1903 Harvard Crimson football team

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]

1903 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1903 record	9–3
Head coach	John Cranston (1st season)
Home stadium	Soldiers' Field Harvard Stadium

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
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	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
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	6	–	1
Western U. Penn.			–					1	–	8	–	1

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Williams	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 17–0
September 26	Bowdoin	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 24–0
October 3	Maine	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 6–0
October 7	Bates	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 23–0
October 10	Amherst	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–5
October 14	Wesleyan	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 17–6
October 17	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 5–0
October 24	Brown	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 29–0
October 31	Carlisle	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 12–11
November 7	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 17–10
November 14	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–11
November 21	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–16

References

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. 1903-12-10.