# 1903 college football season

The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions.

## Conference standings
### Major conference standings

1903 Colorado Football Association standings :
| 1903 Colorado Football Association standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Colorado $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –0 Colorado Agricultural 3 –1 –05 –1 –0 Colorado Mines 2 –2 –03 –4 –0 Colorado College 1 –3 –04 –5 –0 Denver 0 –4 –06 –7 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall 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 –06 –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 | 1903 Western Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Minnesota + 3 –0 –114 –0 –1 Michigan + 3 –0 –111 –0 –1 Northwestern + 1 –0 –210 –1 –3 Chicago 4 –1 –112 –2 –1 Iowa 1 –1 –09 –2 –0 Indiana 1 –2 –04 –4 –0 Illinois 1 –5 –08 –6 –0 Wisconsin 0 –3 –16 –3 –1 Purdue 0 –2 –04 –2 –0 + – Conference co-champions |

### Independents

1903 Eastern college football independents records :
| 1903 Eastern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Princeton   –  11 –0 –0 Yale   –  11 –1 –0 Columbia   –  9 –1 –0 Dartmouth   –  9 –1 –0 Geneva   –  9 –1 –0 Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0 Temple   –  4 –1 –0 Washington & Jefferson   –  8 –2 –0 Lehigh   –  9 –2 –1 Harvard   –  9 –3 –0 Penn   –  9 –3 –0 Army   –  6 –2 –1 Carlisle   –  6 –2 –1 Amherst   –  7 –3 –0 Lafayette   –  7 –3 –0 Cornell   –  6 –3 –1 Colgate   –  4 –2 –1 Penn State   –  5 –3 –0 Swarthmore   –  6 –4 –0 Dickinson   –  7 –5 –0 Brown   –  5 –4 –1 Syracuse   –  5 –4 –0 Fordham   –  1 –1 –0 Frankin & Marshall   –  5 –5 –1 Buffalo   –  4 –4 –0 Rutgers   –  4 –4 –1 Delaware   –  4 –4 –0 Villanova   –  2 –2 –0 Bucknell   –  4 –5 –0 Vermont   –  4 –5 –0 Tufts   –  5 –8 –0 Wesleyan   –  3 –6 –1 Springfield Training School   –  1 –3 –1 NYU   –  2 –5 –0 New Hampshire   –  2 –6 –1 Pittsburgh College   –  1 –5 –1 Western U. Penn.   –  1 –8 –1 | 1903 Midwestern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Nebraska   –  11 –0 –0 North Dakota   –  7 –0 –0 Central Michigan   –  6 –0 –0 Notre Dame   –  8 –0 –1 Iowa State   –  8 –1 –0 Marquette   –  7 –1 –0 Lake Forest   –  6 –1 –0 North Dakota Agricultural   –  5 –1 –0 Haskell   –  7 –2 –0 St. Xavier   –  7 –2 –0 Fairmount   –  6 –2 –0 Wabash   –  9 –3 –0 Wittenberg   –  5 –2 –1 Doane   –  2 –1 –0 Northern Illinois State   –  4 –2 –0 American Medical   –  6 –3 –0 Kansas   –  6 –3 –0 Drake   –  5 –3 –0 Kirksville Osteopaths   –  5 –3 –0 Iowa State Normal   –  4 –3 –1 Ohio Medical   –  5 –4 –0 Lincoln (MO)   –  1 –1 –0 Michigan State Normal   –  4 –4 –0 Washington University   –  4 –4 –2 Heidelberg   –  3 –4 –2 Kansas State   –  3 –4 –1 Detroit College   –  3 –4 –0 Shurtleff   –  2 –4 –1 Ohio   –  2 –4 –0 South Dakota Agricultural   –  1 –2 –0 Mount Union   –  2 –5 –1 DePauw   –  2 –6 –1 Miami (OH)   –  1 –4 –0 Missouri   –  1 –7 –1 Western Illinois   –  0 –3 –1 Cincinnati   –  1 –8 –0 Baldwin–Wallace   –  0 –1 –0 Buchtel   –  0 –2 –0 Butler   –  0 –3 –0 Chicago P&S   –  0 –4 –0 | 1903 Southern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Livingstone   –  3 –0 –0 Kentucky University   –  7 –1 –0 West Virginia   –  7 –1 –0 VPI   –  5 –1 –0 South Carolina   –  8 –2 –0 Stetson   –  2 –1 –1 Virginia   –  7 –2 –1 Georgetown   –  7 –3 –0 VMI   –  2 –1 –0 Texas A&M   –  7 –3 –1 North Carolina   –  6 –3 –0 Maryland   –  7 –4 –0 East Florida Seminary   –  3 –2 –1 Florida State College   –  3 –2 –1 Oklahoma   –  5 –4 –3 Kendall   –  3 –3 –0 Louisiana Industrial   –  1 –1 –0 North Carolina A&M   –  4 –4 –0 Oklahoma A&M   –  0 –0 –2 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –  1 –1 –0 Tusculum   –  1 –1 –0 Arkansas   –  3 –4 –0 Navy   –  4 –7 –1 Howard (AL)   –  2 –3 –0 Columbian   –  2 –5 –0 Florida   –  1 –3 –0 Goldey College   –  0 –1 –1 Davidson   –  1 –4 –0 Tennessee Docs   –  0 –4 –0 TCU   –  0 –7 –0 |
| 1903 Far West college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Stanford   –  8 –0 –3 California   –  6 –1 –2 Washington   –  6 –1 –0 Oregon   –  4 –2 –1 USC   –  4 –2 –0 Albany College (OR)   –  4 –3 –0 Utah Agricultural   –  3 –0 –0 New Mexico A&M   –  2 –0 –1 Arizona   –  2 –0 –0 Tempe Normal   –  2 –0 –0 Wyoming   –  3 –2 –0 Washington Agricultural   –  3 –3 –2 Utah   –  3 –5 –0 Nevada State   –  2 –4 –2 Oregon Agricultural   –  2 –4 –1 Montana   –  2 –5 –0 Academy of Idaho   –  0 –1 –1 |

