1903 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1903 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In January 1903, Kansas hired Boss Weeks, who was the quarterback of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams at Michigan, as its new head coach.[1] In their only season under Weeks, the Jayhawks compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 118 to 39.[2][3] The Jayhawks played their home games at McCook Field in Lawrence, Kansas. Alpha Brumage was the team captain.[3]

1903 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record6–3
Head coachBoss Weeks (1st season)
CaptainAlpha Brumage
Home stadiumMcCook Field
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska      11 0 0
North Dakota      7 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
American Medical      6 3 0
Kansas      6 3 0
Drake      5 3 0
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
Ohio      2 4 0
Mount Union      2 5 1
DePauw      2 6 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28College of EmporiaW 32–0
October 3Kansas StateW 34–0
October 10Emporia StateW 12–0
October 17at ColoradoW 12–11
October 24HaskellL 6–12
October 31at WashburnL 0–5
November 7OklahomaW 17–5
November 14NebraskaL 0–6
November 26vs. MissouriKansas CityW 5–0

References

  1. "The New Coach: Weeks of Michigan to Land the Place at K.U." Lawrence Weekly World. January 22, 1903. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1903 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 180.
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