1903 Northwestern Purple football team

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1903 Northwestern Purple football
Western Conference co-champion
Conference Western Conference
Record10–1–3 (1–0–2 Western)
Head coach
Captain Dixie Fleager
Home stadiumSheppard Field
Seasons
←  1902
1904  →
1903 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota + 3 –0 –114 –0 –1
Michigan + 3 –0 –111 –0 –1
Northwestern + 1 –0 –210 –1 –3
Chicago 4 –1 –112 –2 –1
Iowa 1 –1 –09 –2 –0
Indiana 1 –2 –04 –4 –0
Illinois 1 –5 –08 –6 –0
Wisconsin 0 –3 –16 –3 –1
Purdue 0 –2 –04 –2 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1903 Northwestern Purple team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University as a member of the Western Conference (now commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Walter McCornack, the Wildcats compiled a 10–1–3 record (1–0–2 in conference games), shut out eight opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 229 to 67, and tied for the conference championship. They were undefeated in the firt eleven games, finally losing in the final game of the season to the team from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Chicago North Division HS Evanston, IL W 22–5
September 22Fort SheridanEvanston, ILW 28–0
September 23Chicago Englewood HSEvanston, ILW 35–0
September 26 Northwestern College
  • Sheppard Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 22–6 [3]
September 30Northwestern alumniEvanston, ILW 5–0
October 3 Lombard Evanston, ILW 23–0
October 7Chicago DentalEvanston, ILW 18–11
October 10at Washington University
W 23–0 [4]
October 17at Chicago
T 0–0
October 24at Cincinnati
W 35–0
October 31at Illinois
W 12–11
November 14vs. Notre Dame
T 0–0
November 21vs. Wisconsin
T 6–6
November 26vs. Carlisle
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–283,000 [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "1903 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Northwestern Is Humiliated". The Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois. September 27, 1902. p. 2, sporting. Retrieved January 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "Purple Wins Out At St. Louis". The Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois. October 11, 1903. p. 26. Retrieved January 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Purple Outplayed By Wily Redmen". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. November 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Carlisle Defeats Northwestern". Muscatine Journal . Muscatine, Iowa. November 27, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


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