1903 Syracuse Orangemen football team

American college football season

1903 Syracuse Orangemen football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–4
Head coach|

* Ancil D. Brown & Jason B. Parrish (1st season)

Captain| Frank H. O'Neill
Home stadium| Old Oval

Seasons

<- 1902

1904 ->

1903 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Delaware |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 8  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Springfield Training School |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Western U. Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 1

The 1903 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1903 college football season.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 19| Cortland| Syracuse, NY| W 23–0| 2,000|
September 26| Onondaga Indians| Syracuse, NY| W 35–0| |
October 3| Clarkson| Syracuse, NY| W 34–0| |
October 10| RPI| Syracuse, NY| W 33–0| |
October 17| Colgate| Syracuse, NY (rivalry)| L 5–10| 3,000| [2]
October 24| Williams| Syracuse, NY| L 5–17| 2,500|
October 31| Niagara| Syracuse, NY| W 47–0| |
November 7| at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–30| 5,000|
November 14| Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| L 5–12| 3,800|

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## References

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1. ^ "1903 Syracuse Orangemen Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ "Colgate Beats Syracuse, 10 to 5". New York Daily Tribune. October 18, 1903. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

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Syracuse Orange football

Venues|

* Star Park (1889–1894)
* Old Oval (1895–1906)
* Archbold Stadium (1907–1978)
* Giants Stadium (1979)
* Rich Stadium (1979)
* Schoellkopf Field (1979)
* JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Colgate
* Penn State
* Pittsburgh
* UConn
* West Virginia

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* Otto the Orange
* Alma Mater
* "Down the Field"
* Marching band
* The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
* Scandal
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* Highest-scoring game

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