1903 college football season

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]

1903 college football season
Harvard–Dartmouth game
Champion(s)Michigan
Princeton
football seasons

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1903 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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  2 –2 –0
LSU 0 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
SW Presbyterian   –      –  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1903 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Major independents
1903 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Temple   –    4 –1 –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
Brown   –    5 –4 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –4 –0
Fordham   –    1 –1 –0
Frankin & Marshall   –    5 –5 –1
Rutgers   –    4 –4 –1
Villanova   –    2 –2 –0
Tufts   –    5 –8 –0
Duquesne   –    3 –5 –0
Wesleyan   –    3 –6 –1
NYU   –    2 –5 –0
New Hampshire   –    2 –6 –1
Western U. Penn.   –    0 –8 –1
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
1903 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Kentucky University   –    7 –1 –0
West Virginia   –    7 –1 –0
VPI   –    5 –1 –0
South Carolina   –    8 –2 –0
East Florida Seminary   –    4 –1 –0
Stetson   –    1 –0 –1
Virginia   –    7 –2 –1
Georgetown   –    7 –3 –0
Richmond   –    6 –3 –1
VMI   –    2 –1 –0
Texas A&M   –    7 –3 –1
North Carolina   –    6 –3 –0
Maryland   –    7 –4 –0
Florida State   –    3 –2 –1
Oklahoma   –    5 –4 –3
Delaware   –    4 –4 –0
North Carolina A&M   –    4 –4 –0
Arkansas   –    3 –4 –0
Navy   –    4 –7 –1
Florida   –    1 –2 –0
Oklahoma A&M   –    0 –2 –2
William & Mary   –    1 –3 –0
Davidson   –    1 –4 –0
TCU   –    0 –7 –0
1903 Far West college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Michigan Agricultural   –  –   6 –1 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1903 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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.
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