1903 Shurtleff football team

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1903 Shurtleff football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
CaptainE. Swain (quarterback), Louis Haight (fullback)
Home stadiumSportsman's Park
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
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
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 Shurtleff football team represented Shurtleff College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. The team played at Sportsman's Park in Alton, Illinois. The field was owned by the Western Military Academy.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 263:10 p.m.St. Louis High School
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Alton, IL
L 0–10 [1] [2]
October 1at Illinois College Jacksonville, IL L 0–6 [3] [4]
October 10at McKendree Lebanon, IL L 6–51 [5]
October 17 Washington University
L 0–28 [6]
October 24 Smith Academy
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Alton, IL
T 6–6 [7]
October 31Marion-Sims College of Medicine
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Alton, IL
W 29–0 [8] [9]
November 7St. Louis Manual Training School
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Alton, IL
W 30–0 or 24–0 [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. "Alton Notes and Personals". The St Louis Republic. 1903-09-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. "High School Wins rom Shurtleff". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-09-27. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  3. "high and Manual Mett In Battle". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-10-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. "Illinois College Wins Game". The Dispatch. 1903-10-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. "McKendree 51, Shurtleff 6". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-10-11. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "Washington Wins From Shurtleff". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-10-18. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. "Shurtleff Ties With Smith Acad". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-10-25. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  8. "Shurtleff Beat Marion-Sims". The St Louis Republic. 1903-11-01. p. 32. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  9. "Shurtleff Wins from Marion-Sims Dentals". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1903-11-01. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  10. "Manual Training Badly Beaten". The St Louis Republic. 1903-11-08. p. 46. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  11. "Shurtleff Wins By Extra Weight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-11-08. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  12. "Shurtleff, 30; Manual, 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1903-11-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-18.