1903 Washington football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1903

| team = Washington

| team_link = Washington Huskies

| sport = football

| image = 1903 University of Washington football team.jpg

| image_size = 280px

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–1

| head_coach = James Knight

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = William Speidel

| stadium = Athletic Park

}}

The 1903 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its second season under coach James Knight, the team compiled a 6–1 record, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 63 to 11. William Spiedel was the team captain.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon Agricultural

| site_stadium = College Field

| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR

| score = 5–0

| attend = 600

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111823694/washington-defeats-oregon/|work=The Tacoma Daily Ledger|title=Washington defeats Oregon|date=October 18, 1903|accessdate=October 22, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1903|team=Whitman Fighting Missionaries|title=Whitman}}

| site_stadium = Athletic Park

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 35–0

| attend =

| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1903-uw-football/159896748/|title=1903 UW Football vs. Whitman Athletic Park Seattle|date=October 25, 1903|page=26|via=newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|October 30, 1903}}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Washington Agricultural

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–0

| attend =

| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1903-apple-cup-uw/159901578/|title=1903 Apple Cup UW WAC WSU WSC Rogers Field football game|date=October 31, 1903|page=1|via=newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = w

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Athletic Park

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–5

| attend = 2,000

| source = {{cite news |date=November 15, 1903 |title=Great Washington-Oregon Football Game at Athletic Park |page=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-oregon-team-loses/159861756/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-washington-and-or/159861997/ 4] [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-great-washington/159861342/ 12], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-washington-oregon/159861670/ 13] |volume=XLV |number=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-great-washington/159861342/ |work=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=November 27, 2024}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|November 20, 1903}}

| w/l = w

| opponent = Nevada State

| site_stadium = Athletic Park

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 2–0

| attend = 3,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Nevada's Team Loses To Washington|newspaper=Daily Nevada State Journal|date=November 21, 1903|pages=2, 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43216939/nevadas_team_loses_to_washington/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1903-uw-football/159897109/|title=1903 UW Football Nevada State Athletic Park photo|date=November 21, 1903|page=1|via=newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|November 26, 1903}}

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Idaho

| site_stadium = Athletic Park

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 5–0

| attend =

| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1903-uw-washingto/159901185/|title=1903 UW Washington football vs. Idaho Athletic Park|date=November 27, 1903|page=1|via=newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 5

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Multnomah Athletic Club

| site_stadium = Multnomah Field

| site_cityst = Portland, OR

| score = 0–6

| attend = 1,000–1,500

| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1903-uw-washingto/159901321/|title=1903 UW Washington football Multnomah Athletic Club|date=December 6, 1903|page=12|via=newspapers.com}}

}}

| seasonsource = {{cite web |author= |title=1903 Football Schedule |url=https://gohuskies.com/sports/football/schedule/1903 |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2024 Football Media Guide |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/washington.sidearmsports.com/documents/2024/8/8/2024_UW_Football_Media_Guide.pdf |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |page=151 |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}

}}

References

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