1919 Mercer Baptists football team

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1919 Mercer Baptists football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record0–2 (0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
  1916
1920  
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Auburn $ 5 1 08 1 0
Alabama 6 1 08 1 0
Centre 1 0 09 0 0
Kentucky 3 1 13 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 1 07 3 0
Tulane 3 1 16 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 1 25 1 2
Furman 2 1 16 2 1
Mississippi A&M 5 2 06 2 0
Georgia 4 2 24 2 3
LSU 3 2 06 2 0
Clemson 3 2 26 2 2
Florida 2 2 05 3 0
Wofford 1 1 03 2 1
Transylvania 1 1 02 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 04 4 0
The Citadel 1 4 04 4 1
Sewanee 1 4 03 6 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 0 00 2 0
Tennessee 0 3 23 3 3
South Carolina 0 4 11 7 1
Mercer 0 1 00 2 0
Mississippi College 0 4 03 5 1
Howard (AL) 0 4 03 5 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1919 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1919 college football season. [1] The team played just two games, losing both badly. The team was optimistic before the Florida game. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 18at Florida L 0–48 [3]
October 25at Oglethorpe *L 0–73 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  2. "Mercer Team Plays Florida On the Eighteenth" (PDF). The Orange and Black. Vol. 8, no. 1. October 17, 1919.
  3. "Nightshirt Parade Celebrates Mercer's 48 to 0 Defeat". The Florida Alligator. October 24, 1919.
  4. "Mercer snowed under by charging Petrels, who spring surprise". The Atlanta Constitution. October 26, 1919. Retrieved February 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.