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1924 Sewanee Tigers football
1924 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	M. S. Bennett (2nd season);
Captain	George Millard, Eugene Harris
Home stadium	Hardee Field
	Seasons ← 1923 1925 →

1924 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Sewanee *	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt *	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
VPI	2	–	2	–	3	4	–	2	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SIAA

1924 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Centre +	1	–	0	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
Oglethorpe +	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	0	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Newberry	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Mercer	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Sewanee*	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Louisville	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Millsaps	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Transylvania	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Furman	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Wofford	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Howard (AL)	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Presbyterian	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt*	0	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Louisiana College	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Western Kentucky	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Erskine	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Chattanooga	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SoCon

The 1924 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. It was the team's first season in the Southern Conference, and features its last victory over rival Vanderbilt. Sewanee was also a co-member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1924, its last season as a member. The game against Carson-Newman was forfeited in their favor.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Transylvania*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 27–0		^[1]
September 27	Southwestern (TN)*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN (rivalry)	W 7–0		^[2]
October 4	Carson–Newman*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 0–12		^[3]
October 11	at Texas A&M*	Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX	L 0–7		^[4]
October 18	at Alabama	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–14	10,000	^[5]
October 25	at Kentucky	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	L 0–7		^[6]
November 1	at Oglethorpe*	Spiller Field Alanta, GA	L 0–7		^[7]
November 8	vs. Ole Miss	Russwood Park Memphis, TN	W 21–0		^[8]^[9]
November 15	at South Carolina	University Field Columbia, SC	W 10–0		^[10]
November 27	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 16–0	18,500	^[11]
*Non-conference game

^[12]

References

^ "Sewanee wins opening game". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 21, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Purple eleven hands S.P.U. 7 to 0 defeat". Nashville Banner. September 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Carson–Newman trims Sewanee Tiger on mountain". The Knoxville Journal and Tribune. October 5, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hall, Flem R. (October 12, 1924). "Texas Aggies' Great Defensive Defeats Sewanee". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 15. Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bama sweeps up over Sewanee team 14 to 0". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 19, 1924. p. 24.
^ "Kentucky vanquishes Sewanee 7 to 0". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oglethorpe employs aerial game to win from Purple Tiger, 7 to 0". The Tennessean. November 2, 1924. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss and Sewanee teams meet at Russwood today". The Commercial Appeal. November 8, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee crushes Ole Miss with a varies attack". Nashville Tennessean. November 9, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee wins in last few minutes from Gamecocks". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tiger claws Commodores for triumph". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1924 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Retrieved December 11, 2023.