1905 Sewanee Tigers football team

1905 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–2–1 (3–2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	W. C. Hyatt (1st season)
Captain	John Scarbrough
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
LSU	2	–	0	–	0			3	–	0	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Clemson	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nashville	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Georgia	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1905 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1905 season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 14	Mooney*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 42–0
October 21	Cumberland (TN)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 9–0
October 28	Tennessee	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 11–6
November 11	at Georgia Tech	The Flats Atlanta, GA	T 18–18
November 17	at Texas*	Clark Field Austin, TX	L 10–17
November 23	at Alabama	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL	W 42–6
November 30	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 4–68
*Non-conference game

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
J. L. Brong	guard
Rupert Colmore	end		Sewanee, Tennessee			155
E. H. Fowlkes	tackle
Ephraim Kirby-Smith	tackle		Sewanee, Tennessee			156
Henry D. Phillips	guard		Philadelphia		6'4"	188	23
Miles Watkins	center
David Wettlin	end

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
John Scarbrough	quarterback		Rockdale, Texas			135	19
James L. Harris	back
John Shaffer	back
Wilmer Poyner	back
Nate Sawrie	back

Subs

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
R. N. Atkinson
Robert Bostrom
Roland Crownover
John Greer
H. H. Lumpkin