Sewanee at Vanderbilt

Thursday, November 27, 1902

Sewanee beat Vanderbilt 11–⁠5. It was their first meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySewanee7–⁠2 in 1902
11
HomeVanderbilt8–⁠1 in 1902
5

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: sEwANEE vIcToRIoUs. Vanderbilt Conquered for First Time of the Season.

    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.

Vanderbilt leads 31–⁠4–⁠2 in 37 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0
1940Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0
1939Vanderbilt 25, Sewanee 7
1938Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0
1937Vanderbilt 41, Sewanee 0
1936Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0

Around this game

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