1903 Colgate football team

1903 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–1
Head coach	Bob Hatch (1st season)
Captain	Carl Smith
Home stadium	Whitnall 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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bob Hatch, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record. Carl Smith was the team captain.^[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0
October 4	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 40–0
October 10	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–12		[2]
October 17	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	W 10–5	3,000	[3]
October 31	Rochester	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 23–5		[4]
November 7	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 0–6		[5]
November 14	Hamilton	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 16–0

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "Cornell, 12; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. October 11, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Colgate Beats Syracuse, 10 to 5". New York Daily Tribune. October 18, 1903. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Played Against Big Handicap: Local Varsity Outweighed by Colgate Eleven". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 1903. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Williams 6, Colgate 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. November 8, 1903. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.