1900 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1900 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The loss to Virginia was the first loss since 1897. The team claims an SIAA title.[1]

1900 Sewanee Tigers football
SIAA co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–1–1 (5–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWarbler Wilson
Home stadiumHardee Field
1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson + 2 0 06 0 0
Sewanee + 5 0 16 1 1
Texas 1 0 06 0 0
Tulane 3 0 05 0 0
Auburn 4 0 04 0 0
North Carolina 3 0 14 1 3
Vanderbilt 2 3 14 4 1
Alabama 1 3 02 3 0
Nashville 1 3 02 3 0
Georgia 1 4 02 4 0
LSU 0 1 02 2 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 00 1 0
Tennessee 0 2 13 2 1
Kentucky 0 0 04 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 00 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 00 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13Bethel (TN)*W 33–0
October 17Cumberland (TN)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 18–0
October 27vs. GeorgiaAtlanta, GAW 21–6[2]
October 29Georgia Tech
W 34–0[3]
November 5vs. North Carolina
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
T 0–0[4]
November 10at Nashville
W 12–0[5]
November 17at Vanderbilt
W 11–10[6]
November 292:35 p.m.vs. Virginia*L 5–17[7]

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Players

Line

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Ralph Peters BlackendAtlanta, Georgia6'0"158
Richard E. BollingtackleEdna, Texas5'10"
William "Wild Bill" ClaiborneguardAmherst Co., VirginiaRoanoke College6'0"190
L. C. Dickersonguard
John William "Deacon" JonestackleMarshall, Texas
Joseph Lee Kirby-SmithtackleSewanee, Tennessee156
Hugh Miller Thompson "Bunny" PearceendJackson, Mississippi5'3"125
Henry D. Phillipsguard6'4"185
William H. PoolecenterGlyndon, Maryland6'0"18520

Backfield

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Preston S. BrooksbackSewanee, Tennessee
Charles B. Colmoreback
Rupert ColmorehalfbackSewanee, Tennessee155
Ringland F. "Rex" KilpatrickhalfbackBridgeport, Alabama6'1"18519
Henry "Diddy" SeibelshalfbackMontgomery, Alabama5'10"17024
Ormond SimkinsfullbackCorsicana, Texas5'10"16321
J. L. Suterback
William "Warbler" WilsonquarterbackRock Hill, South Carolina5'10"15423

Subs

Player Position Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
William Aiken
James G. Anderson
R. N. Atkinson
E. H. Blount
Henry T. Bull
Geoffrey Cadman
Thaddeus Cheatham
M. M. Cook
Harris G. Copequarterback
W. E. Cox
J. W. Crane
Albert T. DavidsonAugusta, Georgia
Thomas Evans
George Floyd
John Gilliam
Leidy Hagerty
R. E. Helvey
Cadwallader Jones
Raymond Knight
Maynard Marshall
C. M. Murray
C. W. Radford
Ira C. Somers
J. H. Swann
Royal Tucker
Ed Ward
Halsey Werlein

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References

  1. "2012 Sewanee Football Fact Book".
  2. "University of the South, 21: University of Georgia, 6". New York Tribune. October 28, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Sewanee 34, Georgia Techs 0". The Times-Democrat. October 30, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carolina and Sewanee teams play a tie game; Fastest football seen in the South this year". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sewanee wins". The Journal and Tribune. November 11, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vanderbilt's heroic battle, loses game after gaining the victory". Nashville Banner. November 19, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Virginia triumphs over Sewanee's splendid eleven". The Norfolk Landmark. November 30, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.
  9. "1900". Sewanee Alumni News: 13. 1949.


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