1903 Clemson Tigers football team

1903 Clemson Tigers football
SIAA co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–1–1 (2–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainHope Sadler
Home stadiumBowman Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 1
Cumberland (TN) + 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Sewanee 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 0 – 2 3 – 0 – 2
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 1 – 1
Texas 0 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 2
Kentucky State 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Auburn 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Tulane 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 1
Mercer 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
LSU 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
SW Presbyterian   –     –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1903 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1903 college football season. Led by John Heisman in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 4–1–1 with mark of 2–0–1 in SIAA play.[1][2]

The team competed in an early conference championship game, tying the Cumberland Bulldogs, 11–11; in the contest. The Tigers thrashed Georgia Tech, 73–0, leading to Heisman's job offer at Tech. Clemson played all its games on the road.

Before the season

For the 1903 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1903 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth five points and a conversion (PAT) was worth one point.[3]

The team's captain was Hope Sadler. This was the last season with both Sadler and Carl Sitton at ends. One writer recalls, "Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps."[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10at Georgia
W 29–0[5]
October 173:30 p. m.at Georgia Tech
W 73–0[6]
October 28vs. North Carolina A&M*Columbia, SC (rivalry)W 24–0[7]
November 14at North Carolina*
L 6–11[8]
November 21at Davidson*
W 24–0[9]
November 26vs. Cumberland (TN)
T 11–11[10]
  • *Non-conference game

[11]

Game summaries

Week 1: at Georgia

The season opened with a defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs 29–0. Clemson fumbled on a number of plays.[12]

The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Forsythe (left tackle), McKeown (left guard), Garrison (center), Derrick (right guard), Cogburn (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Furtick (left halfback), Wood (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).[12]

Week 2: at Georgia Tech

Clemson at Georgia Tech
1 2Total
• Clemson 51 22 73
Ga. Tech 0 0 0

The Bulldogs offered Clemson a bushel of apples for every point over 29 it scored against rival Georgia Tech. Clemson won 73 to 0 on a mud-soaked field,[13] leading to Heisman's later job at Tech.[14] Sitton had to sit out the game.[15]

Jock Hanvey

Clemson as a team rushed for 615 yards, and fullback Jock Hanvey rushed for 104 yards in the first half.[16] The first score came on a 20-yard run by Hanvey.[17]

The starting lineup was Ellison (left end), Cogburn (left tackle), Derrick (left guard), Garrison (center), Forsythe (right guard), McKeown (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Furtick (left halfback), Wood (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).[13][17]

Week 3: North Carolina A&M

In the third week of play, North Carolina A&M was beaten by Clemson 24 to 0. While A&M gained much using conventional football, Clemson had to use many trick plays.[18] Oliver Gardner played for A&M. Heisman got married soon after the game.[19]

Week 4: at North Carolina

Clemson at North Carolina
1 2Total
Clemson 6 0 6
• UNC 11 0 11

The North Carolina Tar Heels handed Clemson its only loss of the season, 11–6. Carolina's Newton scored first, with a bloody nose.[20] He also scored the second touchdown. Clemson had one touchdown by Johnny Maxwell called back due to an offside penalty.[20]

The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Cogburn (left tackle), Derrick (left guard), Garrison (center), Forsythe (right guard), McKeown (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Wood (left halfback), Furtick (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).[20]

Week 5: at Davidson

Clemson at Davidson
1 2Total
• Clemson 18 6 24
Davidson 0 0 0

Clemson won easily over Davidson, 24–0. One writer noted "Clemson playing against eleven wooden men, would attract attention."[21] Carl Sitton had a 60-yard touchdown run.[21]

The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Cogburn (left tackle), Derrick (left guard), Garrison (center), Forsythe (right guard), McKeown (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Wood (left halfback), Furtick (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).[21]

Postseason

"SIAA championship game"

Clemson vs. Cumberland
1 2Total
Clemson 0 11 11
Cumberland 11 0 11

Clemson tied Cumberland 11–11 in a game billed as the "SIAA Championship Game." Cumberland rushed out to an early 11–0 lead. Wiley Lee Umphlett in Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football writes, "During the first half, Clemson was never really in the game due mainly to formidable line play of the Bridges brothers–giants in their day at 6 feet 4 inches–and a big center named "Red" Smith, was all over the field backing up the Cumberland line on defense. Clemson had been outweighed before, but certainly not like this."[22]

Quarterback John Maxwell returned a kickoff for a touchdown.

