1917 Sewanee Tigers football team

1917 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1917 record	4–2–2 (4–2–2 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles M. Best (1st year)
Captain	Eben Wortham
Home stadium	McGee Field

1917 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Auburn	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	2
Alabama	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	1
Howard	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	2	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1917 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29		Howard	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 6–6
October 13		Transylvania*	Chattanooga, TN	W 76–0
October 20		at LSU	New Orleans, LA	W 3–0
October 27		Kentucky	Chattanooga, TN	W 7–0
November 3		at Alabama	Birmingham, AL	W 3–3
November 10		Ole Miss	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 69–7
November 17		Centre	Chattanooga, TN	L 0–28
November 29		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 6–13
*Non-conference game.