1903 Brown Bears football team

The 1903 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. Led by Dave Fultz in his first and only season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 5–4–1.[1] The team was led by first-year head coach Dave Fultz.

1903 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainArchie R. Webb
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Eastern college football independents records
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Colby
W 23–0
October 3Wesleyan
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 11–0
October 10Princeton
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–29[2]
October 17at PennL 0–30
October 243:00 p.m.at HarvardL 0–299,000[3][4][5]
October 31Williams
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 22–0
November 7Vermont
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 24–0[6]
November 14Syracuse
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–5
November 18Springfield Training School
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
T 6–6[7]
November 26vs. DartmouthL 0–62[8]

References

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  1. ^ "1903 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Princeton 29, Brown 0: Superior Playing of the Jerseymen Was Apparent at Every Point - Great Work by the Backs". The Boston Globe. October 11, 1903. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Play Fast Football". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Play Fast Football (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Brown finds Vermont easy". New York Tribune. November 8, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brown 6, Spring T. S. 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Dartmouth gives Brown trouncing". The Boston Globe. November 27, 1903. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.