Sewanee at Vanderbilt
Thursday, November 27, 1902 Share
Sewanee beat Vanderbilt 11–5. It was their first meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 28, 1902, page 6
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sEwANEE vIcToRIoUs. Vanderbilt Conquered for First Time of the Season. Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 27.-On a heavy soggy field today the Vanderbilt football team met defeat for first time this sea- son. The conauerors came from the Uni versitv of the South at Sewanee and the score was Il to E. The game was re- plete with excitement and 1t was Sewa- nee’s formation that won. Her line was superior and her back field was recruited by drawing men from it and sending the concentrated force of six men against Vanderbilt’s kEeelinR players. Varder- bilts gains were largely made around the ends and each time her backs were sent to their work they made splendid show ines line
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)
Vanderbilt 67% to win. Sewanee pulled the upset.
The series
Every Sewanee–Vanderbilt gameVanderbilt leads 31–4–2 in 37 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.
| 1941 | Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1940 | Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1939 | Vanderbilt 25, Sewanee 7 | |
| 1938 | Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1937 | Vanderbilt 41, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1936 | Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. MooneyOct. 3, 1903
- SeasonSewanee in 1902
- ProgramSewanee history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. Cumberland (TN)Oct. 3, 1903
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1902
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
