1917 Sewanee Tigers football team

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1917 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–2–1 (4–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainEben Wortham
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0 9 0 0
Auburn 5 1 0 6 2 1
Clemson 5 1 0 6 2 0
Centre 1 0 0 7 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 0 6 1 0
Alabama 3 1 1 5 2 1
Sewanee 4 2 1 5 2 1
Tulane 2 1 0 5 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 0 5 3 0
LSU 2 3 0 3 5 0
South Carolina 2 3 0 3 5 0
Wofford 1 2 0 5 4 0
Furman 1 3 0 3 5 0
Florida 1 3 0 2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0 1 4 1
Howard (AL) 0 2 1 3 3 1
The Citadel 0 2 0 3 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0 0 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1917 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Charles Best in his first season and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie (5–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Howard (AL)T 6–6[1]
October 131:30 p.m.vs. Transylvania*
W 72–0[2][3]
October 20vs. LSUW 3–0[4]
October 272:00 p.m.vs. Kentucky
  • Andrews Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 7–0[5][6]
November 3at AlabamaT 3–3[7]
November 10Ole Miss
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 69–7[8]
November 171:30 p.m.vs. Centre*
L 0–28[9][10]
November 29at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
  • L 6–13[11]

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