1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 25, 1903
through November 29, 1903
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season championsClemson
Cumberland
East championsClemson Tigers
West championsCumberland Bulldogs
Football seasons
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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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1903 college football season. The season began on September 25.

1903 met difficulty in determining an SIAA champion. Clemson had the best record, but lost to an inferior North Carolina team; and in the game to secure the SIAA title were tied by Cumberland. Clemson's John Heisman pushed strongly for Cumberland to share the SIAA title.[1] Cumberland's strongest victory was its win over Vanderbilt.

However, Sewanee beat Cumberland, yet suffered its only loss to Vanderbilt. Heisman originally challenged the winner of the Vanderbilt-Sewanee game.[2] John J. Tigert was a star player for Vanderbilt. Nash Buckingham rated Kentucky University and Vanderbilt as best in the south.[3]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Clemson John Heisman 4–1–1 2–0–1 27.8 3.7
1 (tie) Cumberland A. L. Phillips 6–1–1 4–1–1 38.5 2.2
3 Sewanee George S. Whitney 7–1 5–1 22.4 1.2
4 Vanderbilt James H. Henry 6–1–1 5–1–1 24.0 2.0
5 Mississippi A&M Daniel S. Martin 3–0–2 2–0–2 14.2 1.2
6 Georgia Marvin D. Dickinson 3–4 3–2 9.3 14.0
7 Mississippi M. S. Harvey 2–1–1 1–1–1 8.5 9.8
8 Texas Ralph Hutchinson 5–1–2 0–0–1 16.4 3.5
9 Kentucky State Jack Wright 7–1 0–0
10 Alabama W. A. Blount 3–4 3–4 8.6 16.3
11 Auburn William Penn Bates 4–3 2–3 17.9 13.1
12 (tie) Tennessee H. F. Fisher 4–5 2–4 8.4 12.2
12 (tie) Georgia Tech Oliver Huie 4–5 1–4 8.4 21.1
14 (tie) Tulane Charles Eshleman 2–2–1 0–1–1 12.8 11.2
14 (tie) Mercer 0–1 0–1 0.0 46.0
16 Nashville Wreidt/Bradley Walker/Childress 2–2 0–2 10.8 5.3
17 LSU W. S. Borland 4–5 0–4 7.8 10.3

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[4]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SIAA teams in bold.

Week One

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 25 Cynthiana Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 39–0 [5]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Montgomery Athletic Club Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL W 26–0 [6]
October 3 Cumberland Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN CUM 6–0 [7][8]
October 3 Mooney Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 23–0 [9]
October 3 Texas Deaf School Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 17–0
October 3 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 17–0 [10]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9 Haskell Texas State Fairgrounds • Dallas, TX L 6–0 3,000 [11]
October 10 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 29–0 [12]
October 10 Mercer Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA GT 46–0 [13]
October 10 Carson–Newman Tennessee Baldwiin Park • Knoxville, TN W 38–0 [14]
October 10 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 30–0 1,000 [15]
October 10 Berea Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 17–0 [16][17]

