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1902 Clemson Tigers football team

1902 Clemson Tigers football
1902 Clemson Tigers football team (Oconeean 1903).png
SIAA champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1902 record 6–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (3rd year)
Captain Hope Sadler
Home stadium Bowman Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson $ 5 0 0     6 1 0
Vanderbilt 6 1 0     8 1 0
LSU 4 1 0     6 1 0
Texas 4 1 0     6 3 1
Sewanee 4 2 0     7 2 0
Georgia 4 2 1     4 2 1
Tennessee 3 2 0     6 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 0     4 3 0
Centre 1 1 0     4 1 0
Auburn 2 4 1     2 4 1
Alabama 2 4 0     4 4 0
Furman 1 2 1     4 3 4
Nashville 1 2 0     1 3 0
Davidson 1 3 0     3 5 1
Cumberland 1 3 0     1 3 0
Kentucky State 0 2 0     4 6 1
Tulane 0 4 2     1 4 2
Mississippi A&M 0 4 1     1 4 1
Georgia Tech 0 5 2     0 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Clemson at Furman
1 2 Total
Clemson 28 0 28
Furman 0 0 0

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South Carolina at Clemson
1 2 Total
SCAR 12 0 12
Clemson 0 6 6

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Georgia vs. Clemson
1 2 Total
Georgia 0 0 0
Clemson 12 24 36

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The 1902 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College during the 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Under third year head coach John Heisman, the Tigers posted a 6–1 record, including an undefeated Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association record, and thus a conference championship. The lone loss was to rival South Carolina, in a controversial game ending in riots and banning the contest until 1909.


Heisman was paid $815.11 to coach the football team.

The team's captain was Hope Sadler. This was the first season with both Sadler and Carl Sitton at ends. One writer recalls, "Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps."

The season opened with an 11–5 victory over North Carolina A&M.

Clemson defeated Georgia Tech 44–5. The day before the game, Clemson sent in scrubs to Atlanta, checked into a hotel, and partied until dawn. The varsity sat well rested in Lula, Georgia as Tech betters were fooled.

Clemson scored first on an 80-yard end run from Carl Sitton. The starting lineup was Sitton (left end), Barnwell (left tackle), Kaigler (left guard), Green (center), Forsyth (right guard), DeCosta (right tackle), Sadler (right end), Maxwell (quarterback), Gantt (left halfback), Lawrence (right halfback), Hanvey (fullback).


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