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The 1903 Offensive Strategy

What Strategy Did Offenses Use in 1903?

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How Did Gridiron Offenses Work in 1903?

As a bonus to owning a copy of the book The World's Greatest Gridiron Team, You May Have Never Heard Of we present the great football Historian and Author Timothy P. Brown of FootballArchaeology.com, tell us more about how teams utilized their offensives during the 1903 season of football.

Football Archaeology

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.

Timothy P Brown

Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.

His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.

Conclusion

The image in the banner is of the University of Pennsylvainia football game played in 1904 showing a punt and is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Notice the 5-yard grid lines on the field.

Special Thanks to Timothy P. Brown for sharing his knowledge and insight.