### Minor conferences

| Conference | Champion(s) | Record |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Albion Michigan Agricultural | 4–1 |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Case | 5–0 |

### Minor conference standings

1903 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings :
| 1903 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Michigan Agricultural + 4 –1 –06 –1 –1 + – Conference co-champions | 1903 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Case $ 5 –0 –08 –2 –0 Ohio State 3 –1 –08 –3 –0 Oberlin 2 –2 –14 –4 –1 Ohio Wesleyan 2 –3 –05 –4 –0 Western Reserve 1 –3 –03 –6 –0 Kenyon 0 –4 –12 –6 –1 $ – Conference champion |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:
| Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
| QB | Jimmy Johnson | 5'7" | 138 | Sr. | Edgerton, Wisconsin | Carlisle |
| QB | Myron E. Witham | | | Sr. | Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts | Dartmouth |
| HB | Willie Heston | 5'8" | 190 | Jr. | Grant's Pass, Oregon | Michigan |
| HB | Dana Kafer | | | Sr. | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | Princeton |
| FB | Richard Shore Smith | | | Sr. | | Columbia |
| FB | Ledyard Mitchell | | | Sr. | | Yale |
| E | Howard Henry | | | Sr. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Princeton |
| T | Daniel Knowlton | | | So. | | Harvard |
| T | James Hogan | 5'10" | 210 | Jr. | County Tipperary, Ireland | Yale |
| G | John DeWitt | 6'1" | 198 | Sr. | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Princeton |
| G | Andrew Marshall | | | Sr. | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Harvard |
| C | Henry Hooper | | | Sr. | New Hampshire | Dartmouth |
| G | James Bloomer | | | Jr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Yale |
| T | Fred Schacht | | | Sr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minnesota |
| E | Charles D. Rafferty | | | Sr. | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Yale |

### Statistical leaders

* Players scoring most points: Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan, 163