1896 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1896 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3 (3–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJ. S. Tanner
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 3 0 06 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 04 0 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 23 2 2
Auburn 3 1 03 1 0
Texas 1 1 04 2 1
Alabama 1 1 02 1 0
Kentucky State College 1 1 03 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 03 3 0
Tennessee 0 0 04 0 0
Tulane 1 2 03 2 0
Nashville 0 1 10 1 1
Mercer 0 2 10 2 1
Central (KY) 0 2 10 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 00 4 0
SW Presbyterian 0 2 00 3 0
Cumberland (TN)     
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1896 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 17 Nashville W 6–0 [1]
October 26 Central (KY)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 6–4 [2]
October 31at Alabama W 10–6 [3]
November 9at Georgia L 0–26 [4]
November 16at Auburn
L 6–38 [5]
November 26 Vanderbilt
L 4–102,500 [6]

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References

  1. "Sewanee 6; U. of N. 0; Nashville boys fared a little better than Vanderbilt". The Nashville American. October 18, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sewanee the victor; Puts it onto Central University to the tune of 6 to 4". The Nashville American. October 27, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "The University football team went down before Sewanee". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0". The Morning News. November 10, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Thirty-six to six! Was the way yesterday's great football contest resulted". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vanderbilt Victorious". Nashville Banner . Nashville, Tennessee. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.