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1913 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Team
The 1913 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The 1913 season was Dan McGugin's 10th year as head coach. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played six home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of 5–3 overall and 3–1 in conference play. Schedule Game summaries Michigan On October 25, 1913, Michigan played Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. The game matched Michigan head coach Fielding H. Yost against his former player and brother-in-law, Dan McGugin. Owing to the relationship between Yost and McGugin, the two teams played nine times between 1905 and 1923, with Michigan winning eight times. Michigan won the 1913 game, 33–2, in the worst defeat for Vanderbilt since McGugin became the head coach. The game was marked by the Wolverines' most extensive use of the forward pass during the 1913 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools. Every member of the current Southeastern Conference except Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as six of the 15 current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference formerly held membership in the SIAA. History The first attempt (1892–1893) During the week of Thanksgiving, 1892, southern football promoters organized a series of football games at Brisbane Park in Atlanta, Georgia, in an effort to crown a "Southern champion", calling it the "first championship series of football games ever held in the south". The idea soon grew into a plan to hold a yearly football championship around Thanksgiving determined by games played between the champions of five southern states. The organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Tennessee Volunteers Football Team
The 1913 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Volunteers had a winning record for the first time since 1908 and won their first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association game since 1910. Schedule Game summaries Vanderbilt Red Rainey scored Tennessee's touchdown. Goat Carroll missed the kick. Tennessee's right guard S. D. Bayer drew a 33-yard, half the distance to the goal penalty for slugging, and was ejected by umpire Bradley Walker. The first down after, Hord Boensch threw a touchdown pass to Enoch Brown. Brown ran the last ten yards shaking off several defenders. Boensch kicked goal and won the game for Vanderbilt. References Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers football seasons Tennessee Volunteers football The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Vols," "UT" and "Big Orange") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hord Boensch
Benjamin Hord Boensch (March 13, 1893 – December 19, 1924) was a college football player. He was the quarterback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team in 1913. Some writers selected him All-Southern that season. Boensch kicked the extra point to beat Tennessee 7 to 6. He named for his grandfather Ben M. Hord, a major for the Confederacy in North Carolina. See also *1913 College Football All-Southern Team The 1913 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. T ... References External links * American football quarterbacks Vanderbilt Commodores football players 1924 deaths 1893 births Players of American football from Nashville, Tennessee All-Southern college football players {{collegefootball-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Walker
Bradley Walker (October 14, 1877 – February 3, 1951) was a Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville attorney who, in his youth, was found to be naturally proficient at virtually any sport he tried, including American football, football, baseball, Track and field, track, boxing, tennis and golf— in all these sports he either set records or won championships or awards. Walker was best known for his college football performance, playing for the Nashville Garnet and Blue football, University of Nashville in 1896 and 1897, and the Virginia Cavaliers football, Virginia Cavaliers in 1900 Virginia Cavaliers football team, 1900 and 1901 Virginia Cavaliers football team, 1901. He was named to an "College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southern" team in 1900 College Football All-Southern Team, 1900. He also set records at Virginia in Virginia Cavaliers baseball, baseball for the highest batting average (baseball), batting average over a two-year period. ''The Palm'' of Alpha Tau Omega call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonzo Carroll
Alonzo Marcellus "Goat" Carroll Jr. (October 3, 1894 – August 25, 1962) was a college football player. University of Tennessee 1914 Carroll was a prominent end for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, a member of its SIAA champion 1914 team. It was the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Winning all nine of their games, the 1914 squad was only the second undefeated team in Tennessee history. The 1914 Vols were retroactively awarded a national championship by 1st-N-Goal, though this remains largely unrecognized. He scored all the points in the 16 to 14 victory over Vanderbilt in 1914. An account of the first touchdown reads, "Four minutes of play had barely drifted by when Tennessee's weird, mystic, elusive forward pass, May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rainey
