Talk:1903 Florida State College football team

Lake City State Fair?
Is this like the Gators putting Ron Zook Field as its home stadium? If the Lake City State Fair was anyone's home field, surely it was the university at Lake City. Where in Tallahassee did Florida State College teams play? Cake (talk) 14:22, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Not at all. When I started at FSU in 2001, our stadium was Doak S Campbell. Later, they named the field "Bobby Bowden Field." The stadium is still Doak S Campbell. So now, when they announce games it is "Bobby Bowden Field" at "Doak Campbell Stadium" In "Before the Seminoles: Football At Florida State College, 1902-1904," I came across this: "Word soon spread that Florida State was preparing for gridiron battles. In response, H.E. Stockbridge, secretary of the State Fair Association, invited the team to play at the State Fair in Lake City." This publication is a state published historical journal. Of course, in researching these teams, I have come across conflicting information, even from sources written at the team. At the very least, FSC played some of their games here. Is there anything published that shows if/when a location change was made?Norris.michaelj (talk) 15:26, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's interesting that the team was invited to play at the state fair in Lake City, but surely their home stadium was where one played in 1903 in Tallahassee. Cake  (talk) 15:49, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

First football game
It wouldn't make sense for the first football game in Florida to be a week four matchup, in Florida State's second season. Additionally, the first football game in Florida is recognized as a November 22, 1901 game in Jacksonville between Stetson and FAC that Stetson won, 6-0.
 * Yeah, but those were between small-time programs within Florida, while playing Georgia Tech can be viewed as the first game of serious intercollegiate football. The first matchup with an SIAA school. Woodruff saw it that way, though one can say he's biased for Tech. Cake  (talk) 15:46, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Stetson is now a University with a law school and Florida is one of our flagship universities. Florida press, as much as I personally wish it was FSU, recognizes that game between Stetson and UF as the first. You can see here:, , , also in "A Concise History of Florida By James C. Clark"Norris.michaelj (talk) 15:52, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I am aware of that first game between Stetson and Florida Agricultural College. I started this for instance. Still, I found it interesting that Woodruff in his role as Southern football historian says Florida enters intercollegiate football with that 1903 Tech-Florida State College game. Perhaps not technically correct, but it shows its significance, and how little stock was put into the games within Florida. Stetson seems to have the oldest football team in the state. Cake  (talk) 15:55, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Chappell?
A coach named Chappell] in this source. Cake (talk) 06:42, 17 August 2022 (UTC)