Sewanee at Tennessee

Saturday, November 14, 1914

Tennessee beat Sewanee 14–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 6–⁠2.

AwaySewanee5–⁠3 in 1914
7
HomeTennessee9–⁠0 in 1914
14

FinalHigh 59°F, low 48°F, 0.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: AUBURN WINS FROMVANDY IN GREATEST GAME EVER SEEN AT REDWOOD BY SCORE OF TO 0 SEWANEE SUCCUMBS TENNESSEE SQUAD

    The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 15, 1914, page 1

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    AUBURN WINS FROMVANDY IN GREATEST GAME EVER SEEN AT REDWOOD BY SCORE OF TO 0 SEWANEE SUCCUMBS TENNESSEE SQUAD to even the count with Tennessee largely on the defensive. Both elevens gained at intervals. but neither with consistency. A drizzling rain failed to affect either the players or the crowd. Lineup: Sewanee-R. Parker, left end; McCormick, left tackle; Harrison, left guard; Scott, center; Perry, right guard; Dob bins right tackle; McIsaac, right end; Tolley captain. quarterback; Palmer left halfback: Tally. right halfback; Clark, fullback. Tennessee–Carroll. left end; Bayer, left tackle; Kerr, left guard; Mclean, center; Taylor, right guard: Kelly Captain, right tackle; G. Vowel, right end; May, quarterback; Thomson, left half; Gamer on, right half; Lindsay, fullbaek. Summary: Touchdowns. Palmer, May 2 Goals Tally, Carroll 2. Substitution; Fort for Palmer, Edmonds for Talley Boyd for Clark, M. Vowel for Taylor, Rainev for Cameron, Cameron for Thomason. Time of quarters, 10 minutes. Ref cree. Henry (Kenyon). Umpire Cogdell (Auburn). Head linesnan, Tapp lY. M.

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: tennessee WON Great CAME FROM SEWANEE ALL THE SCORING WAS DONE IN EARLY PART OF THE GAME.

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 15, 1914, page 13

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    tennessee WON Great CAME FROM SEWANEE ALL THE SCORING WAS DONE IN EARLY PART OF THE GAME. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Nov. IA In one of the most stubbornly contested football games ever seen on a local gridiron the University Of Ten nessee defeated the University of the south (Sewanee )toIay IA TO Z. All Of the scoring was in the first half. a tumble paved the way to the first touchdown for Tennessee after nine minutes Of play.

  • The Evening star's story: Tennessee Defeats Sewanee.

    Evening star, November 15, 1914, page 67

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    Tennessee Defeats Sewanee. CHATTANOOGA. November 1.-THE University of Tennessee defeated Sewanee here this afternoon, IA to Z, in a fiercely contested foot ball game Tennessee took the lead in the first quarter, and was never headed, though Sewanee fought desperately in the sec ond half.

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)

Tennessee 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 12–⁠6 in 18 meetings, counting the 10 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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