1903 Auburn Tigers football team

1903 Auburn Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1903 record 4–3 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach William Penn Bates
1903 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson + 4 0 1     4 1 1
Cumberland + 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
Texas 1 0 1     5 1 2
Georgia 3 2 0     3 4 0
Mississippi 1 1 1     2 1 1
Kentucky State 0 0 0     7 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     2 5 0
Tulane 0 1 1     2 2 1
Texas A&M 0 1 0     7 3 1
Mercer 0 1 0     0 1 0
Davidson 0 1 0     1 4 0
Nashville 0 2 0     2 2 0
LSU 0 4 0     4 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Black & white image illustrating the 1903 Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, varsity football team.
The 1903 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]

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.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 3 Montgomery A.C.* Auburn, AL W 26–0  
October 3 Howard* Auburn, AL W 58–0  
October 23 Alabama Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL (Iron Bowl) L 6–18  
October 31 Sewanee Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL L 0–47  
November 11 LSU Auburn, AL (Rivalry) W 12–0  
November 14 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 10–5  
November 26 at Georgia Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) L 13–22  
*Non-conference game.

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. 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. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: William Penn "Billy" Bates, 1903". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. "1903 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
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