1891 Sewanee Tigers football team
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1891 record | 1–2 |
| Head coach | F. G. Sweat (1st year) |
| Captain | Alex Shepherd |
| Home stadium | McGee Field |
The 1891 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1891 college football season. In what was the inaugural season of Sewanee football, the Tigers compiled a 1–2 record. The team's quarterback was Ellwood Wilson, considered the "founder of Sewanee football."[1] He had come from Lawrenceville, NJ, where he played football before, to Sewanee in 1889. While introducing the sport to Sewanee, he was forced to use a piece of wood shaped like a football until he found a real one. Sewanee's first intercollegiate game was the first instance of the Sewanee–Vanderbilt rivalry and Vanderbilt's second ever game. The win over Tennessee was that program's first game.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| November 7, 1891 | Vanderbilt | McGee Field • Sewanee, TN (Rivalry) | L 0–22 | ||||||
| November 21, 1891 | at Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN | W 26–0 | ||||||
| November 26, 1891 | at Vanderbilt | Nashville’s Athletic Park • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) | L 4–26 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
