The 1903 Howard Bulldogs football team was an

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team that represented Howard College (now known as the

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) as an independent during the

1903 college football season The 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Conference standings Major conference standings ...

. Under head coaches W. T. O'Hara (games 1–2) and

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(games 3–5), the team compiled a record of 2–3.

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Howard Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...

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