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Cumberland (TN) vs. Sewanee

Cumberland (TN) and Sewanee have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Sewanee leads the series 11–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Sewanee 9–⁠1.

Cumberland (TN) wins
1
Sewanee wins
11
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
10 Sewanee
Current streak
1 Sewanee
Last 10 meetings
Sewanee 9–⁠1
Most recent
1940

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s0–⁠3
1920s0–⁠3
1930s1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
34.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Sewanee
11–⁠1 Sewanee’s record at home
Shutouts
11

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cumberland (TN)‘s biggest win1934: Cumberland (TN) 14, Sewanee 0by 14 points
  2. Sewanee’s biggest win1916: Sewanee 107, Cumberland (TN) 0by 107 points
  3. Upset1934: Cumberland (TN) 14, Sewanee 0Cumberland (TN) had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cumberland (TN) and Sewanee, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: SEWANEE EASILY DOWNS CUMBERLAND

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 10, 1915

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game: SEWANEE TIGERS FITTING TN TIME f ON FORWARD PASS Nicholson Is Putting Team Through Thorough Drills in Aerial Attack

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 7, 1921

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 5, 1940Sewanee 49, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Nov 17, 1934Cumberland (TN) 14, Sewanee 0at Sewanee
Oct 28, 1933Sewanee 14, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 19, 1929Sewanee 33, Cumberland (TN) 6at Sewanee
Oct 20, 1928Sewanee 38, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 1, 1921Sewanee 26, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Sep 30, 1916Sewanee 107, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 9, 1915Sewanee 47, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 3, 1914Sewanee 59, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 21, 1905Sewanee 9, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Oct 10, 1903Sewanee 6, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee
Nov 15, 1902Sewanee 22, Cumberland (TN) 0at Sewanee

Every game is listed as played on the field.