Sewanee Tigers
Southern AthleticSewanee, TNHardee-McGee Field
2026: 1–5 (0–2 Southern Athletic). Last: lost to Millsaps 62–14 at home. Next: at Centre, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 37–40Bethany (WV)
- L 14–39at Brevard
- W 24–17North Carolina Wesleyan
- L 21–42Southwestern U
- L 13–51at Maryville (TN)
- L 14–62Millsaps
- Oct 24at Centre
- Oct 31at Trinity (TX)
- Nov 7Rhodes
- Nov 14at Berry
Sewanee has played football since at least 1902 and is 172–191–23 in the 386 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 1 coach from Sewanee. The most-played rival is Vanderbilt: 37 meetings, Vanderbilt leads 31–4–2. This season, they’re 1–5.
On this date in 2024Sewanee lost to Berry 53–10 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 172–191–23 .475; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 854
- Seasons
- 46 since 1902, 386 games
2026 season 1–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vsBethany (WV) | L 37–40 | 74% |
| Sep 12 | atBrevard | L 14–39 | 26% |
| Sep 19 | vsNorth Carolina Wesleyan | W 24–17 | 46% |
| Oct 3 | vsSouthwestern U | L 21–42 | 53% |
| Oct 10 | atMaryville (TN) | L 13–51 | 19% |
| Oct 17 | vsMillsaps | L 14–62 | 29% |
| Oct 24 | atCentre | Preview | 21% |
| Oct 31 | atTrinity (TX) | Preview | 7% |
| Nov 7 | vsRhodes | Preview | 66% |
| Nov 14 | atBerry | Preview | 7% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Sewanee.
Program strength since 1902
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Vanderbilt
4–31–2 in 37
- 1929 L 6–26
- 1933 L 14–27
- 1934 L 0–19
- 1935 L 0–46
- 1936 L 0–14
- 1937 L 0–41
- 1938 L 0–14
- 1939 L 7–25
- 1940 L 0–20
- 1941 L 0–20
Lost the last 10.
- Alabama
8–16–3 in 27
- 1925 L 0–27
- 1926 L 0–2
- 1927 L 0–24
- 1928 L 12–42
- 1929 L 7–35
- 1930 L 0–25
- 1931 L 0–33
- 1934 L 6–35
- 1937 L 0–65
- 1938 L 0–32
Lost the last 10.
- Tennessee
6–12 in 18
- 1916 L 0–17
- 1920 L 0–20
- 1921 L 0–21
- 1922 L 7–18
- 1926 L 0–12
- 1927 L 12–32
- 1928 L 0–37
- 1937 L 0–32
- 1938 L 3–26
- 1939 L 0–40
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | SEWA record |
|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt | 37 | 4–31–2 |
| Alabama | 27 | 8–16–3 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 6–12 |
| Rhodes | 17 | 9–7–1 |
| Tulane | 17 | 4–13 |
| Chattanooga | 14 | 9–3–2 |
| Ole Miss | 14 | 7–6–1 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 3–7–3 |
The trophy it holds: Edmund Orgill Trophy (Rhodes). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (71)
Every program Sewanee has played, A to Z, with Sewanee’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama 8–16–3
- Anderson 1–0
- Army 0–1
- Auburn 5–3
- Baylor 1–1
- Berry 0–4
- Bethany (WV) 1–1
- Birmingham-Southern 1–2
- Brevard 0–2
- Bryson 5–1
- Camp Greenleaf 0–1
- Carson Newman 0–1–1
- Castle Heights 3–0
- Central (Kentucky) 1–0
- Centre 0–7
- Chattanooga 9–3–2
- Clemson 1–0
- Cumberland (TN) 11–1
- Dartmouth 0–1
- Davidson 1–1
- Florida 2–7
- Fort Oglethorpe 1–0
- Georgetown (Kentucky) 1–0
- Georgia 3–3–1
- Georgia Tech 5–5–1
- Greensboro 0–1
- Guilford 0–1
- Hendrix 1–2
- Hiwassee 2–0
- Jacksonville State 2–0
- Kentucky 3–7–3
- LSU 5–3
