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Capacity: 1,200. First Built: 1891. Probably one of the most significant pieces of Sewanee Athletics history is historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium, the fourth oldest football field in the nation and the South's oldest field. Legends like John Heisman and Bobby Bowden have set foot on this historic field.
McGee Field. / 35.209162; -85.922023. McGee Field / Harris Stadium (officially Benjamin Humphreys McGee Field at Eugene O. Harris Stadium) located in Sewanee, Tennessee is the home of the Sewanee Tigers football and lacrosse teams. It was dedicated as McGee Field at homecoming on October 22, 1977. Before then the stadium was known as Hardee ...
Nov 3, 2018 · Sewanee’s McGee Field is the South’s oldest college football field in its original location, and the fourth oldest in the nation. In the first game ever played there, with the field then called Hardee Field, on November 7, 1891, Sewanee lost to Vanderbilt, 22-0. In 1897, Sewanee held John Heisman’s Auburn Tigers to a scoreless tie on this ...
The Sewanee Tigers were pioneers in American intercollegiate athletics and possessed the Deep South 's preeminent football program in the 1890s. Ellwood Wilson is considered the "founder of Sewanee football." [ 2] Their 1899 football team had perhaps the best season in college football history, winning all 12 of their games, 11 by shutout, and ...
Aug 27, 2021 · “The 1899 University of the South football team has to be the most amazing story in college football history.” – the late Johnny Majors, former Tennessee coach, whose father, Shirley Majors ...
- Seth Emerson
Jan 4, 2019 · Jan. 4, 2019. Long before Alabama — and now Clemson — rose as proud football powers, the 1899 University of the South football team, familiarly known as the Sewanee Tigers, provided a ...
The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee ( / səˈwɑːni / ), [ 7][ 8] is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the church. The university's School of Letters offers a graduate degree in ...
