1903 Northwestern Purple football team
American college football season
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The 1903 Northwestern Purple team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University as a member of the Western Conference (now commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Walter McCornack, the Wildcats compiled a 10â1â3 record (1â0â2 in conference games), shut out eight opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 229 to 67, and tied for the conference championship. They were undefeated in the first eleven games, finally losing in the final game of the season to the team from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.[1][2]
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record10â1â3 (1â0â2 Western)
Headcoach
- Walter McCornack (1st season)
CaptainDixie Fleager
| 1903 Northwestern Purple football | |
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Western Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 10â1â3 (1â0â2 Western) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Dixie Fleager |
| Home stadium | Sheppard Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 14 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 11 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern + | 1 | â | 0 | â | 2 | 10 | â | 1 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 4 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 12 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | North Division High School | Evanston, IL | W 22â5 | |||
| September 22 | Fort Sheridan | Evanston, IL | W 28â0 | |||
| September 23 | Englewood High School | Evanston, IL | W 35â0 | |||
| September 26 | Northwestern College |
| W 22â6 | [3] | ||
| September 30 | Northwestern alumni | Evanston, IL | W 5â0 | |||
| October 3 | Lombard | Evanston, IL | W 23â0 | |||
| October 7 | Chicago Dental | Evanston, IL | W 18â11 | |||
| October 10 | at Washington University | W 23â0 | [4] | |||
| October 17 | at Chicago | T 0â0 | ||||
| October 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at Cincinnati | W 35â0 | [5][6] | ||
| October 31 | at Illinois | W 12â11 | ||||
| November 14 | vs. Notre Dame |
| T 0â0 | |||
| November 21 | 2:13 p.m. | vs. Wisconsin |
| T 6â6 | 10,000 | [7][8] |
| November 26 | vs. Carlisle |
| L 0â28 | 3,000 | [9][10] |
