1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

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1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
CaptainFloyd Ritzman, Donald Kays
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska   –   11 – 0 – 0
North Dakota   –   7 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 0 – 1
Iowa State   –   8 – 1 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 1 – 0
Lake Forest   –   6 – 1 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   5 – 1 – 0
Haskell   –   7 – 2 – 0
St. Xavier   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   6 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   9 – 3 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 2 – 1
Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   4 – 2 – 0
American Medical   –   6 – 3 – 0
Kansas   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   5 – 3 – 0
Kirksville Osteopaths   –   5 – 3 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   4 – 3 – 1
Ohio Medical   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington University   –   4 – 4 – 2
Heidelberg   –   3 – 4 – 2
Kansas State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Shurtleff   –   2 – 4 – 1
Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 5 – 1
DePauw   –   2 – 6 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Missouri   –   1 – 7 – 1
Western Illinois   –   0 – 3 – 1
Cincinnati   –   1 – 8 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 1 – 0
Buchtel   –   0 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   0 – 3 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1903 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1903 college football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach John A. H. Keith and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 4–2 record. Floyd Ritzman and Donald Kays were the team's co-captains.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Belvidere Business CollegeBelvidere, ILW 6–0[2]
October 10Alumni
W 6–0[3]
October 24at Platteville NormalPlatteville, WIL 0–12[4]
November 7Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 23–0[5]
November 14at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILL 0–29[6]
November 21Belvidere/DeKalb team[a]
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 15–0[7]
November 26DeKalb High School
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
 Canceled[8]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This game was originally scheduled with Belvidere Business College. The college only sent three players, who formed a team with players from DeKalb.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Met Gridiron Grief". Belvidere Daily Republican. October 5, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Normals Win". The Daily Chronicle. October 12, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Platteville 12, DeKalb 0". The Platteville Journal. October 28, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Win And Lose". The Daily Chronicle. November 9, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot Ball Games". The Daily Chronicle. November 16, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Foot Ball". The Daily Chronicle. November 23, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "No Foot Ball Game". The Daily Chronicle. November 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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