Week Four

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 14 LSU Alumni LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 16–0 [18]
October 16 Alabama Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS MSA&M 11–0 5,000 [19][20]
October 17 Howard (AL) Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL W 58–0 [21]
October 17 Clemson Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA CLEM 73–0 [22][23]
October 17 Kentucky Military Institute Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 18–0 [24]
October 17 Oklahoma Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX T 6–6 [25]
October 17 South Carolina Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 27–7 [19][26]
October 17 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 40–0 [27][28]
October 17 Nashville Mooney School Mooney Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 5–17 [29][30]
October 20 3:00 p. m. Cumberland Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 6–0 [31][32]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 23 Auburn Alabama Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL ALA 18–0 1,200 [33][34]
October 24 Georgia Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 38–0 [35][36]
October 24 Baylor Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 48–0 [37]
October 24 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 33–0 [35][38]
October 24 Mississippi A&M Meridian Athletic Club Meridian, MS W 43–0
October 24 Eagles-New Orleans LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 33–0 [39]
October 24 Miami (OH) Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 47–0
October 24 Tennessee Docs Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 52–0 [40]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28 North Carolina A&M Clemson Columbia, SC W 24–0 [41]
October 29 Tennessee South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC L 0–24 [42]
October 30 LSU Louisiana Industrial Ruston, LA W 16–0 [43]
October 30 Arkansas Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 15–0 800 [44]
October 31 LSU Shreveport Athletic Association Ball Park • Shreveport, LA W 5–0 [45]
October 31 Georgia Tech Howard (AL) West End Park • Birmingham, AL W 37–0 [46]
October 31 Sewanee Auburn Oak Park • Montgomery, AL SEW 47–0 [35][47]
October 31 Tennessee Nashville Peabody Field • Nashville, TN TENN 10–0 [48]
October 31 Vanderbilt Georgia Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA VAN 33–0 [35][49]
October 31 Meridian Athletic Club Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA W 46–0 400 [50]
November 2 Sewanee Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL SEW 23–0 2,400 [51][52]
November 2 Georgetown (KY) Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 51–0 [53]
November 2 Tennessee Docs Cumberland Lebanon, TN W 86–0 [54]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Vanderbilt Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX T 5–5 1,200 [55]
November 7 Georgia Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN UGA 5–0 [51][56]
November 7 Sewanee Nashville Peabody Field • Nashville, TN SEW 6–0 [51][57]
November 7 Florida State College Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 17–0 [51][58]
November 7 Shreveport Athletic Club Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA L 0–23 [59]
November 7 Marietta Kentucky State State College Park • Lexington, KY W 11–0 [60]
November 7 Ole Miss Tennessee Docs Red Elm Park • Memphis, TN W 17–0 [61]
November 7 LSU Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS MSA&M 11–0 [51][62]
November 7 Grant University of Athens Cumberland Lebanon, TN W 92–0 [63]
November 9 LSU Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 18–0 [64]

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 LSU Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 12–0 [65]
November 13 Texas Oklahoma Colcord Park • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory W 11–5 [66]
November 13 Tennessee Medicos Nashville Peabody Field • Nashville, TN W 26–0 [67]
November 14 Auburn Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 10–5 [51][68]
November 14 Cumberland Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL CUM 44–0 [69][70]
November 14 Clemson North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 6–11 [69][71]
November 14 Sewanee Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN SEW 17–0 [69][72]
November 14 Washington University Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 41–0 [73]
November 14 Georgia Savannah Athletic Association Bolton Street Park • Savannah, GA L 0–6 [74]
November 14 Mississippi A&M Ole Miss University Park • Oxford, MS T 6–6 [69][75]
November 16 Cumberland LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA CUM 41–0 [76]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 18 Cumberland Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA CUM 28–0 [77]
November 21 Clemson Davidson Latta Park • Charlotte, NC W 24–0 [78]
November 21 Georgia Tech Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN TENN 11–0 [79][80]
November 21 Ole Miss LSU Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA LSU 11–0 [81][82]
November 21 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 10–5 4,000 [83][84]

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 Tennessee Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL ALA 24–0 [85]
November 26 Auburn Georgia Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 22–13 [86][87]
November 26 South Carolina Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA L 0–16 [88]
November 26 Kentucky University Kentucky State South Side Park • Lexington, KY L 0–17 [89]
November 26 Richmond Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 18–5 [90]
November 29 Texas A&M Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 29–6 [91]

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 5 Mississippi A&M Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA T 0–0 [92]

Postseason

SIAA Championship Game

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 3:00 p. m. Cumberland Clemson Oak Park • Montgomery, AL T 11–11 [93][94][95]

All-Southern team

Main article: 1903 College Football All-Southern Team

Walker Reynolds Tichenor's All-Southern team:[96]

Position Name Team
QB John Maxwell Clemson
HB John J. Tigert Vanderbilt
HB J. C. Anderson Cumberland
FB Jock Hanvey Clemson
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith Sewanee
G Henry D. Phillips Sewanee
C Red Smith Cumberland
G Puss Derrick Clemson
G/T Marvin O. Bridges Cumberland
E Carl Sitton Clemson

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