1903 Georgia Tech football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1903
| team = Georgia Tech
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 3–5
| conf_record = 1–4
| head_coach = Oliver Huie
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Jesse Thrash
| stadium = Piedmont Park
}}
{{1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1903 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Despite Tech sources not recording it, Mercer sources insist Georgia Tech defeated Mercer in 1903 by a score of 46 to 0.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUafJmAa9RcC&pg=PA13|author=Robert E. Wilder|title=Gridiron Glory Days: Football at Mercer, 1892-1942|page=13|isbn=9780881462678|year=2011}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P5B3DNDpJ7IC&pg=PT135|title=Dublin: The Emerald City|author=Scott Thompson|page=135|isbn=9781439610787|date=September 29, 2000}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8BABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|page=18|title=A History of College Football in Georgia|author=Jon Nelson|isbn=9781614236139|date=July 1, 2012}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = Mercer
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 46–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120949068/skill-defeats-brawn-in-mercertech-game/|title=Skill defeats brawn in Mercer–Tech game|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=October 11, 1903|accessdate=March 14, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–73
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-savannah-morning-news-tremendous-sco/145797533/|title=Tremendous score piled up by Clemson against Techs yesterday|newspaper=The Savannah Morning News|date=October 18, 1903|accessdate=April 21, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = l
| opponent = Georgia
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–38
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-1903-oct-25-uga/94156576/|title=Disastrous defeat overtakes the Tech|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=October 25, 1903|accessdate=April 21, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Howard (AL)
| site_stadium = West End Park
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| score = 37–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93801153/howard-college-downed-by-tech/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Howard College downed by Tech|date=November 1, 1903|accessdate=January 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Florida State College
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 17–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-dashing-end-runs-win/145797863/|title=Dashing end runs win game for Tech|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|date=November 8, 1903|accessdate=April 21, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| opponent = Auburn
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 5–10
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120656525/techs-by-fumbling-lost-interesting-game/|work=Savannah Morning News|title=Techs by fumbling, lost interesting game to the Auburn eleven|date=November 15, 1903|accessdate=March 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| site_stadium = Baldwin Park
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–11
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82622873/tech-drops-game-to-volunteers/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Tech drops game to Volunteers|date=November 22, 1903|access-date=August 1, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 0–16
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-tech-loses-ano/145797973/|title=Tech loses another|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|date=November 27, 1903|accessdate=April 21, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-media-guide-119-208|title=Georgia Tech Media Guide|access-date=August 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084613/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-media-guide-119-208|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web| url = http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/mercer/1900-1904_yearly_results.php| title = Welcome cfbdatawarehouse.com - BlueHost.com| access-date = 2016-12-15| archive-date = 2016-10-01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161001191816/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/mercer/1900-1904_yearly_results.php| url-status = dead}}
Game summaries
=Week 1: Clemson=
Clemson's 73–0 victory over Georgia Tech led Clemson to name a street on the campus for John Heisman and to Georgia Tech's hiring him the next season. The week before Clemson beat Georgia 29 to 0. Georgia offered a bushel of apples for every point Clemson could score over its rival Tech. Clemson rushed for 615 yards.{{cite journal|journal=Clemson University Football Programs - Clemson Vs Duke|date=October 17, 1987|url=https://archive.org/stream/clemsonuniversit00cle_31i/clemsonuniversit00cle_31i_images#page/n81/mode/2up/search/Hanvey|title=This Day in Tiger Football|author=Foster Senn|page=81}}
References
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