1900 Auburn Tigers football team

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1900 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainDaniel S. Martin
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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 22NashvilleAuburn, ALW 28–0[1]
November 10TennesseeBirmingham, ALW 23–0[2]
November 17Alabama
W 53–5[3]
November 29at GeorgiaW 44–0[4]

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Season summary[edit]

Nashville[edit]

Auburn opened the season against the University of Nashville, On a wet and heavy field, Auburn won 28–0.[7]

Tennessee[edit]

Auburn beat the Tennessee Volunteers 23–0 .

Alabama[edit]

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.[8]

Georgia[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Line was impregnable, Auburn men stood like a stone wall". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1900. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Auburnites win from Tuscaloosa". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 18, 1900. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia's team utterly demolished". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 30, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  6. ^ "1900 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  7. ^ "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)