1903 Amherst football team

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.

1903 Amherst football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
  • Harry A. Smith (5th season)
Home stadiumPratt Field
1903 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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.
  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.
  3. "Has A Chance". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  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.
  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.
  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".


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