1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

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1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
CaptainFloyd Ritzman, Donald Kays
Home stadium Glidden Field
Seasons
←  1902
1904  →
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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
Fairmount  – 6 –2 –0
Wabash  – 9 –3 –0
St. Xavier  – 7 –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
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
Mount Union  – 2 –5 –1
DePauw  – 2 –6 –1
Miami (OH)  – 1 –4 –0
Western Illinois  – 0 –2 –1
Missouri  – 1 –7 –1
Cincinnati  – 1 –8 –0
Baldwin–Wallace  – 0 –1 –0
Buchtel  – 0 –2 –0
Butler  – 0 –3 –0
Chicago P&S  – 0 –4 –0

The 1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1903 college football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach John A. H. Keith and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 4–2 record. Floyd Ritzman and Donald Kays were the team's co-captains. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Belvidere Business College Belvidere, IL W 6–0 [2]
October 10Alumni
W 6–0 [3]
October 24at Platteville Normal Platteville, WI L 0–12 [4]
November 7 Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 23–0 [5]
November 14at Eastern Illinois Charleston, IL L 0–29 [6]
November 21Belvidere/DeKalb team [lower-alpha 1]
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 15–0 [7]
November 26 DeKalb High School
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
 Canceled [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled with Belvidere Business College. The college only sent three players, who formed a team with players from DeKalb.

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References

  1. ↑ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Met Gridiron Grief". Belvidere Daily Republican. October 5, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Normals Win". The Daily Chronicle . October 12, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Platteville 12, DeKalb 0". The Platteville Journal. October 28, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Win And Lose". The Daily Chronicle . November 9, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Foot Ball Games". The Daily Chronicle . November 16, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Foot Ball". The Daily Chronicle . November 23, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "No Foot Ball Game". The Daily Chronicle . November 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.


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