| 1898 Sewanee Tigers football | |
SIAA champion | |
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| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| 1898 record | 4–0 (3–0 SIAA) |
| Head coach | John Gere Jayne (2nd season) |
| Captain | Dana Smith |
| Home stadium | Hardee Field |
Seasons | |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[{{{school}}}|SW Presbyterian]] | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference 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 a share of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title.
Before the season[]
Sewanee was coming off the worst season in school history.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 15 | Nashville |
| W 10–0 |
| November 10 | at Texas | W 4–0 | |
| November 12 | at Southern A. C.* |
| W 21–0 |
| November 25 | at Vanderbilt | W 19–4 | |
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Season summary[]
Nashville[]
Sources:[2] |
The season opened with a 10–0 victory to avenge last year's loss to the Nashville Garnet and Blue.[3]
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).[2]
Texas[]
Sources:[4] |
Sewanee beat Texas 4–0, scoring on a trick play.[4]
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).[4]
Southern A. C.[]
Sources:[5] |
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.[5] Ormond Simkins made the last touchdown, racing for the goal after William H. Poole blocked a kick.[5]
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).[5]
Vanderbilt[]
Sources:[6] |
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.[6] Simkins scored next on a 2-yard run. After the half, Kilpatrick scored on a 2-yard run.[6] The last touchdown was a 35-yard run from Smith.[6]
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).[6]
Postseason[]
Sewanee won the SIAA title.[7]
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[]
- ↑ "2004 Sewanee football media guide". Archived from the original on March 9, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130309091121/http://www.sewanee.edu/athletics/PDFS/Football_04.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sewanee Wins". Sewanee Purple 12 (7). October 22, 1898. http://hdl.handle.net/11005/629.
- ↑ "Football". Sewanee Purple 12 (6). October 15, 1898. http://hdl.handle.net/11005/628.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune: p. 8. November 11, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2818692/the_timespicayune/. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Sewanee Makes The Score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune: p. 8. November 13, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2817054/the_timespicayune/. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Up Goes Sewanee's Purple". The Tennessean: p. 5. November 25, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5281088/the_tennessean/. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt
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