1903 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1903
| team = Georgetown Blue and Gray
| sport = football
| image = Georgetown Hoyas football team (1903).png
| image_size = 285
| conference = Independent
| record = 7–3
| head_coach = Philip King
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Hub Hart
| stadium = Georgetown Field
| champion = Southern champion
}}
{{1903 Southern college football independents records}}
The 1903 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1903 college football season. Led by Philip King in his first year as head coach, the team went 7–3 and claims a Southern championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2711376/boston_post/|title=Georgetown's Boston Backfield|date=November 24, 1903|page=10|work=Boston Post|accessdate=June 30, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} National champion Princeton's two closest game were against Yale and Georgetown. Captain Hub Hart had a 99-yard run from scrimmage against Maryland; this is still a school record.[http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/record-1.htm "Georgetown Football Records"]. hoyasaxa.com. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Maryland
| site_stadium = Maryland Agricultural College Field
| site_cityst = College Park, MD
| score = 28–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 0–5
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton, 5; Georgetown, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 4, 1903|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98337502/princeton-5-georgetown-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = St. Alban's
| site_stadium = Georgetown Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 25–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1903|team=Baltimore Medical|title=Baltimore Medical}}
| site_stadium = Oriole Park
| site_cityst = Baltimore, MD
| score = 23–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = North Carolina
| site_stadium = Lafayette Field
| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA
| score = 33–0
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Game In Norfolk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86202816/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 24, 1903 |page=2 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Georgtown Snows North Carolina Under |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86201247/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 25, 1903 |page=13 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Georgtown Snows North Carolina Under (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86203104/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 25, 1903 |page=15 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Worden Field
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| score = 12–5
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = Carlisle
| site_stadium = Georgetown Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 6–28
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Columbian
| site_stadium = Georgetown Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 33–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70594131/georgetown-players-trounce-columbian/|work=The Washington Times|title=Georgetown players trounce Columbian|date=November 15, 1903|accessdate=February 14, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1903|team=Gallaudet Bison|title=Gallaudet}}
| site_stadium = Georgetown Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 29–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Georgetown Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 6–12
}}
}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgetown/1903-schedule.html|title=1903 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyafootball.com/games/game-1900s.htm|title=Georgetown Football: Game By Game|accessdate=February 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406161525/http://www.hoyafootball.com/games/game-1900s.htm|archivedate=April 6, 2015}}
Players
=Line=
| class="wikitable" | |
| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Georgetown Hoyas|Player | Position}} | |
| Larry Brennan | guard |
| Larry Canario | end |
| Kangaroo Carroll | tackle |
| Sam Edmonston | tackle |
| Percy Given | center |
| Mike Kernan | end |
| Matt Mahoney | guard |
| Charley McGuire | center |
| Ed Monahan | tackle |
| Pop Rorke | guard |
| Joe Seitz | tackle |
| Ed Sutton | end |
=Backfield=
| class="wikitable" | |
| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Georgetown Hoyas|Player | Position }} | |
| Ray Abbatichio | halfback |
| Branch Bocock | quarterback |
| Joe Dugan | halfback |
| Preston Edmonston | fullback |
| Leo Fitzpatrick | halfback |
| Bill Graham | fullback |
| Hub Hart | halfback |
| Doc Martel | fullback |
| Charley McCarthy | halfback |
| Ferd McGettigan | quarterback |
| John Monahan | halfback |
| Red Morgan | fullback |
| Joe Reilly | halfback |
| John Richmond | halfback |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Georgetown Hoyas football navbox}}
{{Independent southern football champions}}