1893 Auburn Tigers football team

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1893 Auburn Tigers football
Black & white image illustrating the fall 1892 to spring 1893 Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now Auburn University, varsity football team. On the football is written: "93 Champions Ala & Ga.
The fall 1892 through spring 1893 football team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University).[1][2]
ConferenceIndependent
1893 record3–0–2
Head coach
Captain
2
  • Tom Daniels
  • R. T. Dorsey
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland   –   6 – 0 – 0
Texas   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central   –   2 – 0 – 0
Howard   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   2 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt   –   6 – 1 – 0
Auburn   –   3 – 0 – 2
Virginia   –   8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss   –   4 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   4 – 1 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   3 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State College   –   5 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   2 – 1 – 0
Guilford   –   2 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   2 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   2 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Richmond   –   3 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 1 – 1
Georgetown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Sewanee   –   3 – 3 – 0
Furman   –   1 – 1 – 0
Georgia   –   2 – 2 – 1
Western Maryland   –   1 – 1 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   2 – 3 – 2
North Carolina   –   3 – 4 – 0
Tennessee   –   2 – 4 – 0
Tulane   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 2 – 0
Hampden-Sydney   –   0 – 1 – 0
LSU   –   0 – 1 – 0
Maryville   –   0 – 1 – 0
Mercer   –   0 – 1 – 0
Wofford   –   0 – 1 – 0
VAMC   –   0 – 2 – 0
Alabama   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1893 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1893 college football season. The squad was undefeated at 3–0–2 and outscored opponents 116–62.

Auburn, then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, counts the February 22, 1893, game versus Alabama towards the 1893 season, while Alabama counts it toward their 1892 season. Head coach D. M. Balliet led Auburn to a 32–22 victory in the game. George Roy Harvey coached the four games that Auburn played the following fall.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
February 22vs. Alabama
W 32–22
November 63:30 p.m.Vanderbilt
W 30–102,000[3]
November 18vs. SewaneeAtlanta, GAT 14–14
November 30vs. Alabama
  • Riverside Park
  • Montgomery, AL
W 40–16
December 7at Georgia TechAtlanta, GA (rivalry)T 0–0

See also[]

  • List of the first college football games in each US state

References[]

  1. ^ F. Loyd Tate; P. G. Clark; G. M. Holley; C. N. Jones; Paul Vines, eds. (1897), Glomerata 1897 (Annual), vol. 1, Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing, p. 122, archived from the original on 2011-07-19, retrieved 16 March 2011
  2. ^ F. Loyd Tate; P. G. Clark; G. M. Holley; C. N. Jones; Paul Vines, eds. (1897), Glomerata 1897 (Annual), vol. 1, Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing, p. 126, archived from the original on 2011-07-19, retrieved 16 March 2011
  3. ^ "Auburn Boys Win". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 7, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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