Tusculum Pioneers football, 1901–1910

[3] The Tusculum team opened the season in October 31, playing the local Baker-Himel School.

The first score of the game was made on the opening play, after Tusculum fumbled and Leach, of Baker-Himel, returned it for a touchdown.

Though Tusculum "pulled together in great shape" and gave Baker-Himel "all that it could do" in the second half, they were not able to score and the game ended 0–18.

[5] Though the Tusculum team "was in good training and expect[ed] to engage in several contests during Christmas week", no other games were played.

By the time Bingham had scored 63 points, they put in freshman members of the school to finish the game.

Though the freshman team did not score, they were five yards away from the Tusculum goal line when the final whistle blew.

[11] A second game was played on November 26, at Baker-Himel Park, versus the Knox County Central High School.

Though a game was scheduled against Central on October 5, it was not played, and the school did not field a team for the 1907 season.

The manager of King College, "not in a habit of postponing a football game", traveled to Tusculum anyway, before receiving message that the Pioneers refused to play.

"The beginning was rough, but the referee soon made it go on without any trouble," wrote The Bristol Evening News.

[20] A merger of Washington College and Tusculum's football teams played the Bingham School on October 7, losing 0–5.

The school later announced that they were cancelling football for the rest of the season after "numerous tragedies occurred on the gridiron".