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1903 Clemson Tigers football team

1903 Clemson Tigers football
1903 Clemson Tigers football team (Oconeean 1904).png
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1903 record 4–1–1 (2–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (4th year)
Captain Hope Sadler
Home stadium Bowman Field
Seasons
« 1902 1904 »
1903 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson + 2 0 1     4 1 1
Cumberland + 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
Mississippi 1 1 1     2 1 1
Texas 0 0 1     5 1 2
Central 0 0 0     3 0 0
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 2 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 4 0     4 5 0
SW Presbyterian            
  • + – Conference co-champions
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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