1892 Sewanee Tigers football team

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.

1892 Sewanee Tigers football
State champion[1]
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainAlex Shepherd
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
 1891
1893 
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre  600
Biddle  100
Furman  100
North Carolina A&M  100
Virginia Military  401
Wake Forest  401
Johns Hopkins  710
North Carolina  510
Central (KY)  410
Sewanee  511
Navy  520
Georgetown  421
Virginia  321
Vanderbilt  440
Alabama  220
Auburn  220
Georgia  110
Virginia A&M  110
Western Maryland  001
Richmond  230
Delaware  122
Kentucky A&M  241
Tennessee  250
Mercer  120
Trinity (NC)  130
Hampden–Sydney  010
Livingstone  010
Maryville (TN)  010
South Carolina  010
Georgia Tech  030
Maryland  030

Schedule

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

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References

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  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.