1903 Lehigh Brown and White football team

The 1903 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its second season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 9–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 331 to 45.^[1]

1903 Lehigh Brown and White football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2–1
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					9	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					9	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					9	–	1	–	0
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					9	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	3	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					6	–	2	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					5	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					2	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	8	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					1	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	5	–	1
Western U. Penn.			–					1	–	8	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Albright	Bethlehem, PA	W 83–0
September 30	Manhattan College	Bethlehem, PA	W 40–0
October 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–16
October 7	at Swarthmore	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 10–5
October 10	Ursinus	Bethlehem, PA	W 41–0	[2]
October 14	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–12	[3]
October 24	Villanova	Bethlehem, PA	W 71–0	[4]
October 31	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 17–0	[5]
November 7	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0
November 14	Susquehanna	Bethlehem, PA	W 45–0
November 21	Lafayette	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 12–6
November 26	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 12–6

References

1. "1903 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
2. "Lehigh, 41; Ursinus, 0". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 11, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Orange And Black". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Lehigh Won Easy Victory". Sunday Morning Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. October 25, 1903. p. 16. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Lehigh, 17; Dickinson, 0". The New York Times. November 1, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.