1903 Amherst football team
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American college football season
| 1903 Amherst football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–3 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Pratt Field |
Seasons ← 1902 1904 → | |
| 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 Amherst football team represented Amherst College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Harry A. Smith, Amherst compiled a record of 7–3. The team defeated Harvard.
Schedule
[edit ]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Williston | W 6–0 | [1] | |||
| October 3 | Colby | Amherst, MA | W 24–0 | [2] | ||
| October 7 | at Bowdoin | Brunswick, ME | W 23–0 | |||
| October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Harvard | W 5–0 | [3] [4] [5] | ||
| October 17 | at Columbia | L 0–12 | 4,000 | [6] | ||
| October 21 | Union (NY) | Amherst, MA | W 16–0 | |||
| October 24 | Trinity (CT) | Amherst, MA | W 18–0 | |||
| October 31 | at Holy Cross | L 0–36 | 1,500 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | Dartmouth | Amherst, MA | L 0–18 | |||
| November 14 | Massachusetts | Amherst, MA | W 11–6 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Amherst 6, Williston 0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Amherst 24, Colby 0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Has A Chance". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Amherst 5, Harvard 0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Amherst 5, Harvard 0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Columbia, 12; Amherst, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1903. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holy Cross 36, Amherst 0". The Sunday Post . Boston, Mass. November 1, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1903 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results".
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