The 1903 Harvard Crimson football team represented
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
in the
1903 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 9–3 record under first-year head coach
John Cranston.
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system ...
selected two Harvard players as first-team selections to his
1903 College Football All-America Team. They were tackle
Daniel Knowlton and guard
Andrew Marshall.
The 1903 season was also notable for the opening of Harvard Stadium, which hosted its first game on November 14 against Dartmouth.
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Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
Harvard Crimson football seasons
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun c ...
1900s in Boston
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