1903 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1903 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1903 college football season. The team was coached by William Penn Bates in his only season as Auburn's head coach.^[2] The next year Mike Donahue took over for the first of his two coaching stints at Auburn.

1903 Auburn Tigers football
The 1903 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach	William Penn Bates (1st season)
Captain	James P. Paterson
Home stadium	Drill Field
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson +	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	1	–	1
Cumberland (TN) +	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	0	–	2			3	–	0	–	2
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	1	–	1			2	–	1	–	1
Texas	0	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	2	–	1
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	3	–	0
LSU	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
SW Presbyterian			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Montgomery Athletic Club*	Drill Field Auburn, AL	W 26–0	[3]
October 17	Howard (AL)*	Drill Field Auburn, AL	W 58–0	[4]
October 23	vs. Alabama	Riverside Park Montgomery, AL (rivalry)	L 6–18	[5]
October 31	Sewanee	Riverside Park Montgomery, AL	L 0–47	[6]
November 11	LSU	Drill Field Auburn, AL (rivalry)	W 12–0	[7]
November 14	at Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 10–5	[8]
November 26	at Georgia	Brisbane Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 13–22	[9]
*Non-conference game

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References

1. George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 176. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
2. George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 172. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
3. "Football at Auburn". The Birmingham News. October 6, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Auburn's great showing makes tremendous score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 18, 1903. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Victory perched on Crimson-White; Auburn's Orange-Blue trailed in dust". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1903. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Sewanee 47, Auburn 0". Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette. November 1, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Creoles lost to Auburnites". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Techs by fumbling, lost interesting game to the Auburn eleven". Savannah Morning News. November 15, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Auburn overwhelmed by the Georgia eleven". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 27, 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: William Penn "Billy" Bates, 1903". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
11. "1903 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.