1903 Amherst football team

American college football season

1903 Amherst football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Harry A. Smith (5th season)
Home stadium	Pratt Field
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Williston	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 6–0		^[1]
October 3		Colby	Amherst, MA	W 24–0		^[2]
October 7		at Bowdoin	Brunswick, ME	W 23–0
October 10	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 5–0		^[3]^[4]^[5]
October 17		at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–12	4,000	^[6]
October 21		Union (NY)	Amherst, MA	W 16–0
October 24		Trinity (CT)	Amherst, MA	W 18–0
October 31		at Holy Cross	Holy Cross Field Worcester, MA	L 0–36	1,500	^[7]
November 7		Dartmouth	Amherst, MA	L 0–18
November 14		Massachusetts	Amherst, MA	W 11–6

^[8]

References

^ "Amherst 6, Williston 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst 24, Colby 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Has A Chance". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst 5, Harvard 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst 5, Harvard 0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Columbia, 12; Amherst, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1903. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross 36, Amherst 0". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. November 1, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1903 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results".

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