1919 Mercer Baptists football team

The 1919 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1919 college football season.[1] The team played just two games, losing both badly. The team was optimistic before the Florida game.[2]

1919 Mercer Baptists football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–2 (0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1916
1920 →
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Auburn $ 5 1 0 8 1 0
Alabama 6 1 0 8 1 0
Centre 1 0 0 9 0 0
Kentucky 3 1 1 3 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 1 0 7 3 0
Tulane 3 1 1 6 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 1 2 5 1 2
Furman 2 1 1 6 2 1
Mississippi A&M 5 2 0 6 2 0
Georgia 4 2 2 4 2 3
LSU 3 2 0 6 2 0
Clemson 3 2 2 6 2 2
Florida 2 2 0 5 3 0
Wofford 1 1 0 3 2 1
Transylvania 1 1 0 2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0 4 4 0
The Citadel 1 4 0 4 4 1
Sewanee 1 4 0 3 6 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tennessee 0 3 2 3 3 3
South Carolina 0 4 1 1 7 1
Mercer 0 1 0 0 2 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0 3 5 1
Howard (AL) 0 4 0 3 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 18at FloridaL 0–48[3]
October 25at Oglethorpe*L 0–73[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome cfbdatawarehouse.com - BlueHost.com". Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mercer Team Plays Florida On the Eighteenth" (PDF). The Orange and Black. Vol. 8, no. 1. October 17, 1919.
  3. ^ "Nightshirt Parade Celebrates Mercer's 48 to 0 Defeat". The Florida Alligator. October 24, 1919.
  4. ^ "Mercer snowed under by charging Petrels, who spring surprise". The Atlanta Constitution. October 26, 1919. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.