1903 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1903 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Art Hillebrand, the Tigers compiled a perfect 11–0 record, shut out 10 of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 259 to 6.[1] John DeWitt was the team captain.

ConferenceIndependent
Record11–0
Headcoach
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1903 Princeton Tigers football
National champion
(Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–0
Head coach
CaptainJohn DeWitt
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 â†’
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1903 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 11–0–0
Yale â€“ 11–1–0
Columbia â€“ 9–1–0
Dartmouth â€“ 9–1–0
Geneva â€“ 9–1–0
Holy Cross â€“ 8–2–0
Temple â€“ 4–1–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 9–2–1
Harvard â€“ 9–3–0
Penn â€“ 9–3–0
Army â€“ 6–2–1
Carlisle â€“ 6–2–1
Amherst â€“ 7–3–0
Lafayette â€“ 7–3–0
Cornell â€“ 6–3–1
Colgate â€“ 4–2–1
Penn State â€“ 5–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 6–4–0
Dickinson â€“ 7–5–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–4–0
Fordham â€“ 1–1–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 5–5–1
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 4–4–1
Delaware â€“ 4–4–0
Villanova â€“ 2–2–0
Bucknell â€“ 4–5–0
Vermont â€“ 4–5–0
Tufts â€“ 5–8–0
Wesleyan â€“ 3–6–1
Springfield Training School â€“ 1–3–1
NYU â€“ 2–5–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–6–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 1–5–1
Western U. Penn. â€“ 1–8–1
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1903 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation (NCF).[2] Michigan was co-champion by the NCF.

Three Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1903 All-America team: halfback Dana Kafer; end Howard Henry; and guard John DeWitt.[3] DeWitt was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[4] Other notable players included end Ralph Tipton Davis.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30SwarthmoreW 34–0[5]
October 3Georgetown
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 5–0[6]
October 7Gettysburg
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 68–0[7]
October 10at BrownProvidence, RIW 29–0[8]
October 14Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0[9]
October 17Carlisle
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 11–0[10]
October 21Bucknell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0[11]
October 24Dartmouth
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0[12]
October 31Cornell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 44–0[13]
November 7Lafayette
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 11–0[14]
November 14at YaleW 11–630,000[15][16]
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