1909 Sewanee Tigers football team

1909 Sewanee Tigers football
SIAA Champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1909 record	6–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Harris G. Cope
Assistant coach	Henry D. Phillips
Assistant coach	Edward Dillon
Captain	Silas Williams
Home stadium	McGee Field

1909 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Sewanee $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	2			5	–	1	–	2
Auburn	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Gordon	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	2
Memphis U. School	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	2
$ – Conference champion

The 1909 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1909 college football season. The team was coached by Harris G. Cope in his 1st year as head coach, compiling a record of 6–1 (5–0 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 160 to 42 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. Sewanee beat the previous season's champion LSU and handed Vanderbilt its first loss to a Southern team in six years.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 9, 1909		Southwestern Presbyterian*	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 64–0
October 16, 1909		at Princeton*	University Field • Princeton, NJ	L 0–20
October 23, 1909		at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 15–0
October 30, 1909		at LSU	New Orleans, LA	W 15–6
November 6, 1909		Castle Heights*	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 38–0
November 13, 1909		at Auburn	Birmingham, AL	W 12–11
November 25, 1909		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 16–5
*Non-conference game.

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Players

Line

• Eric Cheape, Avon Park, Florida - guard
• Thomas A. Cox, Jr., guard
• Edward Finlay, end
• Frank Faulkinberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee - tackle
• Alvin C. Gillem
• Frank Juhan, Macon, Georgia - center
• Lionel Moise, Dallas, Texas - tackle
• James M. Stoney
• Silas Williams, Greenville, South Carolina - end

Backfield

• Chigger Browne, Memphis, Tennessee - quarterback
• Murray Hawkins, back
• Aubrey Lanier, Butler, Arkansas - halfback
• John D. Myers, back

Coaching staff

• Harris G. Cope (Sewanee '01), head coach
• Henry D. Phillips (Sewanee '05), assistant and line coach
• Edward Dillon (Princeton '08), backfield coach

References

1. "1909 Sewanee football schedule".