11-0 under Art Hillebrand; named national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and co-national champion (with Michigan) by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.
Princeton’s 1903 schedule1903: 2 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITMichigan (11-0-1) and Princeton (11-0) both went unbeaten, and the National Championship Foundation named them co-champions, but the Helms Athletic Foundation picked Princeton alone.
The case for each side
11-0-1 under Fielding Yost; named national champion by the Billingsley Report and co-national champion (with Princeton) by the National Championship Foundation, not by Helms.
Michigan’s 1903 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1903 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.