1898 Sewanee Tigers football team

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 the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. Due to misgivings over Virginia and North Carolina playing ringers, Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee the best team in the South.[1]

1898 Sewanee Tigers football
SIAA champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach
  • John Gere Jayne (2nd season)
CaptainDana Smith
Home stadiumHardee Field
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee 3 –0 –04 –0 –0
Auburn 2 –0 –02 –1 –0
LSU 1 –0 –01 –0 –0
Georgia 3 –1 –04 –2 –0
Clemson 1 –1 –03 –1 –0
Tulane 1 –1 –01 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –2 –01 –5 –0
Mississippi 0 –1 –01 –1 –0
Texas 0 –1 –05 –1 –0
Nashville 0 –2 –00 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 0 –3 –00 –4 –0
Kentucky State# 0 –0 –07 –0 –0
Cumberland (TN) 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
SW Presbyterian 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

Before the season

Sewanee was coming off the worst season in school history.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15Nashville
W 10–0[2]
November 10at Texas
W 4–0[3]
November 12at Southern Athletic Club*
W 21–0[4]
November 24at Vanderbilt
W 19–44,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game

[6]

Game summaries

Nashville
Nashville at Sewanee
1 2Total
Nashville 0 0 0
• Sewanee 5 5 10

Sources:[7]

The season opened with a 10–0 victory to avenge last year's loss to the Nashville Garnet and Blue.[8]

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).[7]

Texas
Sewanee at Texas
1 2Total
• Sewanee 4 0 4
Texas 0 0 0

Sources:[9]

Sewanee beat Texas 4–0, scoring on a trick play.[9]

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).[9]

Southern A. C.
Sewanee at Southern A. C.
1 2Total
• Sewanee 11 10 21
Southern 0 0 0
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Athletic Park
    New Orleans
  • Game start: 3:00 p. m.
  • Referee: Leigh Carroll

Sources:[4]

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.[4] Ormond Simkins made the last touchdown, racing for the goal after William H. Poole blocked a kick.[4]

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).[4]

Vanderbilt
Sewanee at Vanderbilt
1 2Total
• Sewanee 10 9 19
Vanderbilt 4 0 4

Sources:[10]

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.[10] Simkins scored next on a 2-yard run. After the half, Kilpatrick scored on a 2-yard run.[10] The last touchdown was a 35-yard run from Smith.[10]

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).[10]

Postseason

Sewanee won the SIAA title.[11]

Players

Line
Player Position Games
started		 Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
"Wild Bill" ClaiborneguardAmherst Co., VirginiaRoanoke College6'0"190
A. H. Davisend
J. W. "Deacon" JonestackleMarshall, Texas
William H. PoolecenterGlyndon, Maryland6'0"18518
H. S. Risleyguard
Dana Smithtackle
John C. Watiesend

Backfield
Player Position Games
started		 Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Charles Quintard GrayhalfbackOcala, Florida
Rex KilpatrickhalfbackBridgeport, Alabama6'1"18517
Henry SeibelshalfbackMontgomery, Alabama5'10"17022
Ormond SimkinsfullbackCorsicana, Texas5'10"16319
Warbler WilsonquarterbackRock Hill, South Carolina5'10"15421

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" Pearceend
Charles B. Colmoreback

References
  1. Hapgood, Norman (1857). "Harper's weekly". pp. 65 v.
  2. "Sewanee wins; Defeats Nashville by a score of ten to nothing". The Nashville American. October 16, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Brilliant football; Sewanee defeats the University of Texas". The Times-Democrat. November 11, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Sewanee makes the score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sewanee defeats Vanderbilt". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013.
  7. "Sewanee Wins". Sewanee Purple. Vol. 12, no. 7. October 22, 1898. hdl:11005/629.
  8. "Football". Sewanee Purple. Vol. 12, no. 6. October 15, 1898. hdl:11005/628.
  9. "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. "Up Goes Sewanee's Purple". The Tennessean. November 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. "David Wilson's Homepage".
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