Sewanee at Tennessee

Saturday, November 14, 1903

Sewanee beat Tennessee 17–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwaySewanee7–⁠1 in 1903
17
HomeTennessee4–⁠5 in 1903
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: DARTMOUTH GIVES HARVARD A DRUBBlNG.

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 15, 1903, page 1 (results column)

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    DARTMOUTH GIVES HARVARD A DRUBBlNG. Cambridge, Mass, November 14-A de- cisive defeat was administered to Har- yard by Dartmouth today. The final score was II to in favor of New Hamp- shire college. Harvard displayed great weakness and the instability of her de- fense was most apparent In almost every play the Dartmouth men got the jump and showed the Harvard line back and only once was Harvard able to hold them. Even in bunting Harvard was out classed. In the first half, after Dart mouth had secured the ball on a tumble she carried it by short rushes across the line for a goal. The score remained 6 to In Dartmouth’s favor until the half ended. In this period, Vaughan made a spectacular run of forty yards behind good interference. In the second half Harvard used many substitutes. Dart mouth found every part of the crimson line weak. She carried the ball down the field gaining at every lunge and sent Turner over for the second touchdown. Withaltre tried for the goal, but failed sewanee 17, Tennessee o. Knoxville. November 14.-The University of the South (Sewanee) defeated the Uni versity of Tennessee at football today by a score of 17 to 0. All touchdowns were made by Phillips. the strong right tackle. remarkable goal was kicked by Col more right end at a very difficult angle Sewanee outclassed Tennessee in line bucking. Phillips and Stewart doing es- pecally good work. Other Results. Pennsylvania, 6; Carlisle Indians, 16- Bucknen, 2S: Annapolis Naval Cadets. 5. Wesleyan, 5; Williams, 5. - Rutgers, IS; New York University,r Agricultural and Mechanical colles – South Carolina college, ,. a Richmond college. A. William and Mai. college. Q. Army. 10 Chicago, G. Vanderbilt fl, Washington University o.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 12–⁠6 in 18 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Tennessee 40, Sewanee 0
1938Tennessee 26, Sewanee 3
1937Tennessee 32, Sewanee 0
1928Tennessee 37, Sewanee 0
1927Tennessee 32, Sewanee 12
1926Tennessee 12, Sewanee 0

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