1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainG. Lyle Jones
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons
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1903 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Livingstone   –   3 – 0 – 0
Kentucky University   –   7 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 1 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   8 – 2 – 0
Stetson   –   2 – 1 – 1
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 1
Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   2 – 1 – 0
Texas A&M   –   7 – 3 – 1
North Carolina   –   6 – 3 – 0
Maryland   –   7 – 4 – 0
East Florida Seminary   –   3 – 2 – 1
Florida State College   –   3 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma   –   5 – 4 – 3
Kendall   –   3 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   4 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma A&M   –   0 – 0 – 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 1 – 0
Tusculum   –   1 – 1 – 0
Arkansas   –   3 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 7 – 1
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 3 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 5 – 0
Florida   –   1 – 3 – 0
Goldey College   –   0 – 1 – 1
Davidson   –   1 – 4 – 0
Tennessee Docs   –   0 – 4 – 0
TCU   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1903 college football season. The team captain for the 1903 season was G. Lyle Jones.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2612:35 p.m.[2]Guilford
W 15–0
October 312:30 p.m.[3]Oak Ridge Military Academy
  • Campus Athletic Field (II)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 45–0
October 104:15 p.m.[4]at South Carolina
W 17–0
October 173:00 p.m.[5]vs. VMI
W 28–6[6]
October 242:00 p.m.[7]vs. Georgetown
L 0–332,000[8][7][9][10]
October 313:30 p.m.[11]vs. Kentucky University
L 5–6
November 73:20 p.m.[12]vs. VPI
  • Lafayette Field
  • Norfolk, VA
L 0–212,000[13][14]
November 14Clemson
  • Campus Athletic Field (II)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 11–6
November 252:00 p.m.[15]vs. Virginia
W 16–07,000[16][17][18][19][20][21]

References

  1. ^ "University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". 1955.
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 03, 1903, Image 1". October 3, 1903. p. 1.
  3. ^ "The Charlotte News. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1890-1914, October 03, 1903, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  4. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 15, 1903, Image 1". October 15, 1903. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Roanoke Times 17 October 1903 – Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
  6. ^ "The Times Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, October 18, 1903, Page 8, Image 20 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  7. ^ a b "Game In Norfolk". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 29, 1903, Image 1". October 29, 1903. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Georgtown Snows North Carolina Under". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Georgtown Snows North Carolina Under (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 15. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 01, 1903, Part 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  12. ^ "Times Dispatch 8 November 1903 – Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
  13. ^ "The Times Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, November 08, 1903, Image 13". November 8, 1903.
  14. ^ "Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  15. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 03, 1903, Image 1". December 3, 1903. p. 1.
  16. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 03, 1903, Image 3". December 3, 1903. p. 3.
  17. ^ "Gridiron Warriors Are Here". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "The Gridiron Warriors Are Here (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "The Boys From Chapel Hill Defeated The University of Virginia, 16 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "The Boys From Chapel Hill Defeated The University of Virginia, 16 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Chapel Hill Boys Defeat Virginia (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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