1925 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1925 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach M. S. Bennett, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents).^[1]

1925 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–4–1 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach	M. S. Bennett (3rd season)
Captain	George H. Barker
Home stadium	Hardee Field
Seasons ← 1924 1926 →

1925 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Alabama +	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Washington and Lee	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Virginia	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
VPI	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Bryson College*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 14–0	^[2]
October 3	Middle Tennessee State*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 53–0	^[3]
October 10	at Texas A&M*	Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX	T 6–6	^[4]
October 17	at Alabama	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–27	^[5]^[6]
October 24	at Kentucky	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	L 0–14	^[7]
October 31	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–0	^[8]
November 7	vs. Ole Miss	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 10–9	^[9]
November 14	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–14	^[10]
November 26	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–19	^[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1925 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
2. "Sewanee scores twice in victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. September 27, 1925. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Gibbons and Mahoney lead charge of Purple Tiger which overcomes Normal". Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1925. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Aggies Hold Sewanee Tigers to Six to Six Score". Sunday American-Statesman. October 11, 1925. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Alabama Tide sweeps over Sewanee 27–0; Hubert is big star". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 18, 1925. p. 6.1.
6. "Alabama sweeps over Sewanee by score of 27 to 0". The Advocate. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. Associated Press. October 18, 1925. p. 17.
7. Gerald Griffin (October 25, 1925). "Vastly Improved Wildcat Eleven Humbles Sewanee By 14 to 0". The Courier-Journal. p. VI-4 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Smooth-working Sewanee machine and airtight defense defeat U.C. plucky team". The Chattanooga Times. November 1, 1925. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Ole Miss Gives Purple Tigers An Extremely Close Call". The Nashville Tennessean. November 8, 1925. p. Sports 2.
10. "Tulane Green Romps To Win Over Sewanee". The Anniston Star. November 15, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved January 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.  
11. Blinkey Horn (November 27, 1925). "Commodore Trims Tiger's Claws, 19 to 7: Brilliant Play of Reese Turns Tide for Vandy". The Nashville Tennessean. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.