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1903 Missouri Tigers football team

1903 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
CaptainAbner Birney
Home stadiumRollins Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     11 0 0
North Dakota     7 0 0
Central Michigan     6 0 0
Notre Dame     8 0 1
Iowa State     8 1 0
Marquette     7 1 0
Lake Forest     6 1 0
North Dakota Agricultural     5 1 0
Haskell     7 2 0
St. Xavier     7 2 0
Fairmount     6 2 0
Wabash     9 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 1
Doane     2 1 0
Northern Illinois State     4 2 0
American Medical     6 3 0
Kansas     6 3 0
Drake     5 3 0
Kirksville Osteopaths     5 3 0
Iowa State Normal     4 3 1
Ohio Medical     5 4 0
Lincoln (MO)     1 1 0
Michigan State Normal     4 4 0
Washington University     4 4 2
Heidelberg     3 4 2
Kansas State     3 4 1
Detroit College     3 4 0
Shurtleff     2 4 1
Ohio     2 4 0
South Dakota Agricultural     1 2 0
Mount Union     2 5 1
DePauw     2 6 1
Miami (OH)     1 4 0
Missouri     1 7 1
Western Illinois     0 3 1
Cincinnati     1 8 0
Baldwin–Wallace     0 1 0
Buchtel     0 2 0
Butler     0 3 0
Chicago P&S     0 4 0

The 1903 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1903 college football season. The team compiled a 1–7–1 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 83 to 46. John McLean was the head coach for the first of three seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Missouri MinesW 40–0
October 12Grinnell
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
L 6–15
October 17Drake
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
L 0–17[3]
October 23Simpson
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
L 0–12
October 313:00 p.m.vs. HaskellL 0–12[4]
November 7at Washington UniversityT 0–08,000[5]
November 14Iowa
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
L 0–16
November 18Washburn
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
L 0–6
November 26vs. Kansas
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Kansas City, MO (rivalry)
L 0–510,000[6]

References

  1. ^ "1903 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Drake Defeats Missourians". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 18, 1903. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Indians Better Mudders". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 1, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Washington's Brilliant Playing Results In Tie Game With Missouri, Neither Scoring". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 8, 1903. p. 15. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Pooler Won the Game". The Kansas City Times. November 27, 1903. p. 1.


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