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1903 Dartmouth football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
CaptainMyron E. Witham
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 Dartmouth football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach Fred Folsom, the team compiled a 9–1 record, shut out eight of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 242 to 23. Myron E. Witham was the team captain. The team played its home games at Alumni Oval in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30MassachusettsW 12–0
October 3Holy Cross
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
W 18–0
October 10at VermontW 36–0
October 14Union (NY)
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–0
October 17at WilliamsW 17–0
October 24at PrincetonL 0–17
October 31Wesleyan
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–6
November 7at AmherstW 18–0
November 143:00 p.m.at HarvardW 11–015,000
November 21vs. BrownW 62–0

References

  1. "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. "1903 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. "Dartmouth, 18; Holy Cross, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1903. sect. 4, p. 7. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Dartmouth does up U.V.M. by score of 36 to 0". Rutland Daily Herald. October 8, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Princeton, 17; Dartmouth, 0". The New York Times. October 25, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "Excelled All Around". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. "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.
  10. "Dartmouth gives Brown trouncing". The Boston Globe. November 27, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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