Horace "Red" Rainey was a college football player. University of Tennessee Rainey was a prominent running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. 1913 On the 6 to 7 loss to Vanderbilt in 1913, "'Red' Rainey shone for Tennessee, though he was later relegated to the side lines after a collision with one A. Sikes, Esq., otherwise known as the "Roaring Representative from Williamson." Rainey was selected All-Southern. 1914 A description of the 14 to 7 victory of Sewanee in 1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ... reads, "'Red Rainey' got back into the game just at the start of the third quarter, after a month's absence from scrimmage. In spite of his bum ankle, "Red" did some good work and finished the game without calling time out. Once he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fielding H
Fielding may refer to: * Fielding (cricket), the action of fielders collecting the ball in cricket at various positions * Fielding (baseball), the action of fielders collecting the ball at any of the nine positions * Fielding (surname) * Fielding, Iowa, an unincorporated community, United States * Fielding, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia * Fielding, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated area, Canada * Fielding, Utah, a town, United States * Fielding Bradford House, Kentucky, United States * Fielding Graduate University, a graduate institution in Santa Barbara, California, United States * Fielding Mellish, played by Woody Allen in the movie ''Bananas'' See also * Fielding percentage and fielding error * Affair of Fielding and Bylandt * Fielder (other) * Feilding, town in New Zealand {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewanee–Vanderbilt Football Rivalry
The Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Sewanee Tigers and Vanderbilt Commodores. They were both founding members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Southern Conference, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Both teams' histories feature some powerhouses of early Southern football, e.g. 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team and 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team. It was the oldest of Vanderbilt's rivalries; dating back to 1891 when Vanderbilt played its second ever football game and Sewanee played its first. Vanderbilt leads the series 40–8–4. It used to be claimed as the oldest rivalry in the south, older than the "South's Oldest Rivalry" between North Carolina and Virginia. Usually played towards the end of the season on Thanksgiving Day, the two teams have not met again since 1944. The two universities are in the same state of Tennessee and are over 90 miles away from each other. A n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Sewanee Tigers Football Team
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The 1913 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1913 college football season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tigers were led by head coach Harris G. Cope in his fifth season and finished with a record of four wins and three losses (4–3 overall, 2–2 in the SIAA). Schedule References Sewanee Sewanee Tigers football seasons Sewanee Tigers football The Sewanee Tigers football team represents Sewanee: The University of the South in the sport of American football. The Tigers compete in NCAA Division III as members of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The 1899 Sewanee Tigers footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Alabama, second-most populous city in Alabama, and estimated at 196,357 in 2024. The Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama, Birmingham metropolitan area had a population of 1.19 million in 2020 and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama and List of metropolitan statistical areas, 47th-most populous in the US. Birmingham serves as a major regional economic, medical, and educational hub of the Deep South, Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions. Founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction Era of the United States, Reconstruction era, Birmingham was formed through the merger of three smaller communities, most notably Elyton, Alabama, Elyton. It quickly grew into an industrial and transportation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest existing professional baseball park in the United States. It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues. Though the Barons moved their home games to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium after the 1988 season, Rickwood Field has been preserved and is undergoing gradual restoration as a "working museum" where baseball's history can be experienced. The Barons also play one regular season game a year at Rickwood Field. Rickwood Field is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Birmingham chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research is named after the historic ballpark. Construction and opening The Birmingham Coal Barons baseball team began playing professionally in 1887, with their home games at an informal park called "Slag Pile Field" in West End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Auburn Tigers Football Team
The 1913 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tigers were retroactively recognized as a national champion in 1999 by the Billingsley Report's alternative calculation which considers teams' margin of victory. The team was coached by Mike Donahue and was undefeated at 8–0, outscoring opponents 224–13. Auburn was the champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The team played just two games at home. Under Billingsley's primary methodology, 1913 Chicago Maroons football team, Chicago was recognized as the national champion. Although it is a recognized national championship, Auburn does not claim the title, but does acknowledge it in its official media guide. Before the season Since Auburn's tie with Vanderbilt last year, teams other than Vanderbilt had a chance to win a title, and newspapers covered football more than the World Series for the first time. Coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
