The 1907 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and was coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his first year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 250 to 29. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."[1]
| 1907 Sewanee Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Walter Barrett |
| Home stadium | Hardee Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard (AL) | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sewanee lost the effective SIAA championship game to Vanderbilt on a double pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to Stein Stone. Honus Craig then ran in the winning touchdown. It was just the second year of the legal forward pass. The trick play was cited by Grantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports.[2] Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Mooney School* | W 23–0 | [4] | ||
| October 10 | Mississippi A&M |
| W 38–0 | [5] | |
| October 19 | at Auburn |
| W 12–6 | [6] | |
| October 21 | at Alabama | W 54–4 | [7] | ||
| October 26 | vs. Ole Miss |
| W 65–0 | [8] | |
| November 2 | at Virginia* |
| W 12–0 | 1,000 | [9] |
| November 9 | at Georgia Tech | W 18–0 | [10] | ||
| November 11 | at Georgia | W 16–0 | [11] | ||
| November 28 | at Vanderbilt | L 12–17 | [12] | ||
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Players
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edit| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silas Williams | End | Greenville, South Carolina | 5'9" | 150 | 19 | ||
| Lex Stone | Tackle | Fayetteville, Tennessee | 6'2" | 172 | 22 | ||
| Eric Cheape | Guard | Avon Park, Florida | 6'1" | 170 | 21 | ||
| Thomas Evans | Center | Parral, Mexico | 6'1" | 160 | 20 | ||
| Frank Faulkinberry | Guard | Fayetteville, Tennessee | 6'4" | 198 | 19 | ||
| William Evans | Tackle | Parral, Mexico | 5'11" | 180 | 19 | ||
| Guy Lewis | End | Dallas, Texas | 5'11" | 165 | 22 |
Backfield
edit| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Barrett | Quarterback | Covington, Tennessee | Mooney | 5'10" | 155 | 22 | |
| Frank Shipp | Halfback | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 5'11" | 170 | 25 | ||
| Aubrey Lanier | Halfback | Butler, Arkansas | 5'10" | 160 | 19 | ||
| Lawrence Markley | Fullback | Chicago | 5'10" | 165 | 22 |
Subs
edit| Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Logan Eisele | Back | Denver, Colorado | 6'0" | 160 | 19 | |
| Kenneth Lyne | Back | Henderson, Kentucky | 5'10" | 146 | 19 | |
| William Wilson | End | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 5'10" | 144 | 22 | |
| Heber Wadley | Line | Shreveport, Louisiana | 6'2" | 170 | 21 | |
| Paul Sheppard | Line | Texarkana, Texas | 5'11" | 170 | 23 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
- ^ "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924. ProQuest 497709192.
- ^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee took football game". The Chattanooga News. September 28, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee trounces Mississippi". The Nashville American. October 11, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee defeats Auburn after a great struggle". Birmingham Age-Herald. October 20, 1907. Retrieved March 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee ran over Alabama". Nashville Banner. October 22, 1907. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee met easy mark; Mississippi beaten 65 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 27, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "In Rain And Mud Sewanee Triumphs". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. November 3, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Sewanee defeats Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia fought gamely". The Atlanta Journal. November 12, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Close, exciting contest; Sewanee defeated by Vanderbilt". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1907 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
