1919 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1919 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainThomas Harper
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Auburn $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Centre 1 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
Furman 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Mississippi A&M 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Georgia 4 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 3
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Clemson 3 – 2 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Florida 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Wofford 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 1
Transylvania 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
South Carolina 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Mercer 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Howard (AL) 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1919 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Earl Abell in his first season and finished with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6 overall, 1–4 in the SIAA).

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Morgan Training School*
W 7–0[1]
October 11Howard (AL)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 18–0[2]
October 18at Georgia
L 0–13[3]
October 25Kentucky
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
L 0–6[4]
November 1at Alabama
L 0–40[5]
November 8Oglethorpe*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 21–0[6]
November 15at Rice*
L 7–19[7]
November 18at Baylor*
L 7–218,000[8]
November 27at Vanderbilt
L 21–33[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sewanee meets real foe in Morgan tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 4, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sewanee defeats Howard, 18 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. October 12, 1919. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgians cage the Tigers". The Journal and Tribune. October 19, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kentucky Wild-Cats victors over Purple of Sewanee Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 26, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Glorious victory over Sewanee beyond all expectations". Nashville Banner. November 2, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Easy for Sewanee, Tigers defeat Oglethorpe eleven by score of 21 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1919. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rice wins from Sewanee in sensational contest by the score of 19 to 7". The Houston Posy. November 16, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Baylor Bears Beat Sewanee 21 To 7". San Antonio Evening News. San Antonio, Texas. November 18, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Vandy defeats the Tigers in startling exhibition of ball". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 28, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1919 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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