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1903 Dartmouth

9–⁠1, coached by Fred Folsom.

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 1903, game by game: won vs. Massachusetts 12–0; won vs. Holy Cross 18–0; won at Vermont 36–0; won vs. Union (NY) 34–0; won at Williams 17–0; lost at Princeton 0–17; won vs. Wesleyan (CT) 34–6; won at Amherst 18–0; won at Harvard 11–0; won vs. Brown 62–0+62−17Won 12–0 vs. Massachusetts+12MassachusettsWon 18–0 vs. Holy Cross+18Holy CrossWon 36–0 at Vermont+36VermontWon 34–0 vs. Union (NY)+34Union (NY)Won 17–0 at Williams+17WilliamsLost 0–17 at Princeton-17PrincetonWon 34–6 vs. Wesleyan (CT)+28Wesleyan (CT)Won 18–0 at Amherst+18AmherstWon 11–0 at Harvard+11HarvardWon 62–0 vs. Brown+62Brown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsMassachusettsW 12–⁠090%
Oct 3vsHoly CrossW 18–⁠067%
Oct 7atVermontW 36–⁠065%
Oct 14vsUnion (NY)W 34–⁠092%
Oct 17atWilliamsW 17–⁠061%
Oct 24atPrincetonL 0–⁠1735%
Oct 31vsWesleyan (CT)W 34–⁠684%
Nov 7atAmherstW 18–⁠056%
Nov 14atHarvardW 11–⁠033%
Nov 26vsBrownW 62–⁠077%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Brown 62–⁠0.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Photographs from 1903

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1903.

2 consensus All-AmericansHenry Hooper, C; Myron E. Witham, QB

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
242–⁠23
Coach
Fred Folsom
Elo
1701 +142 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
21.9 No. 6 of 70 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Myron E. Witham