1903 Yale Bulldogs football team
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American college football season
| 1903 Yale Bulldogs football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 11–1 |
| Head coach |
|
| Captain | Charles D. Rafferty |
| Home stadium | Yale Field |
Seasons | |
| 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
[edit ]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Trinity (CT) | W 35–0 | ||||
| September 30 | Tufts |
| W 19–0 | |||
| October 3 | Vermont |
| W 46–0 | [5] | ||
| October 7 | Wesleyan |
| W 33–0 | |||
| October 10 | Springfield Training School |
| W 22–0 | [6] | ||
| October 14 | Holy Cross |
| W 36–10 | [7] | ||
| October 17 | Penn State |
| W 27–0 | |||
| October 24 | at Army | W 17–5 | ||||
| October 31 | at Columbia | W 25–0 | [8] | |||
| November 7 | Syracuse |
| W 30–0 | |||
| November 14 | Princeton |
| L 6–11 | 30,000 | [9] [10] | |
| November 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Harvard | W 16–0 | 37,000 | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
Roster
[edit ]- 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
References
[edit ]- ^ "1903 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
- ^ "Crack Football Eleven". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1903.
- ^ "The Ideal All-American Team". San Antonio Daily Light. December 14, 1903.
- ^ "Yale 46, Vermont 0". The New York Times. October 4, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gave Yale A Battle". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Holy Cross surprises Yale". Journal and Courier. October 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yale's football victory". The New York Times. November 1, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ 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 Open access icon .
- ^ "All-Time Lettermen (DOC)". Yale University Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2025.