1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1903

| team = North Carolina Tar Heels

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–3

| head_coach = Herman Olcott

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = G. Lyle Jones

| stadium = Campus Athletic Field (II)

}}

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.{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/universityofnort1955unse#page/22/mode/2up| title = University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive| year = 1955}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time = 12:35 p.m.{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-10-03/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 03, 1903, Image 1 | date=3 October 1903 | issue=1903/10/03 | page=1 }}

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1903|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}

| site_stadium = Campus Athletic Field (II)

| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC

| score = 15–0

| attend =

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time = 12:30 p.m.{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068257/1903-10-03/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The Charlotte News. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1890-1914, October 03, 1903, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org) }}

| w/l = w

| opponent = Oak Ridge Military Academy

| site_stadium = Campus Athletic Field (II)

| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC

| score = 45–0

| attend =

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time = 4:15 p.m.{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-10-15/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 15, 1903, Image 1 | date=15 October 1903 | issue=1903/10/15 | page=1 }}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = South Carolina

| site_stadium = Davis Field

| site_cityst = Columbia, SC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 17–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-tar-heels-win-f/145811194/|title=Tar Heels win from neighbors|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=October 11, 1903|accessdate=April 21, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time = 3:00 p.m.{{cite news | url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19031017.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- | title=Roanoke Times 17 October 1903 – Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive }}

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Fair Grounds (Roanoke)

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| score = 28–6

| attend =

| source = {{cite news| url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-10-18/ed-1/seq-20/ | title=The Times Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, October 18, 1903, Page 8, Image 20 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Georgetown

| site_stadium = Lafayette Field

| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 0–33

| attend = 2,000{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-10-29/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 29, 1903, Image 1 | date=29 October 1903 | issue=1903/10/29 | page=1 }}

| 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}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time = 3:30 p.m.{{cite news | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn85042104/1903-11-01/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 01, 1903, Part 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org) }}

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Kentucky University

| site_stadium = Cone Athletic Park (I)

| site_cityst = Greensboro, NC

| score = 5–6

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| time = 3:20 p.m.{{cite news | url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19031108.1.3 | title=Times Dispatch 8 November 1903 – Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive }}

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = VPI

| site_stadium = Lafayette Field

| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 0–21

| attend = 2,000{{cite web | url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-11-08/ed-1/seq-13/ | title=The Times Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, November 08, 1903, Image 13 | date=8 November 1903 }}

| source = {{cite news |title=Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TD19031108.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-foot+ball------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=November 8, 1903|page=1|access-date=November 24, 2015}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Clemson

| site_stadium = Campus Athletic Field (II)

| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC

| score = 11–6

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| time = 2:00 p.m.{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-12-03/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 03, 1903, Image 1 | date=3 December 1903 | issue=1903/12/03 | page=1 }}

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = Virginia

| site_stadium = Broad Street Park (I)

| site_cityst = Richmond, VA

| gamename = South's Oldest Rivalry

| score = 16–0

| attend = 7,000{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-12-03/ed-1/seq-3/ | title=The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 03, 1903, Image 3 | date=3 December 1903 | issue=1903/12/03 | page=3 }}

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Gridiron Warriors Are Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86202241/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=November 26, 1903 |page=1 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=The Gridiron Warriors Are Here (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86202341/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=November 26, 1903 |page=2 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=The Boys From Chapel Hill Defeated The University of Virginia, 16 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86201959/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=November 27, 1903 |page=1 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=The Boys From Chapel Hill Defeated The University of Virginia, 16 To 0 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86202044/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=November 27, 1903 |page=2 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Chapel Hill Boys Defeat Virginia (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86202164/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=November 27, 1903 |page=3 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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References

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