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Ellwood Wilson is considered the "founder of Sewanee football." [2] Their 1899 football team had perhaps the best season in college football history, winning all 12 of their games, 11 by shutout, and outscoring their opponents 322-10. Five of those wins, all shutouts, came in a six-day period while on a 2,500-mile (4,000 km) trip by train.
Sewanee Football Team of 1899. The 1899 Sewanee Tigers completed one of the greatest seasons in college football history. [3] At a time when most teams in the South played only a few games a year due to the costs of travel, the Sewanee Tigers played a schedule of 12 games in a 6-week period, with 9 games on the road.
Sewanee was one of the first college football powers of the South and the 1899 team was one of its best. The 1899 Tigers won 12 games and lost none, outscored opponents 322–10, and won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title. The team of 21 players was led by head coach Herman "Billy" Suter and future College Football ...
Considered the "founder of Sewanee Tigers football" [1] Alexander Blacklock 1892–1895 [2] Oscar Wilder 1896–1897 [2] Warbler Wilson: 1898–1900 Luke Lea got him to Sewanee from his native South Carolina. All-Southern quarter for the "Iron Men" of the 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team. [3] Harris G. Cope: 1901 A sub on the "Iron Men."
The 1958 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as an independent during the 1958 college football season. In their second season under head coach Shirley Majors , the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by ...
In the inaugural season of Sewanee football, the Tigers compiled a 1–2 record. The team's quarterback was Ellwood Wilson, considered the "founder of Sewanee football." [1] He had come from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he played football before, to Sewanee in 1889. While introducing the sport to Sewanee, he was forced to use a piece of ...
The 1943 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as an independent during the 1943 college football season. Three games were scheduled and attempts by Vanderbilt to schedule a game with Sewanee failed.
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.