Sewanee beat the previous season's champions LSU and Auburn, and upset rival Vanderbilt, handing the school its first loss to a Southern team in six years.

The Tigers hired new head coach Harris Cope, a former Sewanee quarterback.

Assisting Cope was former Sewanee fullback and guard Henry D. Phillips; and former Princeton quarterback Edward Dillon.

[11] Sources:[12] Quarterback Chigger Browne starred in the 15–0 defeat of John Heisman's Georgia Tech.

[14] Sewanee scored with an Aubrey Lanier touchdown and Moise drop kick in the first half.

[14] LSU scored when, after blocking a punt, Robert L. Stovall recovered the ball for a touchdown.

Grantland Rice called this game the season's best contest, and recalled Lanier diving to fair catch a punt, and landing on his head.

[18] Auburn scored when Lew Hardage put the ball in striking distance with a 30-yard run.

"[21] For Sewanee's first score, a forward pass netted forty yards and Aubrey Lanier went around end for a touchdown.

"[22] The Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.