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

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.

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