Lewie Hardage

[a] Amidst fears of many players being ineligible under SIAA rules most sportswriters did not include LSU for consideration as conference champions.

Hardage provided the only score in a 6–0 win over the previously undefeated Sewanee Tigers at West End Park in Birmingham, a 45-yard punt return for a touchdown.

"[10] He scored two touchdowns in a 44–0 win over coach John Heisman's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, including a 108-yard kickoff return.

Auburn scored against Sewanee when Lew Hardage put the ball in striking distance with a 30-yard run.

Hardage was then a two-year letterman for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team (1911–1912).

Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan."

[15] Innis Brown in 1912 wrote "Hardage has been rated as probably the most successful man in the south at making forward passes.

"[16] Hardage scored two touchdowns in the season's first game, the biggest win in Vanderbilt history, a 105–0 defeat of Bethel.

[17][b] Vanderbilt scored 100 points for the second straight week in a 100–3 win over Maryville, during which Hardage tossed a 40-yard touchdown pass.

[20] Despite his hurt left ankle, Hardage "ran with great brilliance" in his final game, a 16–0 defeat of Sewanee to secure a southern title.

Hardage focused particularly on halfback Gil Reese upon his arrival,[27] and later coached Hall of Fame quarterback Bill Spears.

Hardage cropped from team photo at Auburn, 1908.
Circling left end against Michigan, 1911.
Hardage at Vanderbilt, 1912
Hardage as Vanderbilt backfield coach