1903 Northwestern Purple football team

1903 Northwestern Purple football
Western Conference co-champion
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record10–1–3 (1–0–2 Western)
Head coach
CaptainDixie Fleager
Home stadiumSheppard Field
1903 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota + 3 – 0 – 1 14 – 0 – 1
Michigan + 3 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1
+ 1 – 0 – 2 10 – 1 – 3
Chicago 4 – 1 – 1 12 – 2 – 1
Iowa 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Indiana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 8 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 0 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Purdue 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1903 Northwestern Purple team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University as a member of the Western Conference (now commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Walter McCornack, the Wildcats compiled a 10–1–3 record (1–0–2 in conference games), shut out eight opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 229 to 67, and tied for the conference championship. They were undefeated in the first eleven games, finally losing in the final game of the season to the team from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19North Division High SchoolEvanston, ILW 22–5
September 22Fort SheridanEvanston, ILW 28–0
September 23Englewood High SchoolEvanston, ILW 35–0
September 26Northwestern College
  • Sheppard Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 22–6[3]
September 30Northwestern alumniEvanston, ILW 5–0
October 3LombardEvanston, ILW 23–0
October 7Chicago DentalEvanston, ILW 18–11
October 10at Washington University
W 23–0[4]
October 17at Chicago
T 0–0
October 242:30 p.m.at Cincinnati
W 35–0[5][6]
October 31at Illinois
W 12–11
November 14vs. Notre Dame
T 0–0
November 212:13 p.m.vs. Wisconsin
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
T 6–610,000[7][8]
November 26vs. Carlisle
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–283,000[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "1903 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Northwestern Is Humiliated". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. September 27, 1902. p. 2, sporting. Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ "Purple Wins Out At St. Louis". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 11, 1903. p. 26. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ "Confident.—U. of C. Very Hopeful.—Of Giving Northwestern Downs a Good Drubbing". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 24, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ "Defeated,—But Not Disgraced.—Northwestern Downs the U. of C. Boys". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 25, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "Methodists In Third Tie Game". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 22, 1903. pp. 9–10. Retrieved November 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "Northwestern Held Wisconsin To A Tie". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 22, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved November 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  9. ^ "Purple Outplayed By Wily Redmen". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. ^ "Carlisle Defeats Northwestern". Muscatine Journal. Muscatine, Iowa. November 27, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .


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