1903 Chilocco Indians football team

College football season February 2026 August 2023 1903 Chilocco Indians football Independent The 1903 Chilocco Indian School football team was an American football team that represented the Chilocco Indian School in the north-central Oklahoma Territory during the 1903 college football season. Records have been found of nine games played by Chilocco in the fall of 1903. Chilocco was one of three Indian schools in the early 1900s to field football teams that competed in college football. The other two were Carlisle in Pennsylvania and Haskell in Kansas. William Henry Dietz played football for Chilocco in the early 1900s before transferring to Friends University in the fall of 1904."Jury in Draft Case of Former Wichita Athlete Disagrees", Wichita Beacon, June 26, 1919, front page. Dietz was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. By October 1903, enrollment at the school was 770.Chilocco News Notes Arkansas City Daily Traveler October 14, 1903 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31258927/chilocco_news_notes/ Newspapers.com In December 1903, the Arkansas City Daily Traveler published the Chilocco football yell as follows:Chiloc Chiloc!Hicoty-hocHunkety-chokSmall pox, chicken poxChiloc, Chiloc!Add on an Indian warwhoop and you have the Chilocoo football yell."Chilocco Items Arkansas City Traveler December 16, 1903 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31259661/chilocco_items/ Schedule y October 3 at Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Territory L 5–38 October 9 Fairmount Fairmount grounds Wichita, KS L 6-50 One Score a Minute: Fairmount Led the Indians a Disastrous Pace The Wichita Daily Eagle October 10, 1903 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30483472/one_score_a_minute_fairmount_led_the/ Newspapers.com October 12 1903 Southwestern Methodists Southwestern (KS) Arkansas City, KS Postponed [untitled] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winfield-daily-free-press/159570661/ The Winfield Daily Free Press Winfield, Kansas October 12, 1903 5 November 22, 2024 Newspapers.com October 17 at Sumner County High School Wellington, KS L 5-16 High School Wins The Daily Mail October 19, 1903 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31260228/high_school_wins/ Newspapers.com October 19 vs Southwestern (KS) Athletic park Arkansas City, KS W 21-0 Chilocco Won: Beat Southwestern Kansas College Team by a Score of 21 to 0 Arkansas City Daily Traveler October 20, 1904 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31259520/chilocco_won_beat_southwestern_kansas/ Newspapers.comuntitled The Gate City Journal October 23, 1903 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31259129/chilocco_vs_winfield_college/ Newspapers.com November 7 Mayfield November 14 at Southwestern (KS) Winfield, KS November 21 Arkansas City W 12-0 November 26 Logan County High School Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory References Chilocco Category:Chilocco Indians football seasons Chilocco Indians football