1903 Penn State football team

The 1903 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1903 college football season. The team was coached by Daniel A. Reed and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1903 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Daniel A. Reed (1st season)
Captain	Ed Whitworth
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1903 Eastern college football independents records

	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Dickinson Seminary	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 60–0
October 3	Allegheny	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 24–5
October 10	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–39
October 17	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–27
October 24	at Western University of Pennsylvania	Colosseum Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 59–0	600
October 31	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 17–0
November 14	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	L 0–6
November 26	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 23–0	6,000