1907 Sewanee Tigers football team
| 1907 SIAA football standings |
| | Conf | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
| Vanderbilt †
| 4
| – | 0
| – | 0 | | | 5
| – | 1
| – | 1 |
| Texas A&M
| 2
| – | 0
| – | 0 | | | 6
| – | 1
| – | 1 |
| Sewanee
| 6
| – | 1
| – | 0 | | | 8
| – | 1
| – | 0 |
| Alabama
| 3
| – | 1
| – | 2 | | | 5
| – | 1
| – | 2 |
| Auburn
| 3
| – | 2
| – | 1 | | | 6
| – | 2
| – | 1 |
| Tennessee
| 3
| – | 2
| – | 1 | | | 7
| – | 2
| – | 1 |
| LSU
| 2
| – | 2
| – | 0 | | | 7
| – | 3
| – | 0 |
| Georgia
| 2
| – | 3
| – | 1 | | | 4
| – | 3
| – | 1 |
| Mississippi A&M
| 2
| – | 3
| – | 0 | | | 6
| – | 3
| – | 0 |
| Georgia Tech
| 2
| – | 4
| – | 0 | | | 4
| – | 4
| – | 0 |
| Clemson
| 1
| – | 3
| – | 0 | | | 4
| – | 4
| – | 0 |
| Tulane
| 0
| – | 1
| – | 0 | | | 3
| – | 2
| – | 0 |
| Mercer
| 0
| – | 3
| – | 0 | | | 1
| – | 3
| – | 0 |
| Ole Miss
| 0
| – | 5
| – | 0 | | | 0
| – | 6
| – | 0 |
| Nashville
| |
| – |
| | | | |
| – |
| |
| Southern
| |
| – |
| | | | |
| – |
| |
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† – Conference champion
|
The 1907 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1907 college football season. The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his 1st 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] 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 probablity had the best team in the South."[3]
Schedule
| Date |
Opponent |
Site |
Result
|
|---|
| October 3, 1907 |
Mooney School* |
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN |
W 23–0
|
| October 10, 1907 |
Mississippi A&M |
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN |
W 38–0
|
| October 19, 1907 |
at Auburn |
Birmingham Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL |
W 12–6
|
| October 21, 1907 |
at Alabama |
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL |
W 54–6
|
| October 26, 1907 |
vs. Ole Miss |
Memphis, TN |
W 65–0
|
| November 2, 1907 |
at Virginia* |
Norfolk, VA |
W 12–0
|
| November 9, 1907 |
at Georgia Tech |
Grant Field • Atlanta, GA |
W 18–0
|
| November 11, 1907 |
at Georgia |
Herty Field • Athens, GA |
W 16–0
|
| November 23, 1907 |
at Vanderbilt |
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) |
L 12–17
|
| *Non-conference game. |
[4]
Players
Line
- Silas Williams, Greenville, South Carolina - end
- Lex Stone, Fayetteville, Tennessee - tackle
- Eric Cheape, Avon Park, Florida - guard
- Thomas Evans, Parral, Mexico - center
- Frank Faulkinberry, Fayetteville, Tennessee - guard
- William Evans, Parral, Mexico - tackle
- Guy Lewis, Dallas, Texas - end
Backfield
Subs
- C. Logan Eisele, Denver, Colorado - back
- Kenneth Lyne, Henderson, Kentucky - back
- William Wilson, Rock Hill, South Carolina - end
- Heber Wadley, Shreveport, Louisiana - line
- Paul Sheppard, Texarkana, Texas - line
See also
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