1903 Yale Bulldogs football team

1903 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	11–1
Head coach	George B. Chadwick (1st season)
Captain	Charles D. Rafferty
Home stadium	Yale Field
Seasons ←  1902 1904  →

1903 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
Dickinson			–					7	–	5	–	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

The 1903 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1903 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an 11–1 record under first-year head coach George B. Chadwick. The team outscored its opponents by a combined 312 to 26 score with the only loss being by an 11–6 score to Princeton. ^[1]

Four Yale players (fullback Ledyard Mitchell, end Charles D. Rafferty, tackle James Hogan and guard James Bloomer) were consensus picks for the 1903 College Football All-America Team. ^[2] Quarterback Foster Rockwell and halfback Harold Metcalf were also selected as first-team All-Americans by Charles Chadwick, ^[3] and end Tom Shevlin was a first-team pick by the San Antonio Daily Light. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Trinity (CT)	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 35–0
September 30		Tufts	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 19–0
October 3		Vermont	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 46–0		[5]
October 7		Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 33–0
October 10		Springfield Training School	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–0		[6]
October 14		Holy Cross	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 36–10		[7]
October 17		Penn State	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 27–0
October 24		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 17–5
October 31		at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 25–0		[8]
November 7		Syracuse	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 30–0
November 14		Princeton	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 6–11	30,000	[9] [10]
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 16–0	37,000	[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Roster

• Arthur W. Allen, E
• Leon H. Andrews, T
• Harold S. Batchelder, G
• Lebbeus F. Bissell, T
• James Bloomer, G
• Fernando M. Blount
• Morgan H. Bowman, FB
• Malcolm Farmer, FB
• Carl S. Flanders, G
• Morin S. Hare, E
• James Hogan, T
• Lydig Hoyt, FB
• Willard Hyatt
• Ralph Kinney, T
• Frank McCoy, HB
• Harold G. Metcalf, QB
• James E. Miller, G
• Ledyard Mitchell, HB
• John A. Moorhead, E
• Sydney B. Morton, G
• Chester T. Neal, E
• Jack Owsley, HB
• James C. Preston, HB
• Charles D. Rafferty, E
• Foster Rockwell, QB
• J. Clinton Roraback, C
• Tom Shevlin, E
• Philip C. Smith, C
• Willard B. Soper, HB
• John A. Stevenson, FB
• Stillman, E
• Spencer Turner, T
• Twitchwell, QB
• Burnside Winslow

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References

1. "1903 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
3. "Crack Football Eleven". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1903.
4. "The Ideal All-American Team". San Antonio Daily Light. December 14, 1903.
5. "Yale 46, Vermont 0". The New York Times. October 4, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Gave Yale A Battle". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Holy Cross surprises Yale". Journal and Courier. October 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yale's football victory". The New York Times. November 1, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved June 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Princeton Wins Big Football Game: Yale Beaten at New Haven in Grand Contest by 11 to 6". The New York Times. November 15, 1903. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Princeton, Rah! Yale Swallows An 11-6 Defeat On Home Ground Before Ancient Rival". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 15, 1903. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Harvard And Yale Ready For The Fray". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
12. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Harvard And Yale Ready For The Fray (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
13. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Harvard And Yale Ready For The Fray (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
14. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Harvard Fight Hard But Yale Wins 16-0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
15. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Yale Wins 16-0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
16. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 21, 1903). "Yale Wins 16-0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
17. "All-Time Lettermen (DOC)". Yale University Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2025.