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 in his only season as Auburn's head coach.[2] The next year Mike Donahue took over for the first of his two coaching stints at Auburn.

1903 Auburn Tigers football
The 1903 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJames P. Paterson
Home stadiumDrill Field
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 –01 –3 –0
LSU 0 –5 –04 –5 –0
SW Presbyterian   –    –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Montgomery Athletic Club*
W 26–0[3]
October 17Howard (AL)*
  • Drill Field
  • Auburn, AL
W 58–0[4]
October 23vs. Alabama
L 6–18[5]
October 31Sewanee
  • Riverside Park
  • Montgomery, AL
L 0–47[6]
November 11LSU
W 12–0[7]
November 14at Georgia Tech
W 10–5[8]
November 26at Georgia
L 13–22[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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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 December 29, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 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 December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  3. "Football at Auburn". The Birmingham News. October 6, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Auburn's great showing makes tremendous score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 18, 1903. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "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.
  6. "Sewanee 47, Auburn 0". Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette. November 1, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Creoles lost to Auburnites". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Techs by fumbling, lost interesting game to the Auburn eleven". Savannah Morning News. November 15, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Auburn overwhelmed by the Georgia eleven". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 27, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. 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.
  11. "1903 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.


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