1903 East Florida Seminary football team

College football team August 2023 1903 East Florida Seminary football Independent 3–2–1 Bob Kennedy The Ballpark The 1903 East Florida Seminary football team represented the East Florida Seminary in Gainesville, Florida in the sport of American football during the 1903 college football season. This was not the modern Florida Gators of the University of Florida, which began in 1906, but one of its four predecessor institutions. The team split two games with the University of Florida at Lake City, defeated in-state rivals Florida State College and Stetson by identical scores of 16 to 0, then wrapped up the campaign with a tie and a loss to an amateur squad from Tampa.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3250589/the_gainesville_star/ The Gainesville Star Our Boys November 6, 1903 September 21, 2015 Newspapers.com http://www.nolefan.org/ffsuexhibition.html E. F. S. Won Game Defeated Tallahassee State College 16 to 0 Florida-Times Union November 1, 1903 2 Seminary player-coach Robert Kennedy reportedly left town with $91 in gate receipts after the contest in Tampa on Christmas Day, leaving the rest of the team scrambling to pay their hotel bill.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107756009/the-tampa-tribune/ Clipped from the Tampa Tribune The Tampa Tribune 27 December 1903 1 The controversy was rectified in time for the teams' rematch on New Years Day, in which Kennedy was again Seminary's starting quarterback. Schedule w University of Florida (Lake City) l University of Florida (Lake City) October 31 w y Florida State College Tallahassee, FL 16–0 November 13 w Stetson 16–0 December 25 t y Tampa Tampa Bay Grounds Tampa, FL 0–0 600 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107756026/the-tampa-tribune/ The Football Game December 27, 1903 1 The Tampa Tribune January 1 l y Tampa DeSoto Park Tampa, FL 0–5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107904509/the-tampa-tribune/ Clipped from the Tampa Tribune The Tampa Tribune 2 January 1904 1 http://www.lostcolleges.com/#!east-florida-seminary/c1cru America's Lost Collegeshttps://gohatters.com/sports/football/schedule/1903 1903 Football Schedule References East Florida Seminary Category:East Florida Seminary football seasons East Florida Seminary football