The 1903 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1903 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Daniel A. Reed and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1903 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Whitworth
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Eastern college football independents records
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Dickinson SeminaryW 60–0
October 3Allegheny
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 24–5
October 10at PennL 0–39
October 17at YaleL 0–27
October 24at Western University of PennsylvaniaW 59–0600[2]
October 31at NavyW 17–0
November 14vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAL 0–6
November 26vs. Washington & Jefferson
W 23–06,000[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "State is too Fast for WUPs". The Pittsburg Post. October 25, 1903. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Glorious Victory By State Boys". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "State's Team Had Walkover". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1903. p. 20. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .