1903 New Hampshire football team

The 1903 New Hampshire football team[lower-alpha 2] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[lower-alpha 3] during the 1903 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under the direction of second-year head coach John Scannell, the team finished with a record of 2–7–1 or 2–6–1, per 1903 sources or modern sources, respectively.

1903 New Hampshire football
1903 team photo; several players can be seen with nose armor protectors around their necks
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record2–6–1[lower-alpha 1]
Head coach
CaptainHorace J. Pettee[2][3]
Home stadiumCentral Park, Dover, NH
1903 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and five points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

Date Opponent Site per 1903 sources per modern sources
Result Source Result Source
September 23 at Exeter Academy Exeter, NH L 0–21 [5][6] L 0–21 [7][1]
September 26 at Maine (rivalry) Orono, ME L 0–18 [8][9] L 0–18 [7][1]
October 3 at Bowdoin Whittier Field · Brunswick, ME L 0–18 [10][11] L 0–18 [7][1]
October 10 at Andover Academy Brothers Field · Andover, MA L 0–27 [12][13] L 0–27 [7][1]
October 14 at Exeter Academy Exeter, NH L 0–29 [14][15][16] not listed
October 17 at Dover Athletic Assoc. Central Park · Dover, NH W 6–0 [17] W 6–0 [7][1]
October 24 Maine (rivalry) Central Park · Dover, NH L 0–27 [18] L 0–27 [7][1]
October 31 Bates Central Park · Dover, NH T 6–6 [19][20] T 6–6 [7][1]
November 7 Worcester Tech Central Park · Dover, NH L 0–15 [2][21] L 0–15 [7][1]
November 14 Tufts (second team) Central Park · Dover, NH W 6–0 [22][23] W 6–0 [7][1]
Overall record (2–7–1) (2–6–1)

The scores of two late-season contests between New Hampshire and Dover A. C. were listed in Boston newspapers; one New Hampshire win (10–5 on November 21)[24][25] and one New Hampshire loss (5–6 on November 26, Thanksgiving).[26]

In addition to the varsity games listed above, New Hampshire's second team (reserves) defeated Dover High School, 22–0,[27] and played the Exeter Academy second team to a tie, 5–5.[28]

The New Hampshire College Monthly stated that the team played 14 games, having "lost eight, won four, and tied twice" (4–8–2).[29] The College Monthly provided recaps of 12 games (the 10 varsity games listed in the table, plus the two games played by the second team); it did not provide recaps of the two late-season games against Dover A. C.[lower-alpha 4] The overall record of the 10 varsity games (2–7–1), two second-team games (1–0–1), and two late-season games (1–1) does tally to 4–8–2.

The team's original schedule included games against Massachusetts State College and Boston College,[30] but there is no record of those games being played.

The September 26 game was the first meeting of the New Hampshire and Maine football programs.[31] The score is listed as 18–0 in the New Hampshire football media guide and in contemporary news reports of 1903; College Football Data Warehouse and the Maine football media guide list it as 10–0.[32]

Notes
  1. per the University's media guide; 1903 sources differ
  2. The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[4] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. It is inferred that the "Dover Athletic Association" reported in The New Hampshire College Monthly and the "Dover A. C." reported in Boston newspapers were one and the same.

References
  1. "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. "Saturday, November 7, New Hampshire College played Worcester Polytechnic Institute at Central Park, Dover". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 3. December 1903. pp. 51–52. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. "Horace James Pettee". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 12 no. 8. June 1905. p. 162. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  5. "Exeter, 21; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 1. October 1903. p. 18. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. "Exeter 21, N H College 0". The Boston Globe. September 24, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. "University of Maine, 18; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. p. 26. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. "Univ of ME 18, N H State 0". The Boston Globe. September 27, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Bowdoin, 18; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. p. 27. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. "Bowdoin, 18; N. H. State College, 0". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1903. p. 50. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. "Andover, 27; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. pp. 23–24. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. "Andover 27, N H State 0". The Boston Globe. October 11, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  14. "Football Notes". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  15. "Yesterday's Football Scores". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  16. "Exeter, 29; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. p. 25. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. "Dover Athletic Association vs. N. H. C.: N. H., 6; Dover A. A., 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. pp. 22–23. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  18. "University of Maine, 27; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 3. December 1903. pp. 50–51. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  19. "Bates vs. N. H." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 3. December 1903. p. 50. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  20. "N. H. State 6, Bates 6". The Boston Post. November 1, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  21. "Worcester Poly 15, N. H. 0". The Boston Post. November 8, 1903. p. 12. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  22. "New Hampshire, 6; Tufts 2d, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 3. December 1903. pp. 52–53. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  23. "N. H. College 6, Tufts 2d 0". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  24. "Other Games Yesterday". The Boston Post. November 22, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  25. "Football Results". The Boston Globe. November 22, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  26. "Exhibition Games". The Boston Globe. November 27, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  27. "Dover High School vs. N. H. C., 2d". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. p. 23. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  28. "Exeter, 2d vs. New Hampshire, 2d". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 2. November 1903. pp. 25–26. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  29. "Editorial: Football". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 3. December 1903. pp. 41–42. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  30. Nesbitt, A. F. (October 1903). "Football". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 11 no. 1. p. 19. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  31. "New Hampshire vs Maine". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  32. "Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine Athletics. 2019: 86. Retrieved April 30, 2020 – via goblackbears.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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