1919 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1919 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainThomas Harper
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
  1918
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 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1919 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Earl Abell in his first season and finished with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6 overall, 1–4 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Morgan Training School*W 7–0 [1]
October 11 Howard (AL)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 18–0 [2]
October 18at Georgia L 0–13 [3]
October 25 Kentucky
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
L 0–6 [4]
November 1at Alabama L 0–40 [5]
November 8 Oglethorpe *
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 21–0 [6]
November 15at Rice *L 7–19 [7]
November 18at Baylor *L 7–218,000 [8]
November 27at Vanderbilt L 21–33 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Sewanee meets real foe in Morgan tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 4, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sewanee defeats Howard, 18 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. October 12, 1919. Retrieved September 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Georgians cage the Tigers". The Journal and Tribune. October 19, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Kentucky Wild-Cats victors over Purple of Sewanee Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 26, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Glorious victory over Sewanee beyond all expectations". Nashville Banner. November 2, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Easy for Sewanee, Tigers defeat Oglethorpe eleven by score of 21 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1919. Retrieved February 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rice wins from Sewanee in sensational contest by the score of 19 to 7". The Houston Posy. November 16, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Baylor Bears Beat Sewanee 21 To 7". San Antonio Evening News . San Antonio, Texas. November 18, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. "Vandy defeats the Tigers in startling exhibition of ball". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 28, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "1919 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.