Chattanooga at Sewanee
Saturday, November 6, 1920 Share
Sewanee beat Chattanooga 33–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 5–0–1.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 35°F
In the newspapers

The Chattanooga news, Chattanooga, Tenn., November 8, 1920, page 9
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ICOUCHLAN STAR OF TIGER VIM SeWanee Defeats Chattanooga MOCoaSlns in Erratlc Game SATURDAY. on Mountain. Sawanee, Nov, sin one OF the most errauc games OF football In the annals OF Hardee field, Sewanee defeated the univsrslty q Chattanooga Saturday by AT times the mountain Tiger showed streaks OF brilllancy and at other times played only mediocre football l. Coughlan Was the shLAing light for the Purple and White. Time after time ne ripped on yardage by the score, and was directly responsible Tor most OF the scoring during the early part Of the game. In the last quarter the seconds string men all got chance, baird, a speedy and shifty player who. has plugged with the scrubs the whole year. got away for a forty-yard run In the last minutes OF play and scored tally. At no time did Chat tanooga threaten to score. The Tiger outweighed the visitors somewhat, but Chattanooga put up a scrappy game and showed some real football knowledge. In. the frst quarter coughlan carried the ball down the field for touchdown. Harper Kicked goal Frequent fumbles more this quarter. The longest run made by Chattanooga was made IN this period, when they sucked In the whole lefs side OF the Sewanee line with the old cfiss -crOss play. Kenneth Council plowet through the second quarter. sewanee’s second -string men were given try in the second half. Hamllton got away for a nice run, and line only TO tumble II. In the last quarter sewanse went Wild. A touchdown by Smith and Law RE. preceded by the long run pulled on by Baird, closed the game. The ltne-up and summary follow sewanee--- Chattanooga Conway .............,,...”.. Sussdorf Right end. - Right tackle. Right guard. w Center. Len guard. $500 D’A’ ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘I Len tackle. A’‘‘ ’0’p’‘‘ L Lett end. 1880 Coughian (captJ .......... Sullivan Right haiiback. ‘ ieft haifbaiccki.. ‘‘‘‘ harper ‘‘‘‘‘;o Quarterback. o’A’S Kenneth Council ,....,.......... Cate Fuiiback. Substitutions; sewanes-Guerry for Coughlan, Cook for Harper. Baird for Lindamood.. Referee-Bagiey wash ington and Lee). Umpire--Faslck (Penn). Head linesman-- faise nbetry (sewanee). Time Of quarters-iS min. utes; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. X: Counuchdown--Coughlan 2. Score by periods: s chsttanocsai ............ ! . . %
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Sewanee 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Chattanooga–Sewanee gameSewanee leads 9–3–2 in 14 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1941 | Chattanooga 27, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1940 | Chattanooga 20, Sewanee 6 | |
| 1939 | Chattanooga 10, Sewanee 7 | |
| 1931 | Sewanee 6, Chattanooga 0 | |
| 1930 | Sewanee 0, Chattanooga 0 | |
| 1925 | Sewanee 28, Chattanooga 0 |
Around this game
Chattanooga
- Next gameat Birmingham-SouthernNov. 12, 1920
- SeasonChattanooga in 1920
- ProgramChattanooga history and records
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 13, 1920
- SeasonSewanee in 1920
- ProgramSewanee history and records
