1891 Sewanee Tigers football team

1891 Sewanee Tigers football

Conference	Independent
1891 record	1–2
Head coach	F. G. Sweat (1st year)
Captain	Alex Shepherd
Home stadium	McGee Field

The 1891 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1891 college football season. In what was the inaugural season of Sewanee football, the Tigers compiled a 1–2 record. The team's quarterback was Ellwood Wilson, considered the "founder of Sewanee football."^[1] He had come from Lawrenceville, NJ, where he played football before, to Sewanee in 1889. While introducing the sport to Sewanee, he was forced to use a piece of wood shaped like a football until he found a real one. Sewanee's first intercollegiate game was the first instance of the Sewanee–Vanderbilt rivalry and Vanderbilt's second ever game. The win over Tennessee was that program's first game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 7, 1891	Vanderbilt	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN (Rivalry)	L 0–22
November 21, 1891	at Tennessee	Chattanooga, TN	W 26–0
November 26, 1891	at Vanderbilt	Nashville’s Athletic Park • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 4–26
*Non-conference game.

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References

↑ "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
↑ "2004 Sewanee football media guide" (PDF).

Sewanee Tigers football

Venues	McGee Field (1891–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Rhodes (Edmund Orgill Trophy) Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Porter Cup

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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