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1902 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1902 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainHenry D. Phillips
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 5 0 0 6 1 0
Vanderbilt 6 1 0 8 1 0
LSU + 5 1 0 6 1 0
Texas 4 1 0 6 3 1
Sewanee 4 2 0 6 2 0
Tennessee 4 2 0 6 2 0
Georgia 3 2 1 4 2 1
Ole Miss 3 3 0 4 3 0
Nashville 2 2 0 2 4 0
Auburn 2 4 1 2 4 1
Alabama 2 4 0 4 4 0
Cumberland (TN) 1 4 0 3 5 0
Tulane 0 3 2 1 4 2
Furman 0 2 1 4 3 4
Georgia Tech 0 4 2 0 6 2
Mississippi A&M 0 4 1 1 4 1
Kentucky State 0 2 0 4 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • + LSU claims a co-championship[1]

The 1902 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1902 college football season. In their first year under head coach L. W. Boynton, the team compiled a 6–2 record.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Mooney*W 39–0[2]
October 10vs. Texas
L 0–11[3]
October 20Central University*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
Canceled [4]
October 253:00 p.m.at Washington University*W 22–6[5][6]
November 1at Tennessee
L 0–6[7]
November 6vs. Auburn
W 6–0[8]
November 18at Georgia
W 11–0[9]
November 21Cumberland (TN)
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 22–0[10]
November 27at VanderbiltW 11–5[11]

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References

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  1. ^ "2017 LSU Tigers Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana State Athletics. p. 107. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sewanee 39, Mooney 0". The Birmingham Age-Herald. October 5, 1902. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee Tigers defeated by Texas team at Dallas". Nashville Banner. October 11, 1902. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Football team badly crippled". Daily Leaf-Chronicle. October 21, 1902. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Washington's Hard Game". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 25, 1902. p. 14. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Wray, J. E. (October 26, 1902). "Weak Center Defeated Washington's University". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 11, part two. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "U. of T. team defeats the boys from Sewanee". The Journal and Tribune. November 2, 1902. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Magnificent struggle ends in victory for Sewanee". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 7, 1902. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Sewanee defeated Georgia". The Knoxville Sentinel. November 19, 1902. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Sewanee's triumph, her pigskin artists defeat Cumberland University 22 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. November 22, 1902. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Vanderbilt is given drubbing". The Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1902. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1902 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 2, 2024.