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1896 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1896 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3 (3–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJ. S. Tanner
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons← 18951897 →
1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU + 3 0 0 6 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 0 4 0 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 2 3 2 2
Auburn 3 1 0 3 1 0
Texas 1 1 0 4 2 1
Alabama 1 1 0 2 1 0
Kentucky State College 1 1 0 3 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 0 3 3 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tulane 1 2 0 3 2 0
Nashville 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mercer 0 2 1 0 2 1
Central (KY) 0 2 1 0 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 0 0 4 0
SW Presbyterian 0 2 0 0 3 0
Cumberland (TN)        
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1896 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 17NashvilleW 6–0
October 26Central (KY)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 6–4
October 31at AlabamaW 10–6
November 9at GeorgiaL 0–26
November 16at AuburnL 6–38
November 26VanderbiltL 4–102,500

References

  1. "Sewanee 6; U. of N. 0; Nashville boys fared a little better than Vanderbilt". The Nashville American. October 18, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sewanee the victor; Puts it onto Central University to the tune of 6 to 4". The Nashville American. October 27, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "The University football team went down before Sewanee". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0". The Morning News. November 10, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Thirty-six to six! Was the way yesterday's great football contest resulted". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vanderbilt Victorious". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.
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