1903 Colgate football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1903
| team = Colgate
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–2–1
| head_coach = Bob Hatch
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Carl H. Smith
| stadium = Whitnall Field
}}
{{1903 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1903 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bob Hatch, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record. Carl Smith was the team captain.{{cite web|title=2008 Colgate Football Media Guide|publisher=Colgate University|year=2008|access-date=June 6, 2020|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolgateraiders.com/documents/2008/8/1/HISTORY.pdf}} The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.
Schedule
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|September 26|at|Army|The Plain|West Point, NY|T 0-0||
|October 4||{{cfb link|year=1903|team=St. Lawrence Saints|title=St. Lawrence}}|Whitnall Field|Hamilton, NY|W 40-0||
|October 10|at|Cornell|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY (rivalry)|L 0-12||{{cite news|title=Cornell, 12; Colgate, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 11, 1903|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120846736/cornell-12-colgate-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17|at|Syracuse| |Syracuse, NY|W 10-5|3,000|{{cite news|title=Colgate Beats Syracuse, 10 to 5|newspaper=New York Daily Tribune|date=October 18, 1903|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120846445/colgate-beats-syracuse-10-to-5/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 31||{{cfb link|year=1903|team=Rochester Yellowjackets|title=Rochester}}|Whitnall Field|Hamilton, NY|W 23-5||{{cite news|title=Played Against Big Handicap: Local Varsity Outweighed by Colgate Eleven|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=November 1, 1903|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120847391/played-against-big-handicap-local/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1903|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}|Weston Field|Williamstown, MA|L 0-6||{{cite news|title=Williams 6, Colgate 0|newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe|date=November 8, 1903|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120847606/williams-6-colgate-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14||{{cfb link|year=1903|team=Hamilton Continentals|title=Hamilton}}|Whitnall Field|Hamilton, NY|W 16-0||
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