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1910 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1910 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (3–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainAubrey Lanier
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 0 8 0 1
Auburn + 5 0 0 6 1 0
Sewanee 3 1 0 8 2 0
Georgia 4 2 1 6 2 1
Ole Miss 2 1 0 7 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 2 0 7 2 0
Mercer 3 2 0 6 3 0
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 5 3 0
Clemson 2 3 1 4 3 1
LSU 1 3 0 1 5 0
Tennessee 1 4 0 3 5 1
The Citadel 0 2 0 3 4 0
Alabama 0 4 0 4 4 0
Howard (AL) 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1910 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1910 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Harris G. Cope in his second season and finished with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2 overall, 3–1 in the SIAA).

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Sewanee Military Academy*W 53–0[1]
October 8Anderson Training School*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 27–0[2]
October 12Tennessee Military Institute*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 95–0[3]
October 17vs. Central University*L 0–19[4]
October 21Morgan Training School*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 22–5[5]
October 29vs. LSUW 31–5[6]
November 1at Memphis*W 6–0[7][8]
November 5Georgia
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 15–12[9]
November 12at AlabamaW 30–0[10]
November 24at VanderbiltL 6–2310,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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Players

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Varsity lettermen

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Line

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Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Frank Faulkinberry tackle 6'4" 198 23
Frank Gailor guard
Jenks Gillem end
Frank Gillespie end
Frank Juhan center West Texas Military Academy 5'11" 160 23
R. N. MacCallum tackle Mt. Vernon High 22
James Stoney guard

Backfield

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Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Chigger Browne quarterback 5'8" 125 22
Aubrey Lanier halfback 5'10" 170 22
John Myers halfback
Guy Ward fullback

Subs

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Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Edmund Armes
A. G. Bramwell
Carlton Bowden
Ben Cameron
Ivan Cochran
R. W. Easley
J. H. Gordon
Randolph Leigh
A. P. Magwood
Hugh McKnight
Jack Swain

References

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  1. ^ "Varsity defeats S.M.A. by 53 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sewanee defeats Anderson, 27 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 9, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee has a picnic; Tiger eleven romps away with T.M.I. conflict, 95 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 13, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Central University team beats Sewanee eleven". The Courier-Journal. October 18, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Morgan team makes touchdown on Sewanee". The Nashville Tennessean. October 22, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swift Sewanee eleven runs away with L.S.U." The Times-Democrat. October 30, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Guy Ward's seventy-five yard dash saves day for the Sewanee Tigers". The Knoxville Sentinel. November 2, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Sewanee's Tigers meet U. of M. today". The Commercial Appeal. November 1, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Sewanee beats Georgia but has narrow escape". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 6, 1910. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tigers romp on Alabama". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 13, 1910. Retrieved February 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Vanderbilt Wins From Sewanee Team". The Courier-Journal. November 25, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved May 10, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ "1910 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2023.