1903 Franklin Athletic Club season

American football team season August 2023 Franklin Athletic Club 1903 12–0 No divisions Teck Matthews No playoffs 1902 N/A The 1903 Franklin Athletic Club football season was their third and final season in existence. The team finished with a record of 12–0. The team was named the top football team in the United States. Franklin went on to win the 1903 World Series of Football, held in December, at Madison Square Garden and did not give up a score all season. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result 1 October 21 Youngstown Athletic Club W 74–0Other sources have the score at 76–0. 2 October 24 Primrose Athletic Club W 28–0 3 October 28 Jamestown, New York W 46–0 4 October 31 Wheeling, West Virginia W 56–0 5 November 7 Ellwood City, Pennsylvania W 33–0 6 November 11 Buffalo Niagaras W 74–0 7 November 14 Sewickley, Pennsylvania W 45–0 8 November 18 Syracuse Athletic Club W 12–0 9 November 21 Allegheny College W 47–0 10 November 26 East End Athletic AssociationThanksgiving Day game W 23–0 11 December 15 Orange Athletic Club1903 World Series of Football game, held at Madison Square Garden. W 12–0 12 December 17 Watertown Red & BlackWorld Series of Football Championship Game W 12–0 Game notes References Franklin's Hired Guns: 1903 Coffin Corner Professional Football Researchers Association 1–3 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Franklins_Hired_Guns.pdf PFRA Research dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101126224701/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Franklins_Hired_Guns.pdf 2010-11-26 The First Football World Series Coffin Corner Professional Football Researchers Association 2 Annual 1980 1–8 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-An-054.pdf Carroll, Bob dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218232146/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-An-054.pdf 2010-12-18 Franklin's World Champion Football Team Coffin Corner Professional Football Researchers Association 3 Annual 1981 1–4 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-An-079.pdf Smith, William R. dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101127042413/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-An-079.pdf 2010-11-27 Greensburg Athletic Association Greensburg Athletic Association