1907 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1907 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–1 (6–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Walter Barrett
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
←  1906
1908  →
1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 –0 –05 –1 –1
Sewanee 6 –1 –08 –1 –0
LSU 3 –1 –07 –3 –0
Alabama 3 –1 –25 –1 –2
Tennessee 3 –2 –07 –2 –1
Auburn 3 –2 –16 –2 –1
Georgia 3 –3 –14 –3 –1
Mississippi A&M 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
Georgia Tech 2 –4 –04 –4 –0
Clemson 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Mercer 0 –3 –03 –3 –0
Howard (AL) 0 –5 –02 –5 –0
Ole Miss 0 –5 –00 –6 –0
Nashville  –  – 
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1907 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and was coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his first year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 250 to 29. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts." [1]

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Sewanee lost the effective SIAA championship game to Vanderbilt on a double pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to Stein Stone. Honus Craig then ran in the winning touchdown. It was just the second year of the legal forward pass. The trick play was cited by Grantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports. [2] Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South." [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Mooney School*
W 23–0 [4]
October 10 Mississippi A&M
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 38–0 [5]
October 19at Auburn
W 12–6 [6]
October 21at Alabama
W 54–4 [7]
October 26vs. Ole Miss
W 65–0 [8]
November 2at Virginia *
W 12–01,000 [9]
November 9at Georgia Tech
W 18–0 [10]
November 11at Georgia
W 16–0 [11]
November 28at Vanderbilt
L 12–17 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

[13]

Players

Line

PlayerPositionGames
started		HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Silas Williams End Greenville, South Carolina 5'9"15019
Lex Stone Tackle Fayetteville, Tennessee 6'2"17222
Eric Cheape Guard Avon Park, Florida 6'1"17021
Thomas EvansCenter Parral, Mexico 6'1"16020
Frank Faulkinberry GuardFayetteville, Tennessee6'4"19819
William EvansTackleParral, Mexico5'11"18019
Guy Lewis End Dallas, Texas 5'11"16522

Backfield

PlayerPositionGames
started		HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Walter Barrett Quarterback Covington, Tennessee Mooney5'10"15522
Frank Shipp Halfback Chattanooga, Tennessee 5'11"17025
Aubrey Lanier Halfback Butler, Arkansas 5'10"16019
Lawrence Markley Fullback Chicago 5'10"16522

[14]

Subs

PlayerPositionHometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
C. Logan EiseleBack Denver, Colorado 6'0"16019
Kenneth LyneBack Henderson, Kentucky 5'10"14619
William WilsonEnd Rock Hill, South Carolina 5'10"14422
Heber WadleyLine Shreveport, Louisiana 6'2"17021
Paul SheppardLine Texarkana, Texas 5'11"17023

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References

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  2. ↑ "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924. ProQuest   497709192.
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  14. ↑ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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