1903 Chilocco Indian Agricultural School football team

The 1903 Chilocco Indian School football team was an American football team that represented the Chilocco Indian School in the north-central Oklahoma Territory during the 1903 college football season. Records have been found of nine games played by Chilocco in the fall of 1903.

1903 Chilocco Indian School football
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Chilocco was one of three Indian schools in the early 1900s to field football teams that competed in college football. The other two were Carlisle in Pennsylvania and Haskell in Kansas.

William Henry Dietz played football for Chilocco in the early 1900s before transferring to Friends University in the fall of 1904.[1] Dietz was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

By October 1903, enrollment at the school was 770.[2]

In December 1903, the Arkansas City Daily Traveler published the Chilocco football yell as follows:

Chiloc Chiloc!
Hicoty-hoc
Hunkety-chok
Small pox, chicken pox
Chiloc, Chiloc!
Add on an Indian warwhoop and you have the Chilocoo football yell."[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma TerritoryL 5–38
October 9Fairmount
  • Fairmount grounds
  • Wichita, KS
L 6–50[4]
October 12Winfield K.S.C.
October 17Sumner County High SchoolL 5–16[5]
October 19vs. Southwest Kansas College (Winfield)
  • Athletic Park
  • Arkansas City, KS
W 21–0[6][7]
November 7Mayfield
November 14at S.W.K.C.Winfield, KS
November 21Arkansas CityW 12–0
November 26Logan County High SchoolGuthrie, Oklahoma Territory

References
  1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/78389247/?terms=dietz%2Bchilocco%2Bfootball
  2. "Chilocco News Notes". Arkansas City Daily Traveler. October 14, 1903. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Chilocco Items". Arkansas City Traveler. December 16, 1903. p. 2.
  4. "One Score a Minute: Fairmount Led the Indians a Disastrous Pace". The Wichita Daily Eagle. October 10, 1903. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "High School Wins". The Daily Mail. October 19, 1903. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Chilocco Won: Beat Southwestern Kansas College Team by a Score of 21 to 0". Arkansas City Daily Traveler. October 20, 1904. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "untitled". The Gate City Journal. October 23, 1903. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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