1900 Sewanee Tigers football team explained

Year:1900
Team:Sewanee Tigers
Sport:football
Conference:Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Short Conf:SIAA
Record:6–1–1
Conf Record:5–0–1
Head Coach:Billy Suter
Hc Year:2nd
Captain:Warbler Wilson
Stadium:Hardee Field
Champion:SIAA co-champion

The 1900 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The loss to Virginia was the first loss since 1897. The team claims an SIAA title.[1]

Schedule

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Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Ralph Peters BlackendAtlanta, Georgia6'0"158
Richard E. BollingtackleEdna, Texas5'10"
William "Wild Bill" ClaiborneguardRoanoke College6'0"190
L. C. Dickersonguard
John William "Deacon" JonestackleMarshall, Texas
Joseph Lee Kirby-SmithtackleSewanee, Tennessee156
Hugh Miller Thompson "Bunny" Pearceend5'3" 125
Henry D. Phillipsguard6'4"185
William H. PoolecenterGlyndon, Maryland6'0"18520

Backfield

Preston S. BrooksbackSewanee, Tennessee
Charles B. Colmoreback
Rupert ColmorehalfbackSewanee, Tennessee155
Ringland F. "Rex" KilpatrickhalfbackBridgeport, Alabama6'1"18519
Henry "Diddy" Seibelshalfback5'10"17024
Ormond SimkinsfullbackCorsicana, Texas5'10"16321
J. L. Suterback
William "Warbler" WilsonquarterbackRock Hill, South Carolina5'10"15423

Subs

William Aiken
James G. Anderson
R. N. Atkinson
E. H. Blount
Henry T. Bull
Geoffrey Cadman
Thaddeus Cheatham
M. M. Cook
Harris G. Copequarterback
W. E. Cox
J. W. Crane
Albert T. DavidsonAugusta, Georgia
Thomas Evans
George Floyd
John Gilliam
Leidy Hagerty
R. E. Helvey
Cadwallader Jones
Raymond Knight
Maynard Marshall
C. M. Murray
C. W. Radford
Ira C. Somers
J. H. Swann
Royal Tucker
Ed Ward
Halsey Werlein
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Sewanee Football Fact Book.
  2. Web site: 2004 Sewanee football media guide . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309091121/http://www.sewanee.edu/athletics/PDFS/Football_04.pdf . March 9, 2013 .
  3. 1900. Sewanee Alumni News. 1949. 13.