1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football 1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg 285 Western Conference Western 8–6 1–5 George Woodruff 1st Claude Rothgeb Illinois Field The 1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Illini compiled an 8–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Western Conference.1903 Illinois Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 16, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1903-schedule.html Guard/end Claude Rothgeb was the team captain.Fighting Illini Football Record Book University of Illinois 2015 December 28, 2016 156 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129040612/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf dead Schedule y September 19 Englewood High School Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 45–5 September 26 1903 Lombard Olive Lombard Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 43–0 September 30 Kirksville Osteopaths Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 36–0 October 3 1903 Knox Old Siwash Knox Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 29–5 October 7 Chicago Physicians and Surgeons Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 40–0 October 10 1903 Rush Medical Rush Medical Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 64–0 October 14 Chicago Dental Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 54-0 October 17 at Purdue (rivalry) Stuart Field Lafayette, IN W 24–0 October 24 at Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 6-18 October 31 Northwestern Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry) L 11–12 November 6 at Indiana Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (rivalry) L 0–17 November 14 Minnesota Illinois Field Champaign, IL L 0–32 November 21 at Iowa Iowa Field Iowa City, IA L 0–12 Illinois Gets Big Surprise: Is Defeated by Iowa by a Score of 12 to 0 The Davenport Daily Leader November 22, 1903 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-leader-illinois-gets-big-surprise/172087242/ Newspapers.com November 26 at Nebraska Antelope Field Lincoln, NE L 0–16 References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football