1963 Sewanee Tigers football | |
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CAC champion | |
Conference | College Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–0 (4–0 CAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Bob Davis |
Home stadium | Hardee Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sewanee $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington University | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centre | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern (TN) | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the College Athletic Conerence during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Shirley Majors, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record (4–0 in conference games), won the CAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 275 to 45.[1][2] It was one of four undefeated seasons in Sewanee football history, the others being 1898, 1899, and 1958. It was also the first of Sewanee's 12 CAC/SCAC championships.[3]
Tailback Martin Luther "M.L." Agnew was a threat as a passer (507 yards) and runner (841 yards), led the team in total offense, and won first-team honors on the 1963 Little All-America college football team.[4][5] Larry Majors, son of the head coach,[6] set a school record with an average of 7.0 yards per carry during the 1963 season.[7][8]
In 2010, the 1963 team was inducted as a group into the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame. This followed the induction of the 1899 football team in 2004 and the 1958 football team in 2008.[9]
The team played its home games at Hardee Field in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | at Millsaps* |
| W 27–0 | 1,000 | [10][11] | ||
October 5 | Hampden–Sydney* | W 49–0 | 1,200 | [12] | |||
October 12 | at Austin* | Sherman, TX | W 39–19 | 1,000 | [13][14] | ||
October 19 | Randolph–Macon* |
| W 48–0 | [15][16] | |||
October 26 | at Centre | Danville, KY | W 35–7 | [17][18] | |||
November 2 | at Southwestern (TN) |
| W 28–0 | 1,447 | [19][20][21] | ||
November 9 | Washington and Lee |
| W 35–6 | [22] | |||
November 16 | Washington University |
| W 14–13 | [23] | |||
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