*** Welcome to piglix ***

1903 Sewanee Tigers football team

1903 Sewanee Tigers football
Sewanee Tigers football team (1903).png
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1903 record 7–1 (5–1 SIAA)
Head coach George S. Whitney
Assistant coach Frank M. Osborne
Captain Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith
Home stadium McGee Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson + 2 0 1     4 1 1
Cumberland + 4 1 1     6 1 1
Sewanee 5 1 0     7 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 1     6 1 1
Mississippi A&M 2 0 2     3 0 2
Georgia 3 2 0     3 4 0
Mississippi 1 1 1     2 1 1
Texas 0 0 1     5 1 2
Central 0 0 0     3 0 0
Kentucky State 0 0 0     7 1 0
Alabama 3 4 0     3 4 0
Auburn 2 3 0     4 3 0
Tennessee 2 4 0     4 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 0     3 5 0
Tulane 0 1 1     2 2 1
Mercer 0 1 0     0 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0     2 2 0
LSU 0 4 0     4 5 0
SW Presbyterian            
  • + – Conference co-champions
Cumberland at Sewanee
1 2 Total
Cumberland 0 0 0
Sewanee 0 6 6
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Sewanee, TN
  • Game start: 3:00 p. m.
  • Referee: Roszel
Sewanee at Auburn
1 2 Total
Sewanee 23 24 47
Auburn 0 0 0
Sewanee at Vanderbilt
1 2 Total
Sewanee 0 5 5
Vanderbilt 5 5 10

The 1903 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1903 season.

The season opened with a defeat of Mooney School by a 23–0 score.

The Tennessee Medicos were beaten 6–0.

Sewanee gave the greatest team in Cumberland history its only loss.. Henry D. Phillips plowed through the line for the deciding score.

The starting lineup was Wheless (left end), L. Kirby-Smith (left tackle), Blount (left guard), Watkins (center), Phillips (right guard), Brong (right tackle), Jones (right end), Scarbrough (quarterback), Colmore (left halfback), E. Kirby Smith (right halfback), Stewart (fullback).

Sewanee easily beat Auburn 47–0. The first half was all Sewanee. Phillips made the first touchdown. After an Auburn fumble, Shaffer made the next touchdown. Phillips soon made the next touchdown. Kirby-Smith the next. In the second half, Auburn played better, but got nowhere near Sewanee's goal. Phillips had three touchdowns in the second half, "by some of the finest line bucking ever seen here."

The starting lineup was Wheless (left end), L. Kirby-Smith (left tackle), Harper (left guard), Watkins (center), Phillips (right guard), Brong (right tackle), Jones (right end), Scarbrough (quarterback), Colmore (left halfback), Shaffer (right halfback), Stewart (fullback).

Sewanee beat Alabama 23–0 in the first match between the two schools since 1896. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Tuscaloosa, but was subsequently moved to West End Park in Birmingham in an effort to increase gate receipts. Phillips made the first score.

The starting lineup was Wheless (left end), Brong (left tackle), Harper (left guard), Watkins (center), Phillips (right guard), L. Kirby-Smith (right tackle), Jones (right end), Scarbrough (quarterback), Colmore (left halfback), E. Kirby Smith (right halfback), Stewart (fullback).

Sewanee defeated the Nashville Garnet and Blue 6–0. In 1903, Wreidt, the team's coach, resigned and Nashville football was threatened with its end, but it survived for a few more years.


...
Wikipedia

...