1900 Sewanee Tigers football team

1900 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–1–1 (5–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Billy Suter (2nd season)
Captain	Warbler Wilson
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Auburn	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Tulane	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	0	–	0
Texas	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Sewanee +	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	0	–	1			4	–	1	–	3
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Alabama	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Nashville	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
LSU	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1900 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The loss to Virginia was the first loss since 1897.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 13		Bethel (TN)*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 33–0
October 17		Cumberland (TN)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 18–0
October 27		at Georgia	Atlanta, GA	W 21–6
October 29		Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA	W 34–0
November 5		vs. North Carolina	Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
November 10		at Nashville	Peabody Field Nashville, TN	W 12–0
November 17		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 11–10
November 29	2:35 p.m.	at Virginia*	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	L 5–17
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Ralph Peters Black	end		Atlanta, Georgia		6'0"	158
Richard E. Bolling	tackle		Edna, Texas		5'10"
William "Wild Bill" Claiborne	guard		Amherst Co., Virginia	Roanoke College	6'0"	190
L. C. Dickerson	guard
John William "Deacon" Jones	tackle		Marshall, Texas
Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith	tackle		Sewanee, Tennessee			156
Hugh Miller Thompson "Bunny" Pearce	end		Jackson, Mississippi		5'3"	125
Henry D. Phillips	guard				6'4"	185
William H. Poole	center		Glyndon, Maryland		6'0"	185	20

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Preston S. Brooks	back		Sewanee, Tennessee
Charles B. Colmore	back
Rupert Colmore	halfback		Sewanee, Tennessee			155
Ringland F. "Rex" Kilpatrick	halfback		Bridgeport, Alabama		6'1"	185	19
Henry "Diddy" Seibels	halfback		Montgomery, Alabama		5'10"	170	24
Ormond Simkins	fullback		Corsicana, Texas		5'10"	163	21
J. L. Suter	back
William "Warbler" Wilson	quarterback		Rock Hill, South Carolina		5'10"	154	23

Subs

Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
William Aiken
James G. Anderson
R. N. Atkinson
E. H. Blount
Henry T. Bull
Geoffrey Cadman
Thaddeus Cheatham
M. M. Cook
Harris G. Cope	quarterback
W. E. Cox
J. W. Crane
Albert T. Davidson		Augusta, Georgia
Thomas Evans
George Floyd
John Gilliam
Leidy Hagerty
R. E. Helvey
Cadwallader Jones
Raymond Knight
Maynard Marshall
C. M. Murray
C. W. Radford
Ira C. Somers
J. H. Swann
Royal Tucker
Ed Ward
Halsey Werlein