1897 Sewanee Tigers football team

1897 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–3–1 (1–2–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainOscar Wilder
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Georgia 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
Auburn 2 – 0 – 1 2 – 0 – 1
Tennessee 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 1 – 0
Central (KY) 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 2 – 0
Nashville 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Alabama 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0
Texas 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
LSU 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 3 – 1
Clemson 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Mercer 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 2 – 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State College 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
SW Presbyterian 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1897 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 16at NashvilleNashville, TNL 5–6[1]
October 18Central (KY)
W 4–0[2]
October 30at Auburn
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
T 0–0[3]
November 5North Carolina*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
L 6–12[4]
November 25Vanderbilt
L 0–10[5]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "U. of N. downs Sewanee in a brilliant game". The Nashville American. October 17, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sewanee defeats Central". The Nashville American. October 19, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee 0, Auburn 0". The Times-Democrat. October 31, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Purple of Sewanee is trailed in the dust before North Carolina's stalwarts". The Nashville American. November 6, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Vanderbilt wins; Sewanee defeated by a score of 10 to 0 in Nashville yesterday". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 26, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.