The team competed in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and was coached by Arthur G. Erwin in his first year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1 (6–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 250 to 29.
Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing.
"[1] Sewanee lost the effective SIAA championship game to Vanderbilt on a double pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to Stein Stone.
The trick play was cited by Grantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports.
[2] Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South.