1904 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1904 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1 (4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Rupert Colmore Sr.
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
  1903
1905  
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 09 0 0
Auburn + 5 0 05 0 0
Sewanee 4 1 07 1 0
Georgia Tech 3 1 18 1 1
Alabama 5 3 07 3 0
Clemson 3 2 13 3 1
Tulane 3 2 05 2 0
Kentucky State 0 0 09 1 0
Ole Miss 2 3 04 3 0
LSU 1 2 03 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 13 5 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 02 1 0
Nashville 0 4 12 5 1
Georgia 0 4 01 5 0
Mississippi A&M 0 4 02 4 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1904 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Mooney*W 47–0
October 11 Tennessee Docs *
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 58–0 [1]
October 152:30 p.m.at Washington University *W 17–0 [2] [3]
October 27vs. Clemson Columbia, SC W 11–55,000 [4]
October 29at Tennessee
W 12–0 [5]
November 10vs. Texas A&M Dallas, TX W 17–5 [6]
November 12at Tulane W 18–0 [7]
November 24at Vanderbilt L 0–276,500 [8]

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Players

Line

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
R. N. AtkinsonEnd, back14021
J. L. BrongGuard16521
Rupert Colmore End Sewanee, Tennessee 15321
Roland CrownoverGuard15520
E. H. FowlkesTackle15818
John B. GreerEnd15518
Ephraim Kirby-Smith TackleSewanee, Tennessee15620
Henry D. Phillips Guard Philadelphia 6'4"18822
G. WatkinsGuard15517
Miles A. WatkinsCenter18419
David G. WetlinEnd14518

Backfield

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Robert E. BostromQuarterback15021
Wilmer S. PoynerHalfback14224
Nate J. SawrieFullback16818
John Scarbrough Quarterback Rockdale, Texas 13518
John J. ShafferHalfback13818

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