1900 Auburn Tigers football team

1900 Auburn Tigers football
SIAA Co-Champions
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1900 record 4–0 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach Walter H. Watkins
1900 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson § 3 0 0     6 0 0
Auburn § 3 0 0     4 0 0
Tulane § 3 0 0     5 0 1
Texas 1 0 0     6 0 0
Sewanee 5 0 1     6 1 1
North Carolina 3 0 1     4 1 3
Vanderbilt 2 3 1     4 4 1
Alabama 1 3 0     2 3 0
Georgia 1 3 0     2 4 0
Tennessee 0 2 1     3 2 1
LSU 0 1 0     2 2 0
Davidson 0 1 0     1 1 0
Cumberland 0 1 0     0 1 0
Georgia Tech 0 2 0     0 4 0
Nashville 0 3 0     0 3 0
Mississippi 0 3 0     0 3 0
Kentucky 0 0 0     4 6 0
Southwestern Presbyterian            
§ Conference co-champions

The 1900 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1900 college football season. It was the Tigers' 9th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Walter H. Watkins, in his first year, and finished with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0 overall, 3–0 in the SIAA). Auburn was the co-champion of the SIAA and outscored their opponents 148–5.

Black & white image of the fall 1900 Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, varsity football team.
The 1900 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 22 Nashville* Auburn, AL W 28–0  
November 10 Tennessee Birmingham, AL W 23–0  
November 17 Alabama Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL (Iron Bowl) W 53–5  
November 30 at Georgia Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 44–0  
*Non-conference game.

References

  1. Manly Curry Turpin; William Reid Lancaster; Abram Hill Mitchell; Godfrey Rhodes Thomas, eds. (1901), dead link] Chrysalis 1901 (Annual) 1, Chicago, IL: A. L. Swift, p. 115, retrieved 24 March 2011
  2. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182.
  3. "1900 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2012.