1903 Georgia Tech football team

The 1903 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Despite Tech sources not recording it, Mercer sources insist Georgia Tech defeated Mercer in 1903 by a score of 46 to 0.^[1][2][3]

1903 Georgia Tech football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–5 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach	Oliver Huie (1st season)
Captain	Jesse Thrash
Home stadium	Piedmont Park
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson +	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	1	–	1
Cumberland (TN) +	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	0	–	2			3	–	0	–	2
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	1	–	1			2	–	1	–	1
Texas	0	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	2	–	1
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	3	–	0
LSU	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
SW Presbyterian			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 10	Mercer	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA	W 46–0	[4]
October 17	Clemson	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–73	[5]
October 24	Georgia	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–38	[6]
October 31	at Howard (AL)*	West End Park Birmingham, AL	W 37–0	[7]
November 7	Florida State College*	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA	W 17–0	[8]
November 14	Auburn	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 5–10	[9]
November 21	at Tennessee	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–11	[10]
November 26	South Carolina*	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA	L 0–16	[11]
*Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Week 1: Clemson

Clemson's 73–0 victory over Georgia Tech led Clemson to name a street on the campus for John Heisman and to Georgia Tech's hiring him the next season. The week before Clemson beat Georgia 29 to 0. Georgia offered a bushel of apples for every point Clemson could score over its rival Tech. Clemson rushed for 615 yards.^[14]