1908 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1908 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–1–3 (1–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Lawrence Markley
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
  1907
1909  
1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 2 0 010 0 0
Auburn + 4 1 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 3 0 17 2 1
Tennessee 3 2 07 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 06 3 0
Georgia 2 2 15 2 1
Alabama 1 1 16 1 1
Sewanee 1 1 14 1 3
Mississippi A&M 1 3 03 4 0
Ole Miss 0 2 03 5 0
Mercer 0 3 03 4 0
Howard (AL) 0 3 02 4 0
Clemson 0 4 01 6 0
Nashville     
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1908 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1908 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Harry Van Surdam in his first season and finished with a record of four wins, one loss, and three ties (4–1–3 overall, 1–1–1 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Mooney School*W 29–0 [1]
October 12 Castle Heights *
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 35–2 [2]
October 17at Virginia *
T 0–05,000 [3]
October 24at Auburn
L 0–63,000 [4]
October 31at Kentucky State College *
W 12–0 [5]
November 7at Saint Louis *T 6–6 [6]
November 14at Georgia Tech W 6–0 [7]
November 26at Vanderbilt T 6–6 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Tigers open season by easily defeating Mooney, score 29 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sewanee runs up big score on C.H." Nashville Banner. October 13, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "No Score At Norfolk". Evening Star . Washington, D.C. October 18, 1908. p. 55. Retrieved October 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Auburn downs mountain men". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 25, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sewanee defeats Kentucky State". The Courier-Journal. November 1, 1908. p. IV-4 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "St. Louis baffled by Sewanee attack". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 8, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Techs lose to Sewanee". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 15, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Sewanee fights Vandy a tie". The Atlanta Constitution. November 27, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "1908 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.