1907 Sewanee Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1907 Sewanee Tigers football Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 8–1 6–1 Arthur G. Erwin 1st Walter Barrett Hardee Field The 1907 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and was coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his first year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 250 to 29. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."https://books.google.com/books?id=Vws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA73 71–75 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball Dan McGugin The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide National Collegiate Athletic Association 1907 Dan McGugin Sewanee lost the effective SIAA championship game to Vanderbilt on a double pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to Stein Stone. Honus Craig then ran in the winning touchdown. It was just the second year of the legal forward pass. The trick play was cited by Grantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports.Boston Daily Globe Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport April 27, 1924 497709192 Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523// Atlanta Constitution Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had February 19, 1911 March 8, 2015 52 Newspapers.com Schedule September 27 w y Mooney School Hardee Field Sewanee, TN 23–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chattanooga-news-sewanee-took-footba/136977112/ The Chattanooga News Sewanee took football game September 28, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com October 10 w Mississippi A&M Hardee Field Sewanee, TN 38–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-sewanee-trounces-mississi/136977231/ The Nashville American Sewanee trounces Mississippi October 11, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com October 19 w y Auburn West End Park Birmingham, AL 12–6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120797506/sewanee-defeats-auburn-after-a-great-str/ Birmingham Age-Herald Sewanee defeats Auburn after a great struggle October 20, 1907 March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com October 21 w y Alabama The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL 54–4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71262985/sewanee-ran-over-alabama/ Nashville Banner Sewanee ran over Alabama October 22, 1907 February 16, 2021 Newspapers.com October 26 w y Ole Miss Varsity Park Memphis, TN 65–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-sewanee-met-easy-m/136977357/ The Commercial Appeal Sewanee met easy mark; Mississippi beaten 65 to 0 October 27, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com November 2 w y y Virginia Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA 12–0 1,000 In Rain And Mud Sewanee Triumphs https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87712017/the-tennessean/ The Nashville American Nashville, Tennessee November 3, 1907 8 October 25, 2021 Newspapers.com November 9 w y Georgia Tech Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta, GA 18–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-sewanee-defeats/136977470/ The Atlanta Constitution Sewanee defeats Georgia Tech November 10, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com November 11 w y Georgia Herty Field Athens, GA 16–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-georgia-fought-gamel/136977594/ The Atlanta Journal Georgia fought gamely November 12, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com November 28 l y Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 12–17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-democrat-close-exciting-conte/136977659/ The Times-Democrat Close, exciting contest; Sewanee defeated by Vanderbilt November 29, 1907 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com1907 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 17, 2023 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/sewanee/1907-schedule.html Players Line Sewanee Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeSilas Williams End Greenville, South Carolina 5'9"15019Lex Stone Tackle Fayetteville, Tennessee 6'2"17222Eric Cheape Guard Avon Park, Florida 6'1"17021Thomas Evans Center Parral, Mexico 6'1"16020Frank FaulkinberryGuard Fayetteville, Tennessee 6'4"19819William Evans Tackle Parral, Mexico 5'11"18019Guy Lewis End Dallas, Texas 5'11"16522 Backfield Sewanee Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeWalter BarrettQuarterback Covington, TennesseeMooney 5'10"15522Frank ShippHalfback Chattanooga, Tennessee 5'11"17025Aubrey LanierHalfback Butler, Arkansas 5'10"16019Lawrence MarkleyFullback Chicago 5'10"16522https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2188607// Tigers Are A Husky Bunch November 9, 1907 11 April 11, 2015 Newspapers.com Atlanta Constitution Subs Sewanee Tigers Player Position Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeC. Logan EiseleBack Denver, Colorado 6'0"16019Kenneth LyneBackHenderson, Kentucky 5'10"14619William WilsonEnd Rock Hill, South Carolina 5'10"14422Heber WadleyLine Shreveport, Louisiana 6'2"17021Paul SheppardLine Texarkana, Texas 5'11"17023 See also 1907 College Football All-Southern Team References Sewanee Category:Sewanee Tigers football seasons Sewanee Tigers football