1897 Sewanee Tigers football team

1897 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	1–3–1 (1–2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	John Gere Jayne (1st season)
Captain	Oscar Wilder
Home stadium	Hardee Field

1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	1
Georgia	2	–	0	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Auburn	2	–	0	–	1			2	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	1	–	0	–	0			4	–	1	–	0
Central (KY)	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	2	–	0
Nashville	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Texas	0	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
LSU	0	–	0	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	2	–	1			1	–	3	–	1
Clemson	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
SW Presbyterian	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1897 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 16	at Nashville	Nashville, TN	L 5–6
October 18	Central (KY)	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 4–0
October 30	at Auburn	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	T 0–0
November 5	North Carolina*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	L 6–12
November 25	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–10
*Non-conference game