1903 Harvard Crimson football team

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1903 Harvard Crimson football
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Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumSoldiers' Field
Harvard Stadium
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1903 Eastern college football independents records
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

The 1903 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1903 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 9–3 record under first-year head coach John Cranston.[1][2] Walter Camp selected two Harvard players as first-team selections to his 1903 College Football All-America Team. They were tackle Daniel Knowlton and guard Andrew Marshall.[3]

The 1903 season was also notable for the opening of Harvard Stadium, which hosted its first game on November 14 against Dartmouth.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 263:07 p.m. Williams
W 17–0[4][5][6]
September 304:00 p.m. Bowdoin
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 24–0[7][8]
October 33:00 p.m. Maine
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 6–0[9][10]
October 74:00 p.m. Bates
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 23–03,000[11][12]
October 103:00 p.m. Amherst
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–52,000[13][14][15]
October 144:00 p.m. Wesleyan
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 17–63,500[16][17]
October 17at Army
W 5–08,000–30,000[18][19][20]
October 243:00 p.m. Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 29–09,000[21][22][23]
October 313:00 p.m. Carlisle
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 12–1112,000[24][25][26][27]
November 7at Penn
W 17–1023,000[28][29][30][31]
November 143:00 p.m. Dartmouth
L 0–1115,000[32][33][34][35]
November 212:00 p.m. Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–1637,000[36][37][38][39][40][41]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1903 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Walter Camp Names All American Team". The Trenton Times. December 10, 1903.
  4. ^ "First Game.—Harvard Will Play Williams Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 26, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Crimson Triumphant". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Crimson Triumphs (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Harvard Vs Bowdoin". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Bowdoin Gives Harvard Quite A Lively Fight". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Harvard Vs Maine". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Crimson Line Badly Shaken". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Against Bates". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Harvard Plays Rushing Game". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Has A Chance". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Do Better". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "On A Fumble". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 18, 1903). "Harvard 5, West Point, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 18, 1903). "Harvard 5, West Point, 0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Harvard, 5; West Point, 0". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 18, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Play Fast Football". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  23. ^ "Play Fast Football (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  24. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 31, 1903). "Harvard Plays Indians Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  25. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 31, 1903). "Harvard Plays Indians Today (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  26. ^ "Indians Spring The Trick Play". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  27. ^ "Indians Spring The Trick Play (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1903. p. 9. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  28. ^ "Harvard And Penn Teams Meet Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  29. ^ "Harvard And Penn Teams Meet Today (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  30. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 8, 1903). "Harvard 17, Pennsy 10". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  31. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 8, 1903). "Harvard 17, Pennsy 10 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  32. ^ "Expects A Hard Game". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  33. ^ "Expects A Hard Game (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  34. ^ "Excelled All Around". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  35. ^ "Excelled All Around (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ 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.
  40. ^ 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.
  41. ^ 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.


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