1893 Auburn Tigers football team

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.

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.
TThe fall 1892 through spring 1893 football team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University).[1][2]
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–2
Head coach
CaptainTom Daniels, Rufus T. "Dutch" Dorsey
1893 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 (TN)    0 1 0
Mercer    0 1 0
Wofford    0 1 0
VAMC    0 2 0
Alabama    0 4 0

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

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 July 19, 2011, retrieved March 16, 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 July 19, 2011, retrieved March 16, 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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