- Marion County High 1–0
- Maryville (TN) 3–4
- Middle Tennessee 4–0
- Millsaps 1–4
- Mississippi State 1–4
- Mooney 7–0
- Morgan 6–0–1
- Nashville 1–0
- North Alabama 1–0
- North Carolina Wesleyan 2–0
- Oglethorpe 5–1
- Ole Miss 7–6–1
- Penn State 0–1
- Pennsylvania 0–1
- Princeton 0–1
- Rhodes 9–7–1
- Rice 0–2
- Saint Louis 0–1–1
- Samford 2–0–1
- Sewanee Medical 2–0
- South Carolina 2–2
- Southwestern U 0–4
- St. Scholastica 1–0
- Tennessee 6–12
- Tennessee Medical College 3–0
- Tennessee Military 1–0
- Tennessee Tech 8–3–2
- Tennessee Wesleyan 3–1
- Texas 1–4
- Texas A&M 1–5–1
- The Citadel 1–2
- Transylvania 3–1–1
- Trinity (TX) 0–4
- Tulane 4–13
- Vanderbilt 4–31–2
- Virginia 2–0–1
- Washington and Lee 2–2
- Washington St. Louis 2–0
- Westminster (MO) 3–0
Conferences
- Independent 1902–1921
- SEC 1933–1939
- Independent 1940–1941
- Southern Athletic Conference since 2014
- 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source
Sewanee’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 3
- Coaches
- 1
| 1981 | Harvey Harman coach, career 1922–1955 |
| 1973 | Henry Seibels RB |
| 1966 | Frank Juhan C |
| 1959 | Henry Phillips OG |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 1966
- First-round picks
- 0
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 854 | ||||
| 2025 | 3–7 | 1–5 | 905 | ||||
| 2024 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 862 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–7 | 2–6 | 901 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–8 | 0–7 | 990 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–1 | 1296 | |||||
| 1941 | 2–5 | 1234 | |||||
| 1940 | 3–5 | 1319 | |||||
| 1939 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1331 | ||||
| 1938 | 1–8 | 0–6 | 1270 | ||||
| 1937 | 2–7 | 0–6 | 1272 | ||||
| 1936 | 0–6–1 | 0–5 | 1242 | ||||
| 1935 | 2–7 | 0–6 | 1266 | ||||
| 1934 | 2–7 | 0–4 | 1296 | ||||
| 1933 | 3–6 | 0–6 | 1334 | ||||
| 1932 | 2–7–1 | 0–6 | 1343 | ||||
| 1931 | 6–3–1 | 3–3 | 1446 | ||||
| 1930 | 3–6–1 | 1–4 | 1321 | ||||
| 1929 | 2–5–2 | 0–4–1 | 1342 | ||||
| 1928 | 2–7 | 0–5 | 1352 | ||||
| 1927 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 1379 | ||||
| 1926 | 2–6 | 0–5 | 1422 | ||||
| 1925 | 4–4–1 | 1–4 | 1466 | ||||
| 1924 | 5–5 | 3–2 | 1502 | ||||
| 1923 | 5–4–1 | 0–2 | 1482 |
Every season back to 1902 (21 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 3–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 1482 | ||||
| 1921 | 6–2 | 1532 | |||||
| 1920 | 4–3–1 | 1415 | |||||
| 1919 | 3–6 | 1374 | |||||
| 1918few games on file | 2–2 | 1438 | |||||
| 1917 | 4–2–2 | 1495 | |||||
| 1916 | 5–2–2 | 1569 | |||||
| 1915 | 4–3–2 | 1542 | |||||
| 1914 | 5–3 | 1583 | |||||
| 1913 | 4–3 | 1539 | |||||
| 1912 | 5–1–2 | 1588 | |||||
| 1911 | 6–3–1 | 1551 | |||||
| 1910 | 8–2 | 1621 | |||||
| 1909 | 6–1 | 1674 | |||||
| 1908 | 4–1–3 | 1653 | |||||
| 1907 | 8–1 | 1715 | |||||
| 1906 | 8–1 | 1656 | |||||
| 1905 | 4–2–1 | 1607 | |||||
| 1904 | 7–1 | 1656 | |||||
| 1903 | 7–1 | 1627 | |||||
| 1902 | 7–2 | 1577 |
No season on file for 1942–2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 46 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.