1903 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1903 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1903 college football season. The team was coached by William Penn Bates[2] in his only season as Auburn's head coach. The next year Mike Donahue took over for the first of his two coaching stints at Auburn.

1903 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1903 record4–3 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach
1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson + 2 0 14 1 1
Cumberland (TN) + 4 1 16 1 1
Sewanee 5 1 07 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 16 1 1
Mississippi A&M 2 0 23 0 2
Georgia 3 2 03 4 0
Ole Miss 1 1 12 1 1
Texas 0 0 15 1 2
Kentucky State 0 0 07 1 0
Alabama 3 4 03 4 0
Auburn 2 3 04 3 0
Tennessee 2 4 04 5 0
Georgia Tech 1 4 03 5 0
Tulane 0 1 12 2 1
Mercer 0 1 00 1 0
Nashville 0 2 02 2 0
LSU 0 5 04 5 0
SW Presbyterian       
  • + Conference co-champions
The 1903 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Montgomery A.C.*Auburn, ALW 26–0
October 17Howard (AL)*Auburn, ALW 58–0[3]
October 23Alabama
L 6–18[4]
October 31Sewanee
  • Riverside Park
  • Montgomery, AL
L 0–47
November 11LSUAuburn, AL (rivalry)W 12–0
November 14at Georgia TechAtlanta, GA (rivalry)W 10–5
November 26at GeorgiaL 13–22
  • *Non-conference game

[5][6]

References

  1. George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 176. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 172. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. "Auburn's great showing makes tremendous score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 18, 1903. Retrieved January 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Victory perched on Crimson-White; Auburn's Orange-Blue trailed in dust". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1903. Retrieved February 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: William Penn "Billy" Bates, 1903". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  6. "1903 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
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