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1903 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–2–1
Head coach
Captain Jimmy Johnson
Home stadiumIndian Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   9 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   9 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   9 – 1 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   9 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   9 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   6 – 2 – 1
Amherst   –   7 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   5 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 1
Delaware   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   2 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 8 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   1 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 6 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   1 – 5 – 1
Western U. Penn.   –   1 – 8 – 1

The 1903 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1903 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 11–2–1 and outscored opponents 274 to 62.

In 1903, an Indian team coached by Warner first employed its infamous "hidden-ball play" against heavily favored Harvard. Warner, as coach at Cornell, had already used it against Penn State in 1897, but it had not achieved much notice. Carlisle led Harvard at halftime, and hoping to keep the game's momentum, Warner elected to try the play on the ensuing kickoff. Harvard executed the kick, and the Indians formed a circle around the returner. With the aid of a specially altered jersey, the ball was placed up the back of the returner. The Indians broke the huddle and spread out in different directions. Each player feigned carrying the ball, except Dillon, the man with the ball up the back of his jersey. The ruse confused the Crimson players, and they scrambled to find the ball carrier. Dillon, with both his hands free, was ignored by the searching Harvard players, and he ran untouched into the end zone. With the score, Carlisle extended its lead to 11–0, but Harvard came back and eventually won 12–11. Nevertheless, the close match, and trick play, resulted in national attention. [1] [2] Warner had learned the trick from John Heisman while facing Auburn in 1895 during his tenure as coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. [3]

Quarterback and captain Jimmy Johnson was selected All-American by Walter Camp. "Camp based his selection on a remarkable game he witnessed when Carlisle played Harvard. Johnson was small but fiery, and was a leader." [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Lebanon Valley
W 28–0
September 26 Gettysburg
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 46–0
October 3vs. Bucknell Williamsport, PAW 12–0
October 10at Franklin & Marshall Lancaster, PAW 30–0
October 17at Princeton
L 11–0 [5]
October 24 Swarthmore
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 12–5
October 313:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 12–1112,000 [6] [7] [8] [9]
November 7at Georgetown
W 28–6
November 14at Penn
W 16–6
November 21vs. Virginia
T 6–65,000 [10]
November 26vs. Northwestern
W 28–03,000 [11] [12]
December 195:00 p.m.at Utah
W 22–01,000 [13] [14]
December 25at Reliance Athletic Club San Francisco, CAW 23–0
January 1at Sherman
W 12–6 [15]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Gridiron Guts: The Story of Football's Carlisle Indians, NPR, May 19, 2007.
  2. ^ Football, the Indian Way, Newsweek, April 27, 2007.
  3. ^ Cook, William (July 29, 2011). Jim Thorpe: A Biography. p. 27. ISBN  9780786485772.
  4. ^ "Jimmy Johnson". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Princeton, 11; Carlisle, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1903. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 31, 1903). "Harvard Plays Indians Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 31, 1903). "Harvard Plays Indians Today (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Indians Spring The Trick Play". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Indians Spring The Trick Play (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1903. p. 9. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Carlisle 6, Virginia 6". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 22, 1903. p. 22. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Purple Outplayed By Wily Redmen". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Carlisle Defeats Northwestern". Muscatine Journal. Muscatine, Iowa. November 27, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Redskins Are Ready". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 19, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Scalped By Indians". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 20, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Indians Battle Tie Of East and West". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. January 2, 1904. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "1903 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".


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