1914 Sewanee Tigers football team

1914 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainLee Tolley
Home stadiumHardee Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Auburn + 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Texas A&M 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Florida 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Georgia 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Alabama 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
LSU 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Wofford 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Central University 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 3 – 1
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tulane 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1914 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Before the season

Coach Harris Cope was assisted by several former Sewanee greats, such as Henry D. Phillips and Frank Juhan and Silas Williams and George Watkins.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Cumberland (TN)*
W 59–0[1]
October 10Georgia
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
L 6–7[2]
October 17Chattanooga
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 46–3[3]
October 24at Florida
W 26–0[4]
October 31at Georgia Tech*
L 0–20[5]
November 7at Alabama
W 18–0[6]
November 14vs. Tennessee
L 7–14[7]
November 26at Vanderbilt
W 14–13[8]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Cumberland

Lee Tolley was a part of the longest kick return in school history, a 90-yard run against Cumberland.[10]

Georgia

All-American David Paddock and Georgia defeated Sewanee 7–6.

Chattanooga

Chattanooga was beaten 46–3.

Florida

Sewanee at Florida
1 234Total
• Sewanee 13 706 26
Florida 0 000 0

The Tigers shutout Florida 26–0. Florida was outplayed in the first half.[12] In the final period, Tolley had an 85-yard touchdown run.[11]

Georgia Tech

John Heisman's Georgia Tech team beat Sewanee 20–0.

Alabama

Alabama was defeated 18–0.[13] Tolley was a part of the first triple-pass in Sewanee history.[10]

Tennessee

An account of the Tennessee game reads "Lindsay, as usual, ploughed through the opposing line for consistent gains, and when it was absolutely necessary that Tennessee gain a certain number of yards 'Russ' was sure to be called upon...Mush Kerr played a wonderful game in the line as did Capt. Kelly. The work of the Tennessee line was easily the feature of the contest, and Sewanee early discovered that it was practically useless to rely on line plunges to gain ground."[14]

Vanderbilt

Sewanee beat rival Vanderbilt for the first time since the championship year of 1909, 14–13. Tolley had a 75-yard touchdown run, and was awarded with a gold fob for the victory.[10] One account reads "For brilliance and beauty of execution, (Tolley's play) has had few equals, if any, in the South, and the Tiger leader retires from the game as the premier quarterback in the S.I.A.A., beyond a doubt." His performance included a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Sewanee wins opener; Cumberland snowed under, score 59 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 4, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sewanee goes down in defeat before Georgia". Birmingham Age-Herald. October 11, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee romps on Chattanooga, 46 to 3". The Nashville Tennessean. October 18, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fumbles costly for Floridians". The Tampa Morning Tribune. October 25, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tech defeats Sewanee Tigers by 20 to 0 score". The Atlanta Journal. November 1, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ ""Come back" for Sewanee". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 8, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tennessee defeats Sewanee by two touchdowns to one before four thousand people". The Chattanooga Times. November 15, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Sewanee beats Vandy in annual grid battle". The Commercial Appeal. November 27, 1914. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "1914 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "Robert Lee Tolley". sewaneetigers.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Tigers Romp Over Plucky Floridians". Sewanee Purple. October 29, 1914. hdl:11005/1027.
  12. ^ "Sewanee Defeated Florida". The Houston Post. October 25, 1914. p. 19. Retrieved July 23, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ "1914 Season" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2014.
  14. ^ "Sewanee Unable To Make Gains Through Heavy Tennessee Line". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 68. 1915.
  15. ^ "Tolley's Run Won Victory". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. November 28, 1914.