1896 Sewanee Tigers football team

1896 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–3 (3–3 SIAA)
Head coach	Eddie Blair (1st season)
Captain	J. S. Tanner
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Georgia +	2	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	0	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Auburn	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	1	–	0
Texas	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Nashville	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	1	–	1
Mercer	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	2	–	1
Central (KY)	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
SW Presbyterian	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Cumberland (TN)			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1896 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 17	Nashville	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 6–0		[1]
October 26	Central (KY)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 6–4		[2]
October 31	at Alabama	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 10–6		[3]
November 9	at Georgia	Herty Field Athens, GA	L 0–26		[4]
November 16	at Auburn	Riverside Park Montgomery, AL	L 6–38		[5]
November 26	Vanderbilt	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN (rivalry)	L 4–10	2,500	[6]

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References

1. "Sewanee 6; U. of N. 0; Nashville boys fared a little better than Vanderbilt". The Nashville American. October 18, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Sewanee the victor; Puts it onto Central University to the tune of 6 to 4". The Nashville American. October 27, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "The University football team went down before Sewanee". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0". The Morning News. November 10, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Thirty-six to six! Was the way yesterday's great football contest resulted". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vanderbilt Victorious". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.