1924 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1924 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record6–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Millard, Eugene Harris
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
←  1923
1925  →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Alabama $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
Florida 2 –0 –16 –2 –2
Georgia 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Tulane 4 –1 –08 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
South Carolina 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
Sewanee * 3 –2 –06 –4 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Virginia 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –2 –15 –3 –1
Vanderbilt * 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
VPI 2 –2 –34 –2 –3
VMI 2 –3 –16 –3 –1
Kentucky 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Maryland 1 –2 –13 –3 –3
NC State 1 –4 –12 –4 –2
LSU 0 –3 –05 –4 –0
Ole Miss 0 –3 –04 –5 –0
Clemson 0 –3 –02 –6 –0
Tennessee 0 –4 –03 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA
1924 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre + 1 –0 –05 –1 –1
Oglethorpe + 5 –0 –06 –3 –1
Mississippi College 2 –0 –12 –5 –1
Newberry 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
Mercer 4 –1 –15 –3 –2
Sewanee* 2 –1 –06 –4 –0
The Citadel 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Louisville 2 –1 –03 –4 –1
Millsaps 1 –1 –03 –5 –1
Georgetown (KY) 1 –1 –01 –4 –0
Transylvania 1 –2 –06 –2 –0
Furman 1 –2 –05 –5 –0
Wofford 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Howard (AL) 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Presbyterian 1 –3 –01 –6 –1
Vanderbilt* 0 –1 –06 –3 –1
Louisiana College 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –2 –04 –6 –0
Erskine 0 –4 –00 –7 –0
Chattanooga 0 –5 –01 –7 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SoCon

The 1924 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. It was the team's first season in the Southern Conference, and features its last victory over rival Vanderbilt. Sewanee was also a co-member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1924, its last season as a member. The game against Carson-Newman was forfeited in their favor.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Transylvania *
W 27–0 [1]
September 27 Southwestern (TN) *
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 7–0 [2]
October 4 Carson–Newman *
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 0–12 [3]
October 11at Texas A&M *
L 0–7 [4]
October 18at Alabama
L 0–1410,000 [5]
October 25at Kentucky
L 0–7 [6]
November 1at Oglethorpe *
L 0–7 [7]
November 8vs. Ole Miss
W 21–0 [8] [9]
November 15at South Carolina
W 10–0 [10]
November 27at Vanderbilt
W 16–0 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

[12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Purple eleven hands S.P.U. 7 to 0 defeat". Nashville Banner. September 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Carson–Newman trims Sewanee Tiger on mountain". The Knoxville Journal and Tribune. October 5, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  5. ↑ "Bama sweeps up over Sewanee team 14 to 0". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 19, 1924. p. 24.
  6. ↑ "Kentucky vanquishes Sewanee 7 to 0". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Oglethorpe employs aerial game to win from Purple Tiger, 7 to 0". The Tennessean. November 2, 1924. Retrieved February 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ole Miss and Sewanee teams meet at Russwood today". The Commercial Appeal. November 8, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Sewanee crushes Ole Miss with a varies attack". Nashville Tennessean. November 9, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Sewanee wins in last few minutes from Gamecocks". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Tiger claws Commodores for triumph". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1924 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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