1917 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1917 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1917 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Charles Best in his first season and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie (5–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SIAA).

1917 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–2–1 (4–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles Best (1st season)
Captain	Eben Wortham
Home stadium	Hardee Field
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Auburn	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Centre	1	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Sewanee	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	1
Howard (AL)	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6		Howard (AL)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	T 6–6	[1]
October 13	2:30 p.m.	vs. Transylvania*	Andrews Field Chattanooga, TN	W 72–0	[2][3]
October 20		vs. LSU	Heinemann Park New Orleans, LA	W 3–0	[4]
October 27	3:00 p.m.	vs. Kentucky	Andrews Field Chattanooga, TN	W 7–0	[5][6]
November 3		at Alabama	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	T 3–3	[7]
November 10		Ole Miss	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 69–7	[8]
November 17	2:30 p.m.	vs. Centre*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–28	[9][10]
November 29		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–13	[11]
*Non-conference game

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