1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1903 college football season. The season began on September 25.

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 25, 1903
through November 29, 1903
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season championsClemson
Cumberland
East championsClemson Tigers
West championsCumberland Bulldogs
1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson + 2 0 14 1 1
Cumberland (TN) + 4 1 16 1 1
Sewanee 5 1 07 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 16 1 1
Mississippi A&M 2 0 23 0 2
Georgia 3 2 03 4 0
Ole Miss 1 1 12 1 1
Texas 0 0 15 1 2
Kentucky State 0 0 07 1 0
Alabama 3 4 03 4 0
Auburn 2 3 04 3 0
Tennessee 2 4 04 5 0
Georgia Tech 1 4 03 5 0
Tulane 0 1 12 2 1
Mercer 0 1 00 1 0
Nashville 0 2 01 3 0
LSU 0 5 04 5 0
SW Presbyterian       
  • + Conference co-champions

1903 met difficulty in determining an SIAA champion. Clemson had the best record, but lost to an inferior North Carolina team; and in the game to secure the SIAA title were tied by Cumberland. Clemson's John Heisman pushed strongly for Cumberland to share the SIAA title. Cumberland's strongest victory was its win over Vanderbilt.

However, Sewanee beat Cumberland, yet suffered its only loss to Vanderbilt. Heisman originally challenged the winner of the Vanderbilt-Sewanee game. John J. Tigert was a star player for Vanderbilt. Nash Buckingham rated Kentucky University and Vanderbilt as best in the south.

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