1900 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1900 Sewanee Tigers football
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–1–1 (5–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Warbler Wilson
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
  1899
1901  
1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson + 2 0 06 0 0
Sewanee + 5 0 16 1 1
Texas 1 0 06 0 0
Tulane 3 0 05 0 0
Auburn 4 0 04 0 0
North Carolina 3 0 14 1 3
Vanderbilt 2 3 14 4 1
Alabama 1 3 02 3 0
Nashville 1 3 02 3 0
Georgia 1 4 02 4 0
LSU 0 1 02 2 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 00 1 0
Tennessee 0 2 13 2 1
Kentucky 0 0 04 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 00 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 00 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1900 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The loss to Virginia was the first loss since 1897. The team claims an SIAA title. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13 Bethel (TN) *W 33–0
October 17 Cumberland (TN)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 18–0
October 27vs. Georgia Atlanta, GA W 21–6 [2]
October 29 Georgia Tech
W 34–0 [3]
November 5vs. North Carolina
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
T 0–0 [4]
November 10at Nashville
W 12–0 [5]
November 17at Vanderbilt
W 11–10 [6]
November 292:35 p.m.vs. Virginia *L 5–17 [7]

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Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Ralph Peters Blackend Atlanta, Georgia 6'0"158
Richard E. Bollingtackle Edna, Texas 5'10"
William "Wild Bill" Claiborne guard Amherst Co., Virginia Roanoke College6'0"190
L. C. Dickersonguard
John William "Deacon" Jonestackle Marshall, Texas
Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith tackleSewanee, Tennessee156
Hugh Miller Thompson "Bunny" Pearceend Jackson, Mississippi 5'3"125
Henry D. Phillips guard6'4"185
William H. Poole center Glyndon, Maryland 6'0"18520

Backfield

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Preston S. BrooksbackSewanee, Tennessee
Charles B. Colmoreback
Rupert Colmore halfbackSewanee, Tennessee155
Ringland F. "Rex" Kilpatrick halfback Bridgeport, Alabama 6'1"18519
Henry "Diddy" Seibels halfback Montgomery, Alabama 5'10"17024
Ormond Simkins fullback Corsicana, Texas 5'10"16321
J. L. Suterback
William "Warbler" Wilson quarterback Rock Hill, South Carolina 5'10"15423

Subs

PlayerPositionHometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
William Aiken
James G. Anderson
R. N. Atkinson
E. H. Blount
Henry T. Bull
Geoffrey Cadman
Thaddeus Cheatham
M. M. Cook
Harris G. Cope quarterback
W. E. Cox
J. W. Crane
Albert T. Davidson Augusta, Georgia
Thomas Evans
George Floyd
John Gilliam
Leidy Hagerty
R. E. Helvey
Cadwallader Jones
Raymond Knight
Maynard Marshall
C. M. Murray
C. W. Radford
Ira C. Somers
J. H. Swann
Royal Tucker
Ed Ward
Halsey Werlein

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References

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  2. "University of the South, 21: University of Georgia, 6". New York Tribune. October 28, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Sewanee 34, Georgia Techs 0". The Times-Democrat. October 30, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carolina and Sewanee teams play a tie game; Fastest football seen in the South this year". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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