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1903 Harvard

9–⁠3, coached by John Cranston.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1903, game by game: won vs. Williams 17–0; won vs. Bowdoin 24–0; won vs. Maine 6–0; won vs. Bates 23–0; lost vs. Amherst 0–5; won vs. Wesleyan (CT) 17–6; won at Army 5–0; won vs. Brown 29–0; won vs. Carlisle 12–11; won at Pennsylvania 17–10; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–11; lost vs. Yale 0–16+29−16Won 17–0 vs. Williams+17WilliamsWon 24–0 vs. Bowdoin+24BowdoinWon 6–0 vs. Maine+6MaineWon 23–0 vs. Bates+23BatesLost 0–5 vs. Amherst-5AmherstWon 17–6 vs. Wesleyan (CT)+11Wesleyan (CT)Won 5–0 at Army+5ArmyWon 29–0 vs. Brown+29BrownWon 12–11 vs. Carlisle+1CarlisleWon 17–10 at Pennsylvania+7PennsylvaniaLost 0–11 vs. Dartmouth-11DartmouthLost 0–16 vs. Yale-16Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsWilliamsW 17–⁠081%
Sep 26vsBowdoinW 24–⁠093%
Oct 3vsMaineW 6–⁠097%
Oct 7vsBatesW 23–⁠092%
Oct 10vsAmherstL 0–⁠575%
Oct 14vsWesleyan (CT)W 17–⁠688%
Oct 17atArmyW 5–⁠050%
Oct 24vsBrownW 29–⁠081%
Oct 31vsCarlisleW 12–⁠1174%
Nov 7atPennsylvaniaW 17–⁠1055%
Nov 14vsDartmouthL 0–⁠1167%
Nov 21vsYaleL 0–⁠1647%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Yale 16–⁠0.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 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-AmericansDaniel Knowlton, OT; Andrew Marshall, OG

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
150–⁠59
Coach
John Cranston
Elo
1652 −16 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
15.6 No. 8 of 70 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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