1892 Sewanee Tigers football
State champion[1]
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
  • F. G. Sweat (2nd season)
CaptainAlex Shepherd
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 0
Biddle   –   1 – 0 – 0
Furman   –   1 – 0 – 0
Mercer   –   1 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Virginia Military   –   4 – 0 – 1
Wake Forest   –   4 – 0 – 1
Johns Hopkins   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Carolina   –   5 – 1 – 0
Central (KY)   –   4 – 1 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   4 – 2 – 1
Virginia   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt   –   4 – 4 – 0
Alabama   –   2 – 2 – 0
Auburn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Georgia   –   1 – 1 – 0
Virginia A&M   –   1 – 1 – 0
Western Maryland   –   0 – 0 – 1
Richmond   –   2 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 2 – 2
Kentucky A&M   –   2 – 4 – 1
Tennessee   –   2 – 5 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   1 – 3 – 0
Hampden–Sydney   –   0 – 1 – 0
Livingstone   –   0 – 1 – 0
Maryville (TN)   –   0 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   0 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   0 – 3 – 0
Maryland   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1892 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1892 college football season. In their second season as a full-time squad, the Tigers posted a 5–1–1 record.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15Vanderbilt
W 22–4[2]
October 22Tennessee
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 54–0[3]
October 292:00 p.m.vs. Virginia
L 0–30700[4][5]
October 31at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 22–16
November 2at Tennessee
W 10–0[6]
November 12at Vanderbilt
W 28–14[7]
November 24at Louisville Athletic ClubLouisville, KYT 6–6

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References

  1. ^ "2012 Sewanee Football Fact Book".
  2. ^ "Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys". Nashville Banner. October 17, 1892. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee claims the championship". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Foot Ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 29, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Thirty To Nothing". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Exciting game, Sewanee wins another football match from U of T". The Knoxville Sentinel. November 3, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys". The Courier-Journal. November 13, 1892. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.


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