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1925 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1925 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–4–1 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge H. Barker
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama + 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 6 Tulane + 5 0 0 9 0 1
North Carolina 4 0 1 7 1 1
Washington and Lee 5 1 0 5 5 0
Virginia 4 1 1 7 1 1
Georgia Tech 4 1 1 6 2 1
Kentucky 4 2 0 6 3 0
Florida 3 2 0 8 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 5 3 1
VPI 3 3 1 5 3 2
Vanderbilt 3 3 0 6 3 0
Tennessee 2 2 1 5 2 1
South Carolina 2 2 0 7 3 0
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 0
Sewanee 1 4 0 4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 3 4 1
VMI 1 5 0 5 5 0
LSU 0 2 1 5 3 1
NC State 0 4 1 3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 0 5 5 0
Clemson 0 4 0 1 7 0
Maryland 0 4 0 2 5 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach M. S. Bennett, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents).[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Bryson College*W 14–0[2]
October 3Middle Tennessee State*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 53–0[3]
October 10at Texas A&M*T 6–6[4]
October 17at AlabamaL 0–27[5][6]
October 24at KentuckyL 0–14[7]
October 31at Chattanooga*W 28–0[8]
November 7vs. Ole Miss
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 10–9[9]
November 14at TulaneL 0–14[10]
November 26at VanderbiltL 7–19[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1925 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sewanee scores twice in victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. September 27, 1925. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gibbons and Mahoney lead charge of Purple Tiger which overcomes Normal". Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1925. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Aggies Hold Sewanee Tigers to Six to Six Score". Sunday American-Statesman. October 11, 1925. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Alabama Tide sweeps over Sewanee 27–0; Hubert is big star". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 18, 1925. p. 6.1.
  6. ^ "Alabama sweeps over Sewanee by score of 27 to 0". The Advocate. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. Associated Press. October 18, 1925. p. 17.
  7. ^ Gerald Griffin (October 25, 1925). "Vastly Improved Wildcat Eleven Humbles Sewanee By 14 to 0". The Courier-Journal. p. VI-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Smooth-working Sewanee machine and airtight defense defeat U.C. plucky team". The Chattanooga Times. November 1, 1925. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ole Miss Gives Purple Tigers An Extremely Close Call". The Nashville Tennessean. November 8, 1925. p. Sports 2.
  10. ^ "Tulane Green Romps To Win Over Sewanee". The Anniston Star. November 15, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved January 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ Blinkey Horn (November 27, 1925). "Commodore Trims Tiger's Claws, 19 to 7: Brilliant Play of Reese Turns Tide for Vandy". The Nashville Tennessean. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.