Sewanee at Auburn

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  The Montgomery advertiser, October 20, 1907, page 12

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  AUBURN 6; SEWANEE 12 Tech Boys Surprise Their Friends. AN UNINTEREsTNG GAME Mountain Boys Psnalized Several .l1 Times. shlpp and Lanier Were The stars On West End Foot Ban Field. The Forward Pass Failed. Birmingham, Oct. ls--( Special; )-Se- vance. after forty minutes of play, snatched thS foot ball game from Au- burn by a score of IF to at West End Park this afternoon. The gama was uninteresting, but the result came rather as q surprise, as Sewanee was expected to do more The reason Sewanee did not score any more points was due to the fact that the for ward pass, worked repeatedly. failed eight times out of ten. Why Barrett. the quarterback for Sewanee, called for the forward pass will never be known, perhaps. Both teams indulged in the kicking game and kept the ball pretty well see saving. Auburn scored her first point in three and one-half minutes play and might have scored more. but, after making one touchdown. the Tigers placed themselves on the defensive and were always warding off attacks tri- stead of making them. The ball the greater part of the aft ernoon was in Auburn’s territory. Au- burn didn’t try any especially brilliant plays seeming to be willing to remain an the defensive throughout the game. Sewanee. in the event that the for ward passes had worked. would have gotten off with most spectacular game. While Auburn blocked these forward pass movements many times, the failure was for the most part on the shoulders of a Sewanee player. The ball was either passed wide or

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Sewanee leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.