1903 Clemson Tigers football team
Clemson at Georgia Tech
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
• Clemson
|
51 |
22 |
73 |
Ga. Tech |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clemson at North Carolina
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
Clemson |
6 |
0 |
6 |
• UNC
|
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
Clemson at Davidson
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
• Clemson
|
18 |
6 |
24 |
Davidson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clemson vs. Cumberland
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
Clemson |
0 |
11 |
11 |
Cumberland |
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
The 1903 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College during the 1903 college football season. The team was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and played all its games on the road, compiling a 4–1–1 record and 2–0–1 in the SIAA.
Most notably, the team competed in an early conference championship game, tying Cumberland 11–11 in the contest. This is John Heisman's last season coaching Clemson. The Tigers thrashed Georgia Tech 73–0, leading to Heisman's later job-offer at Tech.
For the 1903 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1903 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth five points and a conversion (PAT) was worth one point.
The team's captain was Hope Sadler. This was the last season with both Sadler and Carl Sitton at ends. One writer recalls, "Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps."
The season opened with a defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs 29–0. Clemson fumbled on a number of plays.
The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Forsythe (left tackle), McKeown (left guard), Garrison (center), Derrick (right guard), Cogburn (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Furtick (left halfback), Wood (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).
The Bulldogs offered Clemson a bushel of apples for every point over 29 it scored against rival Georgia Tech. Clemson would win 73 to 0 on a mud-soaked field, leading to Heisman's later job at Tech. Sitton had to sit out the game.
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