1898 Sewanee Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1898 Sewanee Tigers football 1898Sewanee.png 295 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 4–0 3–0 John Gere Jayne 2nd Dana Smith Hardee Field SIAA champion The 1898 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was coached by John Gere Jayne in his second year as head coach, compiling a record of 4–0 (3–0 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 56 to 4 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. Due to misgivings over Virginia and North Carolina playing ringers, Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee the best team in the South.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000020241155&view=1up&seq=355 Harper's weekly 1857 65 v Hapgood Norman Before the season Sewanee was coming off the worst season in school history. Schedule October 15 w 1898 Nashville Garnet and Blue Nashville Hardee Field Sewanee, TN 10–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-sewanee-wins-defeats-nas/146223349/ The Nashville American Sewanee wins; Defeats Nashville by a score of ten to nothing October 16, 1898 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com November 10 w y Texas Varsity Athletic Field Austin, TX 4–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-democrat-brilliant-football-s/146223604/ The Times-Democrat Brilliant football; Sewanee defeats the University of Texas November 11, 1898 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com November 12 w y y Southern Athletic Club Athletic Park New Orleans, LA 21–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2817054/the_timespicayune/ The Times-Picayune November 13, 1898 8 Sewanee makes the score 21 to 0 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com November 24 w y Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 19–4 4,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-sewanee-defeats-v/146224012/ The Birmingham Age-Herald Sewanee defeats Vanderbilt November 25, 1898 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com http://www.sewanee.edu/athletics/PDFS/Football_04.pdf 2004 Sewanee football media guide dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309091121/http://www.sewanee.edu/athletics/PDFS/Football_04.pdf March 9, 2013 Game summaries Nashville Nashville at Sewanee Nashville 0 0 Sewanee 5 5 October 15 McGee FieldSewanee, Tennessee Throne Sources: The season opened with a 10–0 victory to avenge last year's loss to the Nashville Garnet and Blue.Football October 15, 1898 Sewanee Purple 12 6 11005/628 The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Bolling (left guard), Risley (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandle (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Gray (right halfback), Simkins (fullback).Sewanee Wins October 22, 1898 Sewanee Purple 12 7 11005/629 Texas Sewanee at Texas Sewanee 4 0 Texas 0 0 November 10 Austin, Texas Sources: Sewanee beat Texas 4–0, scoring on a trick play.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2818692/the_timespicayune/ 8 Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas November 11, 1898 May 16, 2016 The Times-Picayune Newspapers.com The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risby (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandle (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Gray (right halfback), Simkins (fullback). Southern A. C. Sewanee at Southern A. C. Sewanee 11 10 Southern 0 0 November 12 Athletic ParkNew Orleans 3:00 p. m. Leigh Carroll Sources: Sewanee defeated the Southern Athletic Club of New Orleans 21–0. A 12-yard run by Jones made the first touchdown. Davis made the next touchdown. He also scored the third, in the second half. Ormond Simkins made the last touchdown, racing for the goal after William H. Poole blocked a kick. The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risby (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandell (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Simkins (fullback). Vanderbilt Sewanee at Vanderbilt Sewanee 10 9 Vanderbilt 4 0 November 24 Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee 2:30 p. m. 4,000 W. P. Taylor (Birmingham) Sources: The Tigers beat rival Vanderbilt 19–4. Sewell made the first touchdown on a 7-yard run. Vanderbilt's score came on a 40-yard run around left end by Walter H. Simmons. Simkins scored next on a 2-yard run. After the half, Kilpatrick scored on a 2-yard run. The last touchdown was a 35-yard run from Smith.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5281088/the_tennessean/ 5 Up Goes Sewanee's Purple The Tennessean November 25, 1898 May 16, 2016 Newspapers.com The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risley (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Davis (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Siebels (right halfback), Simkins (fullback). Postseason Sewanee won the SIAA title.http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt David Wilson's Homepage Players Varsity lettermen Line Sewanee Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age"Wild Bill" Claiborne guard Amherst Co., VirginiaRoanoke College6'0"190A. H. Davis endJ. W. "Deacon" Jones tackle Marshall, TexasWilliam H. Poole center Glyndon, Maryland 6'0"18518H. S. Risley guardDana Smith tackleJohn C. Waties end Backfield Sewanee Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeCharles Quintard Gray halfback Ocala, FloridaRex Kilpatrick halfback Bridgeport, Alabama 6'1"18517Henry Seibels halfback Montgomery, Alabama 5'10"17022Ormond Simkins fullback Corsicana, Texas 5'10"16319Warbler Wilson quarterback Rock Hill, South Carolina 5'10"15421 Subs Sewanee Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeR. G. ArringtonRalph P. BlackR. E. BollingG. G. CannonHoward CrandellRalph NesbitH. M. T. "Bunny" Pearce endCharles B. Colmore back References Sewanee Category:Sewanee Tigers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Sewanee Tigers football