1892 Sewanee Tigers football team

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.

1892 Sewanee Tigers football
State champion[1]
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
  • F. G. Sweat (2nd season)
CaptainAlex Shepherd
Home stadiumHardee Field
1892 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre    6 0 0
Biddle    1 0 0
VMI    4 0 1
Wake Forest    4 0 1
Furman    1 0 0
Mercer    1 0 0
North Carolina    5 1 0
Johns Hopkins    7 1 0
North Carolina A&M    1 0 0
Sewanee    5 1 1
Central    4 1 0
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
VAMC    1 1 0
Western Maryland    0 0 1
Richmond    2 3 0
Delaware    1 2 2
Kentucky State College    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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15VanderbiltW 22–4[2]
October 22Tennessee
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 54–0[3]
October 292:00 p.m.vs. VirginiaL 0–30700[4][5]
October 31at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 22–16
November 2at TennesseeW 10–0[6]
November 12at VanderbiltW 28–14[7]
November 24at Louisville A. C.Louisville, KYT 6–6

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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 open access.
  5. "Thirty To Nothing". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  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.


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