1903 Stetson Hatters football team

1903 Stetson Hatters football
State champion
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1–1
Head coach	Litchfield Colton (1st season)

1903 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Livingstone			–					3	–	0	–	0
Kentucky University			–					7	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					7	–	1	–	0
VPI			–					5	–	1	–	0
South Carolina			–					8	–	2	–	0
Stetson			–					2	–	1	–	1
Virginia			–					7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					7	–	3	–	0
VMI			–					2	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M			–					7	–	3	–	1
North Carolina			–					6	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					7	–	4	–	0
East Florida Seminary			–					3	–	2	–	1
Florida State College			–					3	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma			–					5	–	4	–	3
Kendall			–					3	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Industrial			–					1	–	1	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma A&M			–					0	–	0	–	2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial			–					1	–	1	–	0
Tusculum			–					1	–	1	–	0
Arkansas			–					3	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	7	–	1
Howard (AL)			–					2	–	3	–	0
Columbian			–					2	–	5	–	0
Florida			–					1	–	3	–	0
Goldey College			–					0	–	1	–	1
Davidson			–					1	–	4	–	0
Tennessee Docs			–					0	–	4	–	0
TCU			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1903 Stetson Hatters football team represented the private Stetson College in the sport of American football during the 1903 college football season. The team claimed a state title.^[1][2] The tie with Florida State prevented State from receiving the Times-Union Cup.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 31	2:30 p. m.	Tampa town team		W 5–0	[3][4][5]
November 6		University of Florida (Lake City)		W 6–5	[6]
November 13		East Florida Seminary		L 0–16
November 26		Florida State College	Deland, FL	T 5–5	[7]

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References

1. "Reference at stetson_ftp.sidearmsports.com" (PDF).
2. "FSU Football - Pre 1947".
3. "Stetson 5, Tampa 0". The DeLand News – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, October 30, 1903, Image 1".
5. "Stetson's Eleven". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 1. DeLand, Florida. October 31, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
6. "Great Victory for Stetson". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 2. DeLand, Florida. November 7, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
7. "Thanksgiving Football Exciting". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 5. DeLand, Florida. November 28, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
8. "1903 Football Schedule - Stetson University Athletics".
9. "2013 Stetson Football by Stetson University Athletics - Issuu".