Cumberland (TN) at Sewanee

Saturday, October 9, 1915

Sewanee beat Cumberland (TN) 47–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayCumberland (TN)0–⁠5 in 1915
0
HomeSewanee4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1915
47

FinalHigh 51°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: SEWANEE EASILY DOWNS CUMBERLAND

    The Birmingham age-herald, October 10, 1915, page 15

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    SEWANEE EASILY DOWNS CUMBERLAND Sewanee. October 9.--(Special )-Se- vance defeated Cumberland by the score of d1 to 0. The game went off fast and spectacular. From the stand point of the long gains made by the Sewanee backfield men. The Tigers only scored two touchdowns in the first half, but came across with S3 points in the second Dobbins. Turner and Jones did the line plunging act with good effect and Dortham made some brilliant open. field running

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Sewanee leads 11–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Sewanee 49, Cumberland (TN) 0
1934Cumberland (TN) 14, Sewanee 0
1933Sewanee 14, Cumberland (TN) 0
1929Sewanee 33, Cumberland (TN) 6
1928Sewanee 38, Cumberland (TN) 0
1921Sewanee 26, Cumberland (TN) 0

Around this game

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