1907 Sewanee Tigers football team

1907 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (6–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Arthur G. Erwin (1st season)
Captain	Walter Barrett
Home stadium	Hardee Field
Seasons ← 1906 1908 →

1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Howard (AL)	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	0
Nashville			–					–

$ – Conference champion

The 1907 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and was coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his first year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 250 to 29. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."^[1]

Sewanee lost the effective SIAA championship game to Vanderbilt on a double pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to Stein Stone. Honus Craig then ran in the winning touchdown. It was just the second year of the legal forward pass. The trick play was cited by Grantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports.^[2] Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Mooney School*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 23–0		^[4]
October 10	Mississippi A&M	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 38–0		^[5]
October 19	at Auburn	West End Park Birmingham, AL	W 12–6		^[6]
October 21	at Alabama	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 54–4		^[7]
October 26	vs. Ole Miss	Varsity Park Memphis, TN	W 65–0		^[8]
November 2	at Virginia*	Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA	W 12–0	1,000	^[9]
November 9	at Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta, GA	W 18–0		^[10]
November 11	at Georgia	Herty Field Athens, GA	W 16–0		^[11]
November 28	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 12–17		^[12]
*Non-conference game

^[13]

Players

Line

Player	Position	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
Silas Williams	End	Greenville, South Carolina	5'9"	150	19
Lex Stone	Tackle	Fayetteville, Tennessee	6'2"	172	22
Eric Cheape	Guard	Avon Park, Florida	6'1"	170	21
Thomas Evans	Center	Parral, Mexico	6'1"	160	20
Frank Faulkinberry	Guard	Fayetteville, Tennessee	6'4"	198	19
William Evans	Tackle	Parral, Mexico	5'11"	180	19
Guy Lewis	End	Dallas, Texas	5'11"	165	22

Backfield

Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Walter Barrett	Quarterback	Covington, Tennessee	Mooney	5'10"	155	22
Frank Shipp	Halfback	Chattanooga, Tennessee		5'11"	170	25
Aubrey Lanier	Halfback	Butler, Arkansas		5'10"	160	19
Lawrence Markley	Fullback	Chicago		5'10"	165	22

^[14]

Subs

Player	Position	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
C. Logan Eisele	Back	Denver, Colorado	6'0"	160	19
Kenneth Lyne	Back	Henderson, Kentucky	5'10"	146	19
William Wilson	End	Rock Hill, South Carolina	5'10"	144	22
Heber Wadley	Line	Shreveport, Louisiana	6'2"	170	21
Paul Sheppard	Line	Texarkana, Texas	5'11"	170	23

References

^ Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
^ "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924. ProQuest 497709192.
^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee took football game". The Chattanooga News. September 28, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee trounces Mississippi". The Nashville American. October 11, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee defeats Auburn after a great struggle". Birmingham Age-Herald. October 20, 1907. Retrieved March 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee ran over Alabama". Nashville Banner. October 22, 1907. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee met easy mark; Mississippi beaten 65 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 27, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "In Rain And Mud Sewanee Triumphs". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. November 3, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee defeats Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia fought gamely". The Atlanta Journal. November 12, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Close, exciting contest; Sewanee defeated by Vanderbilt". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1907. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1907 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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