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1900 Auburn Tigers football team

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1900 Auburn Tigers football
Black & white image of the fall 1900 Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, varsity football team.
The 1900 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University)
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1899
1901 →
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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 9th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Walter H. Watkins, in his first year, and finished with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0 overall, 4–0 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 22NashvilleAuburn, ALW 28–0
November 10TennesseeBirmingham, ALW 23–0
November 17Alabama
W 53–5
November 30at GeorgiaW 44–0
  • Source: 1900 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

Season summary

Nashville

Auburn opened the season against the University of Nashville, On a wet and heavy field, Auburn won 28–0.[3]

Tennessee

Auburn beat the Tennessee Volunteers 23–0 .

Alabama

Auburn easily defeated the Alabama team 53–5. Auburn's Yarborough scored 3 touchdowns, once on a run of 75 yards. Noll scored twice, once on a run of 55 yards.[4]

Georgia

To close the season, Auburn defeated rival Georgia 44–0.

References

  1. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182.
  2. ^ "1900 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  3. ^ "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2016-05-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)