1898 Sewanee Tigers football team

1898 Sewanee Tigers football
SIAA champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainDana Smith
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Auburn 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
LSU 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0
Georgia 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 0
Tulane 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Mississippi 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Texas 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
Kentucky State# 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
SW Presbyterian 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was coached by John Gere Jayne in his second year as head coach, compiling a record of 4–0 (3–0 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 56 to 4 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. Due to misgivings over Virginia and North Carolina playing ringers, Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee the best team in the South.[1]

Before the season

Sewanee was coming off the worst season in school history.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15Nashville
W 10–0[2]
November 10at Texas
W 4–0[3]
November 12at Southern Athletic Club*
W 21–0[4]
November 24at Vanderbilt
W 19–44,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game

[6]

Game summaries

Nashville

Nashville at Sewanee
1 2Total
Nashville 0 0 0
• Sewanee 5 5 10

Sources:[7]

The season opened with a 10–0 victory to avenge last year's loss to the Nashville Garnet and Blue.[8]

The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Bolling (left guard), Risley (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandle (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Gray (right halfback), Simkins (fullback).[7]

Texas

Sewanee at Texas
1 2Total
• Sewanee 4 0 4
Texas 0 0 0

Sources:[9]

Sewanee beat Texas 4–0, scoring on a trick play.[9]

The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risby (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandle (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Gray (right halfback), Simkins (fullback).[9]

Southern A. C.

Sewanee at Southern A. C.
1 2Total
• Sewanee 11 10 21
Southern 0 0 0
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Athletic Park
    New Orleans
  • Game start: 3:00 p. m.
  • Referee: Leigh Carroll

Sources:[4]

Sewanee defeated the Southern Athletic Club of New Orleans 21–0. A 12-yard run by Jones made the first touchdown. Davis made the next touchdown. He also scored the third, in the second half.[4] Ormond Simkins made the last touchdown, racing for the goal after William H. Poole blocked a kick.[4]

The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risby (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Crandell (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Simkins (fullback).[4]

Vanderbilt

Sewanee at Vanderbilt
1 2Total
• Sewanee 10 9 19
Vanderbilt 4 0 4

Sources:[10]

The Tigers beat rival Vanderbilt 19–4. Sewell made the first touchdown on a 7-yard run. Vanderbilt's score came on a 40-yard run around left end by Walter H. Simmons.[10] Simkins scored next on a 2-yard run. After the half, Kilpatrick scored on a 2-yard run.[10] The last touchdown was a 35-yard run from Smith.[10]

The starting lineup was Waites (left end), Jones (left tackle), Risley (left guard), Poole (center), Claiborne (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Davis (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Kilpatrick (left halfback), Siebels (right halfback), Simkins (fullback).[10]

Postseason

Sewanee won the SIAA title.[11]

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
"Wild Bill" Claiborne guard Amherst Co., Virginia Roanoke College 6'0" 190
A. H. Davis end
J. W. "Deacon" Jones tackle Marshall, Texas
William H. Poole center Glyndon, Maryland 6'0" 185 18
H. S. Risley guard
Dana Smith tackle
John C. Waties end

Backfield

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Charles Quintard Gray halfback Ocala, Florida
Rex Kilpatrick halfback Bridgeport, Alabama 6'1" 185 17
Henry Seibels halfback Montgomery, Alabama 5'10" 170 22
Ormond Simkins fullback Corsicana, Texas 5'10" 163 19
Warbler Wilson quarterback Rock Hill, South Carolina 5'10" 154 21

Subs

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
R. G. Arrington
Ralph P. Black
R. E. Bolling
G. G. Cannon
Howard Crandell
Ralph Nesbit
H. M. T. "Bunny" Pearce end
Charles B. Colmore back

References

  1. ^ Hapgood, Norman (1857). "Harper's weekly". pp. 65 v.
  2. ^ "Sewanee wins; Defeats Nashville by a score of ten to nothing". The Nashville American. October 16, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brilliant football; Sewanee defeats the University of Texas". The Times-Democrat. November 11, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Sewanee makes the score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Sewanee defeats Vanderbilt". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Sewanee Wins". Sewanee Purple. Vol. 12, no. 7. October 22, 1898. hdl:11005/629.
  8. ^ "Football". Sewanee Purple. Vol. 12, no. 6. October 15, 1898. hdl:11005/628.
  9. ^ a b c "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ a b c d e "Up Goes Sewanee's Purple". The Tennessean. November 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ "David Wilson's Homepage".