 8–6 (1–5 Western)
Head coach|

* George Woodruff (1st season)

Captain| Claude Rothgeb
Home stadium| Illinois Field

Seasons

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1904 →

1903 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Minnesota \+  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 14  | – | 0  | – | 1
Michigan \+  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 11  | – | 0  | – | 1
Northwestern \+  | 1  | – | 0  | – | 2 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 3
Chicago | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 12  | – | 2  | – | 1
Iowa | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Indiana | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Illinois | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 6  | – | 0
Wisconsin | 0  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Purdue | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

The 1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Illini compiled an 8–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Western Conference.[1] Guard/end Claude Rothgeb was the team captain.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 19| Englewood High School|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 45–5|
September 26| Lombard|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 43–0|
September 30| Kirksville Osteopaths|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 36–0|
October 3| Knox|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 29–5|
October 7| Chicago Physicians and Surgeons|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 40–0|
October 10| Rush Medical|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 64–0|
October 14| Chicago Dental|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 54–0|
October 17| at Purdue |

* Stuart Field
* Lafayette, IN (rivalry)

| W 24–0|
October 24| at Chicago|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| L 6–18|
October 31| Northwestern|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| L 11–12|
November 6| at Indiana|

* Jordan Field
* Bloomington, IN (rivalry)

| L 0–17|
November 14| Minnesota|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| L 0–32|
November 21| at Iowa|

* Iowa Field
* Iowa City, IA

| L 0–12| [3]
November 26| at Nebraska|

* Antelope Field
* Lincoln, NE

| L 0–16|

## References

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1. ^ "1903 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
3. ^ "Illinois Gets Big Surprise: Is Defeated by Iowa by a Score of 12 to 0". The Davenport Daily Leader. November 22, 1903. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

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* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Illibuck
* Purdue

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* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
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* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2021 Penn State game

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