1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Herman Olcott (2nd season)
Captain	G. Lyle Jones
Home stadium	Campus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons ←  1902 1904  →

1903 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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

The 1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1903 college football season. The team captain for the 1903 season was G. Lyle Jones. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	12:35 p.m. [2]	Guilford	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 15–0
October 3	12:30 p.m. [3]	Oak Ridge Military Academy	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 45–0
October 10	4:15 p.m. [4]	at South Carolina	Davis Field Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 17–0		[5]
October 17	3:00 p.m. [6]	vs. VMI	Fair Grounds (Roanoke) Roanoke, VA	W 28–6		[7]
October 24	2:00 p.m. [8]	vs. Georgetown	Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA	L 0–33	2,000 [9]	[8] [10] [11]
October 31	3:30 p.m. [12]	vs. Kentucky University	Cone Athletic Park (I) Greensboro, NC	L 5–6
November 7	3:20 p.m. [13]	vs. VPI	Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA	L 0–21	2,000 [14]	[15]
November 14		Clemson	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 11–6
November 25	2:00 p.m. [16]	vs. Virginia	Broad Street Park (I) Richmond, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 16–0	7,000 [17]	[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

References

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17. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 03, 1903, Image 3". December 3, 1903. p. 3.
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19. "The Gridiron Warriors Are Here (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
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21. "The Boys From Chapel Hill Defeated The University of Virginia, 16 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
22. "Chapel Hill Boys Defeat Virginia (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .