Ninety-Nine Iron : The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days

The fascinating story of a remarkable, unassailable winning streak. Ninety-Nine Iron is the story of the 1899 Sewanee football team. The University of the South, as it is formally called, is a small Episcopal college on Mounteagle Mountain in southeastern Tennessee. It is a respected academic instit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Givens, Wendell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
University of the South.
University of the South > Football > History > 19th century.
Football.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; I. Mountaintop Jubilee; II. Iron Men Roll Call; III. The Way They Played the Game; IV. Sewanee, Pre-Iron Age; V. Prelude to History; VI. Don't You Remember?
  • VII. Sewanee 12, Texas 0; VIII. