1903 Lafayette football team

The 1903 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled a 7–3 record.[1][2] John Ernst was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1903 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn Ernst
Home stadiumMarch 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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26GallaudetW 36–0
October 3GettysburgW 11–0
October 10SusquehannaW 43–0
October 17FordhamW 48–0
October 24at NavyW 6–5
October 31at NYUW 8–6[4]
November 7at PrincetonL 0–11[5]
November 14Bloomsburg NormalW 29–0
November 21at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–12
November 26Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–35[6]

References

  1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "1903 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "Lafayette wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 1, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Princeton, 11; Lafayette, 0". The New York Times. November 8, 1903. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dickinson Wins by a Big Score: Carlisle Collegians Defeat Lafayette Eleven on March Field, 35 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1903. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
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