1903 college football season

American college football season

1903 college football season

Harvard-Dartmouth game

Champion(s)| Michigan
Princeton
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The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions.[1]

## Conference standings[edit]

### Major conference standings[edit]

1903 Colorado Football Association standings |

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Colorado $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Colorado Agricultural | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Colorado Mines | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colorado College | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Denver | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Clemson \+  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1
Cumberland (TN) \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Sewanee | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Vanderbilt | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Mississippi A&M | 2  | - | 0  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2
Georgia | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Ole Miss | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1
Texas | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
Kentucky State | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Alabama | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Auburn | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Tennessee | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Georgia Tech | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tulane | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1
Mercer | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Nashville | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
LSU | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
SW Presbyterian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |  |

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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

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### Independents[edit]

1903 Eastern college football independents records  |

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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
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Nebraska |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
North Dakota |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Central Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Iowa State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Marquette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Lake Forest |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
North Dakota Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Haskell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
St. Xavier |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Fairmount |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wabash |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wittenberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Doane |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0
Northern Illinois State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
American Medical |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kansas |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drake |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kirksville Osteopaths |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Iowa State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Ohio Medical |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Michigan State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Heidelberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Kansas State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Detroit College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Shurtleff |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Ohio |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
South Dakota Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0
Mount Union |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
DePauw |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Miami (OH) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Missouri |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Western Illinois |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1
Cincinnati |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Baldwin–Wallace |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Buchtel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
Butler |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Chicago P&S |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0
1903 Southern college football independents records  |

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Livingstone |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
Kentucky University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
West Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
VPI |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
South Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Stetson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1
Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Georgetown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
VMI |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0
Texas A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
North Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Maryland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
East Florida Seminary |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Florida State College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Oklahoma |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 3
Kendall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Louisiana Industrial |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
North Carolina A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Oklahoma A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Tusculum |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Arkansas |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 1
Howard (AL) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Columbian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Florida |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Goldey College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1
Davidson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Tennessee Docs |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0
TCU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
1903 Far West college football independents records  |

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Stanford |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 3
California |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Washington |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Oregon |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
USC |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Albany College (OR) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Utah Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
New Mexico A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1
Arizona |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Tempe Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Wyoming |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Utah |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Nevada State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Oregon Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Montana |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Academy of Idaho  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1

### Minor conferences[edit]

Conference  | Champion(s)  | Record

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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Albion
Michigan Agricultural | 4–1
Ohio Athletic Conference | Case | 5–0

### Minor conference standings[edit]

1903 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Michigan Agricultural \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1

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1903 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings |

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Case $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Ohio State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Oberlin | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Ohio Wesleyan | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Western Reserve | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Kenyon | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

## Awards and honors[edit]

### All-Americans[edit]

Main article: 1903 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position  | Name  | Height  | Weight (lbs.)  | Class  | Hometown  | Team

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QB | Jimmy Johnson | 5'7"  | 138  | Sr.  | Edgerton, Wisconsin | Carlisle
QB | Myron E. Witham |  |  | Sr.  | Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts | Dartmouth
HB | Willie Heston | 5'8"  | 190  | Jr.  | Grant's Pass, Oregon | Michigan
HB | Dana Kafer |  |  | Sr.  | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | Princeton
FB | Richard Shore Smith |  |  | Sr.  |  | Columbia
FB | Ledyard Mitchell |  |  | Sr.  |  | Yale
E | Howard Henry |  |  | Sr.  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Princeton
T | Daniel Knowlton |  |  | So.  |  | Harvard
T | James Hogan | 5'10"  | 210  | Jr.  | County Tipperary, Ireland | Yale
G | John DeWitt | 6'1"  | 198  | Sr.  | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Princeton
G | Andrew Marshall |  |  | Sr.  | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Harvard
C | Henry Hooper |  |  | Sr.  | New Hampshire | Dartmouth
G | James Bloomer |  |  | Jr.  | Cincinnati, Ohio | Yale
T | Fred Schacht |  |  | Sr.  | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minnesota
E | Charles D. Rafferty |  |  | Sr.  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Yale

### Statistical leaders[edit]

* Players scoring most points: Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan, 163

## References[edit]

1. ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

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