1894 Sewanee Tigers football team

1894 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
  • Herbert C. Foss (1st season)
CaptainA. G. Blacklock
Home stadiumHardee Field
1894 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VMI     6 0 0
Hampden–Sydney     1 0 0
Tennessee     2 0 2
Vanderbilt     7 1 0
Ole Miss     6 1 0
Texas     6 1 0
Georgia     5 1 0
Kentucky State College     5 1 0
VAMC     4 1 0
Virginia     8 2 0
Centre     3 1 0
Alabama     3 1 0
Navy     4 1 2
North Carolina     6 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
LSU     2 1 0
West Virginia     2 2 0
Texas A&M     1 1 0
Delaware     1 1 0
Georgetown     4 5 0
    3 4 0
Auburn     1 3 0
Johns Hopkins     1 4 1
Richmond     0 4 2
Centenary     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 1 0
North Carolina A&M     0 2 0
South Carolina     0 2 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Tulane     0 4 0

The 1894 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South (familiarly known as Sewanee) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In their first year under head coach Herbert C. Foss, the team compiled an overall record of 3–4.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 27vs. North Carolina
L 4–36[1]
October 29at GeorgiaW 12–8[2]
November 3NashvilleW 30–4[3]
November 15at AlabamaL 4–24[4]
November 17at TulaneW 12–6[5]
November 19at Southern Athletic Club
  • Sportsman's Park
  • New Orleans, LA
L 10–18[6][7]
November 29at VanderbiltL 0–12[8]

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References

  1. ^ "Carolinas won handsomely". The Asheville Daily Citizen. October 29, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sewanee downs Athens". The Atlanta Journal. October 30, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Nashville downed by Sewanee". The Times-Democrat. November 4, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "'Rah for 'Varsity; Sewanee suffers defeat on Lakeview gridiron". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 16, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Sewanee scores a valiant victory". The Daily Picayune. November 18, 1894. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sewanee and the Southern Athlerics". The Daily Picayune. November 19, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "S.A.C., the local club adds to its reputation; Sewanee defeated by a score of 18 to 10". The Times-Democrat. November 20, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vanderbilt 12, Sewanee 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 30, 1894. Retrieved July 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.