1900 Auburn Tigers football team

1900 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Walter H. Watkins (1st season)
Captain	Daniel S. Martin
Seasons ←  1899 1901  →

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Auburn	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Tulane	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	0	–	0
Texas	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Sewanee +	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	0	–	1			4	–	1	–	3
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Alabama	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Nashville	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
LSU	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1900 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 9th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Walter H. Watkins, in his first year, and finished with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0 overall, 4–0 in the SIAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 22	Nashville	Auburn, AL	W 28–0	[1]
November 10	Tennessee	Birmingham, AL	W 23–0	[2]
November 17	Alabama	Riverside Park Montgomery, AL (Iron Bowl)	W 53–5	[3]
November 29	at Georgia	Brisbane Park Atlanta, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 44–0	[4]

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Game summaries

Nashville

Auburn opened the season against the University of Nashville, On a wet and heavy field, Auburn won 28–0. ^[7]

Tennessee

Auburn beat the Tennessee Volunteers 23–0 .

Alabama

Auburn easily defeated the Alabama team 53–5. Auburn's Yarborough scored 3 touchdowns, once on a run of 75 yards. Noll scored twice, once on a run of 55 yards. ^[8]

Georgia

To close the season, Auburn defeated rival Georgia 44–0. One account praises Mike Harvey: "The reason Georgia was defeated so badly by Auburn was due to the fact that Georgia had not only Auburn team to play against but Harvey as well." ^[9]

References

1. "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Line was impregnable, Auburn men stood like a stone wall". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1900. Retrieved August 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Auburnites win from Tuscaloosa". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 18, 1900. Retrieved February 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Georgia's team utterly demolished". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 30, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
6. "1900 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
7. "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
9. "Football Teams To Have Warm Week". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 28, 1902. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.