1895 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1895 Auburn Tigers football 1895 Auburn University football team in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.jpg 285 Coach John Heisman is in the second row in the middle wearing glasses. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 2–1 2–1 John Heisman 1st W. R. Shafer The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University (then known as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) in the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' fourth overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his first year and finished with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1). Schedule November 9 l y Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN 6–9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107508055/vanderbilt-wins-in-muddy-field/ The Chicago Tribune Vanderbilt wins in muddy field November 10, 1895 August 13, 2022 Newspapers.com November 16 Canceled Sewanee Drill Field Auburn, AL https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87385444/ The Montgomery Advertiser Sewanee declines, the Tennessee college will not meet Auburn on the football gridiron next Saturday November 14, 1895 August 13, 2022 Newspapers.com November 23 w y Alabama Iron Bowl The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL 48–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107507929/auburn-had-things-their-own-way-at-tusca/ The Montgomery Advertiser Auburn had things their own way at Tuscaloosa November 24, 1895 August 13, 2022 Newspapers.com November 28 w y Georgia Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA 16–6 rivalry https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107507703/auburn-wins-at-atlanta-the-georgia-boys/ The Morning News Auburn wins at Atlanta, the Georgia boys beaten by a score of 16 to 6 November 29, 1895 August 13, 2022 Newspapers.com Trick play The team executed a "hidden ball trick" in the game against Vanderbilt as Auburn seemed to run a revolving wedge.https://books.google.com/books?id=aEEdi-qx3tsC&pg=PT102 100 Things Auburn Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die Evan Woodberry 2012 9781623680732 Vanderbilt still won however, 9 to 6; the first time in the history of southern football that a field goal decided a game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19310124&id=-aNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zU8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4042,1045626 Alan Gould Sport Slants Prescott Evening Courier January 24, 1931 "Billy" Williams recalled:https://books.google.com/books?id=NELfymTOEmkC&pg=PA12 Auburn Football 12 Elizabeth Schafer 2004 9780738516691I was playing left half for Auburn and Tichenor was quarterback. We were on Vandy's 15-yard line and had the ball in our possession. Tich passed the ball to me; I raised his jersey and hid the ball under it, at the same time dashing toward our right end, protected by several members of the Auburn team...Vandy thought I had the ball. Tich journeyed around his own left and went over the Vanderbilt's goal line. The first time the Vandy players knew Tich had the ball and had made a touchdown was when they saw him pulling the ball from under his jersey. Quarterback Reynolds Tichenor described the nature of the play as follows:"The play was simply this. When the ball was snapped it went to a halfback. The play was closely massed and well screened. The halfback then thrust the ball under the back of my jersey. Then he would crash into the line. After the play I simply trotted away to a touchdown. The Tigers again used the play against Georgia. Georgia coach Pop Warner later used the trick in 1897 while at Cornell against Penn State; and again and most famously in 1903 while at Carlisle against Harvard, attracting national attention in a close loss. References Auburn Category:Auburn Tigers football seasons Auburn Tigers football