1903 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1903 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1903 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Burr Chamberlain, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–7–1 record, shut out four opponents (including a scoreless tie with Baltimore Medical College), and were outscored by all opponents by a combined score of 130 to 77.^[1][2]

1903 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7–1
Head coach	Burr Chamberlain (1st season)
Captain	Charles Soule
Home stadium	Worden Field
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 10	Virginia	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 6–5	^[3]
October 14	Gallaudet	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 18–0	^[4]
October 17	Dickinson	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 5–0
October 21	Baltimore Medical College	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	T 0–0
October 24	Lafayette	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–6
October 31	Penn State	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–17
October 28	Georgetown	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–12
November 4	New York Naval Militia	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 28–0
November 7	Washington & Jefferson	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–16	^[5]
November 14	Bucknell	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–23
November 21	VPI	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–11
November 28	vs. Army	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 5–40

References

1. (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "Lucky Fluke For Navy". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. October 11, 1903. p. 9. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
4. "Navy Defeats Gallaudet". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. October 15, 1903. p. 9. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
5. "W. And J., 16: Navy, 0". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 8, 1903. p. 9. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .