1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

The 1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1903 college football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach John A. H. Keith and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 4–2 record. Floyd Ritzman and Donald Kays were the team's co-captains.[1]

1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
CaptainFloyd Ritzman, Donald Kays
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     11 0 0
North Dakota     7 0 0
Central Michigan     6 0 0
Notre Dame     8 0 1
Iowa State     8 1 0
Marquette     7 1 0
Lake Forest     6 1 0
North Dakota Agricultural     5 1 0
Haskell     7 2 0
St. Xavier     7 2 0
Fairmount     6 2 0
Wabash     9 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 1
Doane     2 1 0
Northern Illinois State     4 2 0
American Medical     6 3 0
Kansas     6 3 0
Drake     5 3 0
Kirksville Osteopaths     5 3 0
Iowa State Normal     4 3 1
Ohio Medical     5 4 0
Michigan State Normal     4 4 0
Washington University     4 4 2
Heidelberg     3 4 2
Kansas State     3 4 1
Detroit College     3 4 0
Shurtleff     2 4 1
Ohio     2 4 0
South Dakota Agricultural     1 2 0
Mount Union     2 5 1
DePauw     2 6 1
Miami (OH)     1 4 0
Missouri     1 7 1
Western Illinois     0 3 1
Cincinnati     1 8 0
Baldwin–Wallace     0 1 0
Buchtel     0 2 0
Butler     0 3 0
Chicago P&S     0 4 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Belvidere Business CollegeBelvidere, ILW 6–0[2]
October 10AlumniW 6–0[3]
October 24at Platteville NormalPlatteville, WIL 0–12[4]
November 7Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 23–0[5]
November 14at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILL 0–29[6]
November 21Belvidere/DeKalb team[a]
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 15–0[7]
November 26DeKalb High School
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
Canceled[8]

Notes edit

  1. ^ This game was originally scheduled with Belvidere Business College. The college only sent three players, who formed a team with players from DeKalb.

References edit

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Met Gridiron Grief". Belvidere Daily Republican. October 5, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Normals Win". The Daily Chronicle. October 12, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Platteville 12, DeKalb 0". The Platteville Journal. October 28, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Win And Lose". The Daily Chronicle. November 9, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot Ball Games". The Daily Chronicle. November 16, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Foot Ball". The Daily Chronicle. November 23, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "No Foot Ball Game". The Daily Chronicle. November 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.