A contemporary account reads "The Clemson players seemed mere dwarfs as they lined up for the kickoff. To the crowd on the sidelines it didn't seem that Heisman's charges could possibly do more than give a gallant account of themselves in a losing battle."[22] A touchdown was scored by fullback E. L. Minton (touchdowns were worth 5 points).[23] Guard M. O. Bridges kicked the extra point. Halfback J. A. Head made another touchdown, but Bridges missed the try. After halftime, Clemson quarterback John Maxwell raced 100 yards for a touchdown. Clemson missed the try. Cumberland fumbled a punt and Clemson recovered. Cumberland expected a trick play when Fritz Furtick simply ran up the middle and scored.[24] One account of the play reads "Heisman saw his chance to exploit a weakness in the Cumberland defense: run the ball where the ubiquitous Red Smith wasn't. So the next time Sitton started out on one of his slashing end runs, at the last second he tossed he ball back to the fullback who charges straight over center (where Smith would have been except that he was zeroing in on the elusive Sitton) and went all the way for he tying touchdown."[22] Jock Hanvey kicked the extra point and the game ended in an 11–11 tie.

Fritz Furtick

The winning team was to be awarded the ball. Captain W. W. Suddarth of Cumberland wanted captain Hope Sadler of Clemson to get the ball, and Sadler insisted Suddarth should have it. Some ten minutes of bickering was resolved when the ball was given to patrolman Patrick J. Sweeney, for warning the media and fans to stay down in front and allow spectators to see the game.[24] The school claims a share of the title;[25][26] Heisman pushed for Cumberland to be named SIAA champions at year's end.[27] It was Heisman's last game as Clemson head coach, who was hired at Georgia Tech.[28]

The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Cogburn (left tackle), Derrick (left guard), Garrison (center), Forsythe (right guard), McKeown (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Wood (left halfback), Furtick (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).[29]

Florida coaches

Marvin Bridges and Clemson players Jock Hanvey and Jack Forsythe all coached at Florida colleges the next season. Bridges coached at the University of Florida at Lake City, and Forsythe was the head coach of the Florida State College with Hanvey as his assistant. Forsythe went on in 1906 to be the first coach of the Florida Gators.

Personnel

Depth chart

The following chart provides a visual depiction of Clemson's lineup during the 1903 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics the offense in a T formation

LE
Carl Sitton (4)
Gil Ellison (1)
LT LG C RG RT
H. L. Cogburn (4) Puss Derrick (1) Bill Garrison (5) Pee Wee Forsythe (4) Max McKeown (4)
Pee Wee Forsythe (1) J. A. McKeown (1) Puss Derrick (1) H. L. Cogburn (1)
RE
Hope Sadler (5)
 
QB
John Maxwell (5)
LHB FB RHB
L. S. Wood (3) Jock Hanvey (5) Fritz Furtick (3)
Fritz Furtick (2) L. S. Wood (2)

-

Line

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
H. L. Cogburn tackle 5
Puss Derrick guard 2 Chapin, South Carolina 195
Gil Ellison end 1
Jack Forsythe tackle 5 Brevard, North Carolina
Bill Garrison center 5
Max McKeown guard 5
Hope Sadler end 5 York Co., South Carolina 154
Carl Sitton end 4 Pendleton, South Carolina 5'10" 170

Backfield

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Fritz Furtick halfback 5 Sandy Run, South Carolina 170
Jock Hanvey fullback 5 Abbeville Co., South Carolina
John Maxwell quarterback 5
L. S. Wood halfback 5

[30]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). ClemsonTigers.com. Clemson Athletics. 2016. pp. 200–208. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  2. ^ John de Saulles (1904). "Foot Ball in the South". Spalding's Football Guide: 93.
  3. ^ "Scoring values". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "Vetter Sitton Clemson Coach". The Anderson Daily-Intelligencer. January 21, 1915.
  5. ^ "Clemson won". The Birmingham News. October 12, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tremendous score piled up by Clemson against Techs yesterday". The Savannah Morning News. October 18, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Clemson Tigers again victorious". The State. October 29, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N. Carolina is victor over Clemson". The Atlanta Journal. November 15, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Clemson defeats Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. November 22, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Right royal football game between Cumberland–Clemson resulted in tie". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 27, 1903. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1903 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com.
  12. ^ a b "Clemson Tigers Win In A Walk". The Atlanta Constitution. October 11, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ a b Woodruff 1928, p. 143–144
  14. ^ Mandle Parrish (October 31, 2000). "Clemson-Georgia Tech Series". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  15. ^ Sam Blackman (October 8, 2015). "Tiger-Tech Tales". clemsontigers.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  16. ^ Foster Senn (October 17, 1987). "This Day in Tiger Football". Clemson University Football Programs – Clemson Vs Duke: 81.
  17. ^ a b "Tech Slaughtered By Clemson Tigers". The Atlanta Constitution. October 18, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  18. ^ "Eighteen To Naught". News and Observer. October 29, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  19. ^ Blackman 2016, p. 49
  20. ^ a b c "For Carolina The Tide Has Turned". News and Observer. November 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  21. ^ a b c "Clemson Defeats Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. November 22, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  22. ^ a b c Umphlett 1992, pp. 66–67
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