Sewanee at Kentucky

Saturday, October 21, 1916

Sewanee and Kentucky tied 0–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 1–⁠0–⁠2.

AwaySewanee5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1916
0
HomeKentucky4–⁠1–⁠2 in 1916
0

FinalHigh 58°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Sunday telegram's story: PLAY Tie GAME For Second Time in Two Years . Do SeWanee and Kentucky I Football Teams.

    The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., October 22, 1916, page 12

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    PLAY Tie GAME For Second Time in Two Years . Do SeWanee and Kentucky I Football Teams. LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 21-The Sewanee and Kentucky football elevems battled to a scoreless tie here today. This is the second consecutive year that the two teams have retired from the field, but all failed. Ken being reached. Both teams today tried two goals from the field. but all CALLED. Ken lucky was rushing the ball on Sc wanee’s twenty-five yard line when the game ended, after having taken the ball on downs on their own one yard line.

  • The New Britain herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    New Britain herald, October 23, 1916, page 12 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. Army 53. Trinity 0. Wesleyan IA, N. Y. U. 0. Harvard AZ, Mass. A, c. o. Princeton 33. Lafayette 0. Navy 12, West Virginia ‘. Pennsylvania 15, Penn State Pittsburgh 30. Syracuse 0. Cornell 19. Bucknell o. Bates 6, Maine 0. Georgetown 10, Dartmouth 0. Colby 14, Bowdoin 2. Brown 20. Williams 0. Carnegie 27, Allegheny 0. Fordham AZ Susquehanna 0. Union 3. Columbia 0. Denison 27. Western Re- serve 6. Dickinson 8, Ursinus 0. Washingto and Jefferson 12, Westminster 0. Ohio State 7. Illinois 6. SWarthmore 6, Franklin & Marshall 0. Rochester 14, Buffalo 2. Gettysburg 27, Johns-Hop- kins 0. Stevens 6, Worcester Tech 0. Colgate 33. Rhode Island 0. Michigan 9, Michigan A. c. 0. Northw estern 10, Chicago 0. Iowa “A, Purdue 6. Minnesota 81, So. Dakota 0. Lebanon Valley 8. Lehigh o. Gallaudet 43. Washington 0. St. Lawrence 12, Hobart 0. Muhlenburg 43, Albright 0. Kentucky 0. Sewanee 0. Springfield 20, Amherst 0. Yale Freshmen 28, Exeter ‘. New Hampshire 14. Norwich 6. Vermont 21. Conn. A. c. 10. Rensselaer, ‘, Hamilton 6. Vanderbilt 35, Mississippi 0. Georgia 13. Virginia 7.

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: Football Results

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., October 23, 1916, page 5 (results column)

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    Football Results INDIANA Iowa, “a; Purdue, 6. Franklin, 10; Earlham. 10. DePauw, 13; Rose Poly, 2. WEST Ohio State, q; Illinois, 6. Northwestern, 10; Chicago, 0. Wisconsin, 10; Haskell, 0. Michigan, 8; Michigan Aggies, 0. Denison, 81; Western Reserve, 6. Ohio Northern, O; Cincinnati, 0. Denver, Z; Colorado, 0. Missouri, O.; Ames, 0. EAST Tufts, 10; Boston College, 0. Army, So; Trinity, 0. Navy, ~; West Virginia, Z. Pittsburgh, 80; Syracuse, 0. Princeton, SO; Lafayette, 0. Cornell, 10; Bucknell, 0. Grinnell, 20; Beloit, 0. Bates, 6; Maine, 0. Georgetown, 10; Dartmouth, 0. Harvard, Al; Massachusetts Aggies Union, g.; Columbia, 0. Brown. 20; Williams, O. Carnegie, 81: Allegheny, 0. Wesleyan, IA; New York, 0. Colgate, SO; Rhode Island, O. Vermont, 21; Connecticut, 10. Rensselaer,, Z; Hamilton, s. Drake, 10; Washington, 0. SOUTH ..s. Louisville, 6; Chattanooga, 0. Kentucky, 0; Sewanee, 0. Vanderbilt. So; Mississippi, o., Alabama, 16; Florida. o.. 4- Georgia, 10; Virginia, T.. Tennessee, &c; South Carolina.

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)

Kentucky 51% to win.

Kentucky leads 7–⁠3–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1933Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0
1932Kentucky 18, Sewanee 0
1930Kentucky 37, Sewanee 0
1925Kentucky 14, Sewanee 0
1924Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0
1922Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0

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