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1892 Sewanee Tigers football team

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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
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 0
Biddle     1 0 0
Furman     1 0 0
Mercer     1 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia Military     4 0 1
Wake Forest     4 0 1
Johns Hopkins     7 1 0
North Carolina     5 1 0
Central (KY)     4 1 0
Sewanee     5 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Georgetown     4 2 1
Virginia     3 2 1
Vanderbilt     4 4 0
Alabama     2 2 0
Auburn     2 2 0
Georgia     1 1 0
Virginia A&M     1 1 0
Western Maryland     0 0 1
Richmond     2 3 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Kentucky A&M     2 4 1
Tennessee     2 5 0
Trinity (NC)     1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney     0 1 0
Livingstone     0 1 0
Maryville (TN)     0 1 0
South Carolina     0 1 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Maryland     0 3 0

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.

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 TennesseeW 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.