| 1903 Yale Bulldogs football | |
| Conference | Independent |
|---|---|
| 1903 record | 11–1 |
| Head coach | George B. Chadwick (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Yale Field |
Seasons | |
The 1903 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1903 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an 11–1 record under first-year head coach George B. Chadwick. The team outscored its opponents by a combined 312 to 206 score with the only loss being by an 11–6 score to Princeton.[1]
Four Yale players (fullback Ledyard Mitchell, end Charles D. Rafferty, tackle James Hogan and guard James Bloomer) were consensus picks for the 1903 College Football All-America Team.[2] Quarterback Foster Rockwell and halfback Harold Metcalf were also selected as first-team All-Americans by Charles Chadwick,[3] and end Tom Shevlin was a first-team pick by the San Antonio Daily Light.[4]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Trinity (CT) | W 35–0 | |
| September 30 | Tufts |
| W 19–0 |
| October 3 | Vermont |
| W 46–0 |
| October 7 | [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]] |
| W 33–0 |
| October 10 | Springfield (MA) |
| W 22–0 |
| October 14 | Holy Cross |
| W 36–10 |
| October 17 | Penn State |
| W 27–0 |
| October 24 | at Army | W 17–5 | |
| October 31 | Columbia |
| W 25–0 |
| November 7 | Syracuse |
| W 30–0 |
| November 14 | Princeton |
| L 6–11 |
| November 21 | at Harvard |
| W 16–0 |
References[]
- ↑ "1903 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1903-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Award Winners". NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf.
- ↑ "Crack Football Eleven". Los Angeles Times. 1903-11-30.
- ↑ "The Ideal All-American Team". San Antonio Daily Light. 1903-12-14.
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