1903 Indiana
4–4 (1–2 Western Conference), coached by James Horne. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat DePauw 70–0Nov 14
By 70 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vsWabash | L 0–5 | 87% |
| Oct 3 | atChicago | L 0–34 | 20% |
| Oct 10 | vsEarlham | W 39–0 | 82% |
| Oct 17 | at Michigan | L 0–51 | 12% |
| Nov 6 | vs Illinois | W 17–0 | 28% |
| Nov 14 | vsDePauw | W 70–0 | 87% |
| Nov 21 | atTransylvania | L 5–18 | 76% |
| Nov 28 | at Ohio State | W 17–16 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Ohio State 17–16; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
Photographs from 1903
Maddock breaking through Indiana linePhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publication
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.
- Record
- 4–4
- Conference
- 1–2 6th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 148–124
- Coach
- James Horne
- Elo
- 1418 −31 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.9 No. 44 of 70 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Zora Clevenger
1903 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota | 3–0–1 | 14–0–1 | |
| Michigan | 3–0–1 | 11–0–1 | |
| Chicago | 4–1–1 | 12–2–1 | |
 Northwestern | 1–0–2 | 10–1–3 | |
 Iowa | 1–1 | 9–2 | |
 Indiana | 1–2 | 4–4 | |
| Illinois | 1–5 | 8–6 | |
 Wisconsin | 0–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Purdue | 0–2 | 4–2 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.