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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Clemson + 2 0 1  4 1 1
Cumberland (TN) + 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
Georgia 3 2 0  3 4 0
Ole Miss 1 1 1  2 1 1
Texas 0 0 1  5 1 2
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  3 5 0
Tulane 0 1 1  2 2 1
Mercer 0 1 0  0 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0  2 2 0
LSU 0 5 0  4 5 0
SW Presbyterian         
  • + Conference co-champions
The 1903 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3Montgomery A.C.*Auburn, ALW 26–0
October 17Howard*Auburn, ALW 58–0
October 23Alabama
L 6–18
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
  • Source: 1903 Auburn football schedule[3][4]

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. 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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