1958 Sewanee Tigers football team

1958 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainAndy Finlay
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern     9 0 0
Rochester     8 0 0
Rose Poly     8 0 0
Sewanee     8 0 0
No. 10 Buffalo     8 1 0
No. 6 Montana State     8 1 0
North Park     7 1 0
Carthage     7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State     7 2 0
Carnegie Tech     6 2 0
Northeastern     6 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona     7 3 0
Trinity (TX)     6 3 0
Hofstra     6 4 0
Tampa     6 4 0
Abilene Christian     5 5 0
No. 8 Chattanooga     5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 4 1
Louisville     4 4 0
Northern Michigan     5 5 0
Xavier     5 5 0
Washington University     4 4 0
Arkansas State     4 5 0
No. 18 Memphis State     4 5 0
UC Riverside     2 3 2
Hawaii     5 7 0
St. Norbert     3 6 0
Wabash     3 6 0
Howard (AL)     1 5 1
Pepperdine     1 7 0
Washington and Lee     1 7 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1958 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as an independent during the 1958 college football season. In their second season under head coach Shirley Majors, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 285 (34 points per games) to 28 (3.5 points per game).[1][2] It Sewanee's first undefeated and untied football season since 1899.[3]

Three Sewanee players were selected as All-Americans: Dan Davis, fullback and captain Andy Finlay, and center Bobby Potts.[4]

In 2008, the 1958 team was inducted as a group into the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1899 football team was inducted in 2004 and the 1963 football team in 2010.[5]

The team played its home games at Hardee Field in Sewanee, Tennessee.

  1. ^ "Sewanee Football 2011". Sewanee: The University of the South. 2011. p. 38.
  2. ^ Bob Phillips (November 24, 1958). "On The Roof". Birmingham Post-Herald. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Marvin Beard (November 17, 1958). "No Bigtime At Sewanee Says Coach". The Jackson Sun. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Media Guide, p. 31.
  5. ^ Media Guide, pp. 30 and 34.