1919 Sewanee Tigers football team

1919 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–6 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach	Earl Abell (1st season)
Captain	Thomas Harper
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	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

The 1919 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1919 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Earl Abell in his first season and finished with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6 overall, 1–4 in the SIAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Morgan Training School*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 7–0		[1]
October 11	Howard (AL)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 18–0		[2]
October 18	at Georgia	Sanford Field Athens, GA	L 0–13		[3]
October 25	Kentucky	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	L 0–6		[4]
November 1	at Alabama	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–40		[5]
November 8	Oglethorpe*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 21–0		[6]
November 15	at Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–19		[7]
November 18	at Baylor*	Carroll Field Waco, TX	L 7–21	8,000	[8]
November 27	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 21–33		[9]
*Non-conference game

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References

1. "Sewanee meets real foe in Morgan tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 4, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Sewanee defeats Howard, 18 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. October 12, 1919. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Georgians cage the Tigers". The Journal and Tribune. October 19, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Kentucky Wild-Cats victors over Purple of Sewanee Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 26, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Glorious victory over Sewanee beyond all expectations". Nashville Banner. November 2, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Easy for Sewanee, Tigers defeat Oglethorpe eleven by score of 21 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1919. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rice wins from Sewanee in sensational contest by the score of 19 to 7". The Houston Posy. November 16, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Baylor Bears Beat Sewanee 21 To 7". San Antonio Evening News. San Antonio, Texas. November 18, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Vandy defeats the Tigers in startling exhibition of ball". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 28, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "1919 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.