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1903 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainSanford Hunt
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons← 19021904 →
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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Warner, the Big Red compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 120 to 103. While the team shut out 7 of 10 opponents, it gave up 44 and 42 points in losses to Princeton and Penn, respectively.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26 HobartW 12–0
September 30 Alfred
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 26–0
October 3 Rochester
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 11–0
October 10 ColgateW 12–0
October 17 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 6–0
October 24 Western Reserve
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 41–0
October 31at PrincetonL 0–44
November 7 Lehigh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 0–0
November 14 ColumbiaL 12–17
November 26at PennL 0–42

References

  1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. "1903 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. "Cornell, 12; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. October 11, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Crushing Defeat Dealt Out to Cornell by Princeton. The Score Being 44 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 1, 1903. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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