1892 Sewanee Tigers football team

1892 Sewanee Tigers football
State champion[1]
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1–1
Head coach	F. G. Sweat (2nd season)
Captain	Alex Shepherd
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1892 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Centre			–					6	–	0	–	0
Biddle			–					1	–	0	–	0
Furman			–					1	–	0	–	0
Mercer			–					1	–	0	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					1	–	0	–	0
Virginia Military			–					4	–	0	–	1
Wake Forest			–					4	–	0	–	1
Johns Hopkins			–					7	–	1	–	0
North Carolina			–					5	–	1	–	0
Central (KY)			–					4	–	1	–	0
Sewanee			–					5	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Georgetown			–					4	–	2	–	1
Virginia			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt			–					4	–	4	–	0
Alabama			–					2	–	2	–	0
Auburn			–					2	–	2	–	0
Georgia			–					1	–	1	–	0
Virginia A&M			–					1	–	1	–	0
Western Maryland			–					0	–	0	–	1
Richmond			–					2	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	2	–	2
Kentucky A&M			–					2	–	4	–	1
Tennessee			–					2	–	5	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					1	–	3	–	0
Hampden–Sydney			–					0	–	1	–	0
Livingstone			–					0	–	1	–	0
Maryville (TN)			–					0	–	1	–	0
South Carolina			–					0	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					0	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1892 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1892 college football season. In their second season as a full-time squad, the Tigers posted a 5–1–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 15		Vanderbilt	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN (rivalry)	W 22–4		[2]
October 22		Tennessee	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 54–0		[3]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	vs. Virginia	Island Park Richmond, VA	L 0–30	700	[4][5]
October 31		at Washington and Lee	Lexington, VA	W 22–16
November 2		at Tennessee	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 10–0		[6]
November 12		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 28–14		[7]
November 24		at Louisville Athletic Club	Louisville, KY	T 6–6
All times are in Central time

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References

1. "2012 Sewanee Football Fact Book".
2. "Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys". Nashville Banner. October 17, 1892. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Sewanee claims the championship". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Foot Ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 29, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Thirty To Nothing". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Exciting game, Sewanee wins another football match from U of T". The Knoxville Sentinel. November 3, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys". The Courier-Journal. November 13, 1892. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.