1903 college football season

1903 college football season
Harvard–Dartmouth game
Champion(s)	Michigan Princeton
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The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions. ^[1]

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1903 Colorado Football Association standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Colorado $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Colorado Agricultural 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0 Colorado Mines 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Colorado College 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Denver 0 – 4 – 0 6 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Clemson + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 1 Cumberland (TN) + 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 Sewanee 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 Mississippi A&M 2 – 0 – 2 3 – 0 – 2 Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Ole Miss 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 1 – 1 Texas 0 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 2 Kentucky State 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Alabama 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Auburn 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0 Tennessee 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Georgia Tech 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Tulane 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 1 Mercer 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0 Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 LSU 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 SW Presbyterian   –     –   + – Conference co-champions

1903 Western Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Minnesota + 3 – 0 – 1 14 – 0 – 1 Michigan + 3 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1 Northwestern + 1 – 0 – 2 10 – 1 – 3 Chicago 4 – 1 – 1 12 – 2 – 1 Iowa 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Indiana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 8 – 6 – 0 Wisconsin 0 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Purdue 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 + – Conference co-champions

Independents

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 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	1903 Midwestern college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   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	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
1903 Far West college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Stanford   –   8 – 0 – 3 California   –   6 – 1 – 2 Washington   –   6 – 1 – 0 Oregon   –   4 – 2 – 1 USC   –   4 – 2 – 0 Albany   –   4 – 3 – 0 Utah Agricultural   –   3 – 0 – 0 New Mexico A&M   –   2 – 0 – 1 Arizona   –   2 – 0 – 0 Tempe Normal   –   2 – 0 – 0 Wyoming   –   3 – 2 – 0 Washington Agricultural   –   3 – 3 – 2 Utah   –   3 – 5 – 0 Nevada State   –   2 – 4 – 2 Oregon Agricultural   –   2 – 4 – 1 Montana   –   2 – 5 – 0 Academy of Idaho   –   0 – 1 – 1

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Albion Michigan Agricultural	4–1
Ohio Athletic Conference	Case	5–0

Minor conference standings

1903 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Michigan Agricultural + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1 + – Conference co-champions

1903 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Case $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Ohio State 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Oberlin 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Ohio Wesleyan 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Western Reserve 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Kenyon 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1903 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Jimmy Johnson	5'7"	138	Sr.	Edgerton, Wisconsin	Carlisle
QB	Myron E. Witham			Sr.	Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts	Dartmouth
HB	Willie Heston	5'8"	190	Jr.	Grant's Pass, Oregon	Michigan
HB	Dana Kafer			Sr.	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	Princeton
FB	Richard Shore Smith			Sr.		Columbia
FB	Ledyard Mitchell			Sr.		Yale
E	Howard Henry			Sr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Princeton
T	Daniel Knowlton			So.		Harvard
T	James Hogan	5'10"	210	Jr.	County Tipperary, Ireland	Yale
G	John DeWitt	6'1"	198	Sr.	Phillipsburg, New Jersey	Princeton
G	Andrew Marshall			Sr.	Phillipsburg, New Jersey	Harvard
C	Henry Hooper			Sr.	New Hampshire	Dartmouth
G	James Bloomer			Jr.	Cincinnati, Ohio	Yale
T	Fred Schacht			Sr.	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minnesota
E	Charles D. Rafferty			Sr.	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Yale

Statistical leaders

• Players scoring most points: Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan, 163

References

1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.