1903 Kentucky University Pioneers football team

1903 Transylvania Pioneers football
Southern champion
Conference Independent
1903 record 7–1
Head coach R. R. Sheffield

The 1903 Kentucky University Pioneers football team represented Kentucky University, today known as Transylvania, during the 1903 college football season. The team claimed a championship of the south.[1] Nash Buckingham rated Kentucky University and Vanderbilt as best in the south.[2]

A game with Purdue was scheduled; derailed by the Purdue Wreck.[3]

Former Yale quarterback John de Saulles credited end Lois Thompson as playing "a better end than any man in the South."[4] Later Lexington mayor Hogan Yancey was a star fullback on the team.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 24 K. M. I. Lexington, KY W 11–2  
October 1 St. Xavier Lexington, KY W 24–0  
October 17 at Virginia Charlottesville, VA L 0–6  
October 31 at North Carolina Greensboro, NC W 6–5  
November 7 North Carolina A&M W 18–0  
November 14 Williamsburg Academy Lexington, KY W 52–0  
November 19 Indiana Lexington, KY W 18–5  
November 26 vs. Kentucky State Lexington, KY (Rivalry) W 17–0   3,000
*Non-conference game.

[6][7]

Season summary

Week 7: Indiana

Indiana at Kentucky University
1 2Total
Indiana 0 5 5
• Kentucky U 0 18 18

Kentucky University defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 18 to 5. Zora Clevenger scored Indiana's lone touchdown.[8]

The starting lineup for Kentucky University against Indiana: Simpson (left end), Woodard (left tackle), Ware (left guard), Miller (center), Kelly (right guard), Wallace (right tackle), Thompson (right end), Pyle (quarterback), Cantrill (left halfback), H. Yancey (right halfback), Knight (fullback)[8]

Week 8: vs. Kentucky State

Kentucky University vs. Kentucky State
1 2Total
Kentucky State 0 0 0
• Kentucky U 11 6 17
  • Date: November 26, 1903
  • Location: Lexington, KY
  • Game attendance: 3,000

A fear of riots plagued this contest ever since their second-team played Kentucky State.[9][10]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky University Won". The Evening Bulletin. November 27, 1903. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "The Best in the South". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 30, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Ray Schmidt. "The 1903 Purdue Tragedy" (PDF). p. 6.
  4. ↑ Spalding's Football Guide
  5. ↑ Gregory Kent Stanley. Before Big Blue. p. 46.
  6. ↑ http://sportshoss.com/cfbteamseason/schedule?team_id=568&season_id=35&code=FULL
  7. ↑ http://homepages.transy.edu/~library/Catalog/HistoryFootballTransylvania.pdf
  8. 1 2 "Indiana Meets A Waterloo". The Inter Ocean. November 20, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Riot". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 24, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Kentucky 17, State College 0". The Galveston Daily News. November 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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