WThe 1903 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Princeton as having been selected national champions.
WThe 1903 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1903 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Edward Leonard King, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 164 to 33.
WThe 1903 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1903 college football season. The Indians were coached by Pop Warner in his fifth year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 11–2–1 and outscored opponents 274 to 62.
WThe 1903 University of Florida Blue and White football team represented the University of Florida at Lake City in the sport of American football during the 1903 college football season. This was not the modern Florida Gators of the University of Florida in Gainesville, which begins in 1906, but one of its four predecessor institutions.
WThe 1903 Florida State College football team represented Florida State College in the sport of American football during the 1903 college football season. The team was led by head coach W.W. Hughes and posted a 3–2–1 record and won the State Championship. With no formal nickname or mascot, the Florida State College football team was known simply as the "Florida State College Eleven".
WThe 1903 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1903 college football season. Led by Philip King in his first year as head coach, the team went 7–3 and claims a Southern championship. National champion Princeton's two closest game were against Yale and Georgetown. Captain Hub Hart had a 99-yard run from scrimmage against Maryland; this is still a school record.
WThe 1903 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1903 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Hiram Conibear, and finished the season with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5).
WThe 1903 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1903 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Burr Chamberlain, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–7–1 record, shut out four opponents, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined score of 130 to 77.
WThe 1903 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1903 college football season. The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Walter C. Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as an independent.
WThe 1903 Nevada State Sagebrushers football team was an American football team that represented Nevada State University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its third season under head coach Allen Steckle, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record.
WThe 1903 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1903 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under the direction of second-year head coach John Scannell, the team finished with a record of 2–7–1 or 2–6–1, per 1903 sources or modern sources, respectively.
WThe 1903 Penn State football team was an American football 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.
WThe 1903 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1903 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation. They outscored their opponents 259 to 6.
WThe 1903 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Oliver D. Mann, the Queensmen compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 110 to 94. The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Alfred Ellet Hitchner.
WThe 1903 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1903 college football season.
WThe 1903 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 13th season of organized football. The Keydets finished a short year at 2–1 led by first-year head coach Bill Roper.
WThe 1903 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1903 college football season. In its second season under coach James Knight, the team compiled a 6–1 record, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 63 to 11. William Spiedel was the team captain.