1903 Amherst football team

1903 Amherst football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
  • Harry A. Smith (5th season)
Home stadiumPratt Field
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
Dickinson   –   7 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 0
Franklin & 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26WillistonW 6–0[1]
October 3ColbyAmherst, MAW 24–0[2]
October 7at BowdoinBrunswick, MEW 23–0
October 103:00 p.m.at HarvardW 5–0[3][4][5]
October 17at ColumbiaL 0–124,000[6]
October 21Union (NY)Amherst, MAW 16–0
October 24Trinity (CT)Amherst, MAW 18–0
October 31at Holy CrossL 0–361,500[7]
November 7DartmouthAmherst, MAL 0–18
November 14MassachusettsAmherst, MAW 11–6

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References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Has A Chance". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Columbia, 12; Amherst, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1903. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross 36, Amherst 0". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. November 1, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1903 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results".