1903 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1903 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Thomas L. McFadden, the Aggies compiled a 2–4–1 record and were outscored their opponents by a combined total of 32 to 21. The Aggies defeated Washington Agricultural (6–0), and Nevada (15–0), tied with Pacific University (0–0), and lost to Washington (0–5), Multnomah Athletic Club (0–16), Albany College (0–6), and Oregon (0–5).^[1][2] John Gault was the team captain.^[3]

1903 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–4–1
Head coach	Thomas L. McFadden (1st season)
Captain	John Gault
Home stadium	College Field
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	3
California			–					6	–	1	–	2
Washington			–					6	–	1	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	1
USC			–					4	–	2	–	0
Albany College (OR)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					3	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					2	–	0	–	1
Arizona			–					2	–	0	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					2	–	0	–	0
Wyoming			–					3	–	2	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					3	–	3	–	2
Utah			–					3	–	5	–	0
Nevada State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Oregon Agricultural			–					2	–	4	–	1
Montana			–					2	–	5	–	0
Academy of Idaho			–					0	–	1	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 17	Washington	College Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–5	[4]
October 25	at Multnomah Athletic Club	Multnomah Field Portland, OR	L 0–16	[5]
October 31	at Albany College	Rambler Park Albany, OR	L 0–6	[6]
November 7	Pacific (OR)	College Field Corvallis, OR	T 0–0
November 11	Washington Agricultural	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 6–0	[7]
November 21	at Oregon	Kincaid Field Eugene, OR	L 0–5	[8]
November 26	Nevada State	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 15–0	[9]

References

1. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon State University. pp. 148–149. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
2. Carlson, Kip (January 1, 2006). "Oregon State Football". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
3. 2016 Media Guide, p. 186.
4. "Washington defeats Oregon". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. October 18, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Multnomah team defeats Corvallis". The Oregon Daily Journal. October 26, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Albany College wins from Oregon Farmers". Morning Register. November 1, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Oregon wins, Agricultural Colleges battle on Corvallis field". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 12, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Oregon wins championship". Morning Register. November 22, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Oregon wins, 15 to Nevada's 0". Reno Evening Gazette. November 27, 1903. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.