Swarthmore at Columbia
Wednesday, October 14, 1903 Share
Columbia beat Swarthmore 5–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 2–0.
Final
In the newspapers
Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 15, 1903, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Football scores yesterday: Illinois, 81; Chicago Dental, 0. Chicago, 40; Rush Medical, 0. Michigan, 65; Ohio Normal, 0. Yale, So; Holy Cross, 10. Harvard, II; Wesleyan, 6. Princeton, -; Lehigh, 0. Pennsylvania, 70; Gettysburg, 0. Columbia, 5; Swarthmore, 0.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Columbia 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Swarthmore–Columbia gameColumbia leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1904 | Columbia 12, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1903 | Columbia 5, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1902 | Columbia 24, Swarthmore 0 |
Around this game
Swarthmore
- Next gamevs. DelawareOct. 17, 1903
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1903
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. AmherstOct. 17, 1903
- SeasonColumbia in 1903
- ProgramColumbia history and records