1902 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1902 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–4 (0–2–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
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1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson $ 5 –0 –06 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
LSU + 5 –1 –06 –1 –0
Texas 4 –1 –06 –3 –1
Tennessee 4 –2 –06 –2 –0
Sewanee 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Georgia 3 –2 –14 –2 –1
Ole Miss 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Nashville 2 –2 –02 –4 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –12 –4 –1
Alabama 2 –4 –04 –4 –0
Cumberland (TN) 1 –4 –03 –5 –0
Furman 0 –2 –14 –3 –4
Kentucky State 0 –2 –04 –6 –1
Tulane 0 –3 –21 –4 –2
Mississippi A&M 0 –4 –11 –4 –1
Georgia Tech 0 –4 –20 –6 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • + LSU claims a co-championship [1]

The 1902 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented Furman University during the 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. [2] The Atlanta Constitution rated fullback A. T. Sublett All-Southern. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Bingham Military School *
W 12–0 [4]
October 6 North Carolina A&M *
T 0–0 [5]
October 10at Davidson * Davidson, NC W 6–0 [6]
October 11at North Carolina * Chapel Hill, NC L 0–10 [7]
October 13at North Carolina A&M*
W 5–2 [8]
October 18at Georgia
L 0–11 [9]
October 24 Clemson Greenville, SCL 0–28 [10]
November 1 Georgia Tech Greenville, SCT 0–0 [11]
November 10St. Albans (VA)*Greenville, SCT 0–0 [12]
November 14 South Carolina *
  • University Grounds
  • Greenville, SC
W 14–0 [13]
November 27at Charleston AA*
T 5–5 [14]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "2017 LSU Tigers Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana State Athletics. p. 107. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1902 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results".
  3. ↑ "From Southeastern College Teams The Constitution Selects An Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved March 5, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ "Furman University wins from Bingham". Asheville Daily Gazette. October 4, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "No score by either, remarkable game of football between Furman and A&M College". The News and Observer. October 7, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Furman 6; Davidson 0, the South Carolina eleven wins a clean, hard-fought game of football". The Charlotte Observer. October 11, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Furman makes good showing against North Carolina". The State. October 12, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Football game in Raleigh". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 14, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Georgia wins from Furman". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Clemson wins from Furman". The Atlanta Constitution. October 25, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Furman and Techs fail to score". The State. November 2, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "St. Albans and Furman". The Daily Times. November 11, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Furman defeats South Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Five to five, Furman and Charleston tie in the football game yesterday". The Greenville News. November 28, 1902. Retrieved March 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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