1903 Brown Bears football team

1903 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Dave Fultz (1st season)
Captain	Archie R. Webb
Home stadium	Andrews Field

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 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Colby	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 23–0
October 3		Wesleyan	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 11–0
October 10		Princeton	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–29		[2]
October 17		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–30
October 24	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–29	9,000	[3][4][5]
October 31		Williams	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 22–0
November 7		Vermont	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 24–0		[6]
November 14		Syracuse	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 12–5
November 18		Springfield Training School	Andrews Field Providence, RI	T 6–6		[7]
November 26		vs. Dartmouth	Varick Park Manchester, NH	L 0–62		[8]

References

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.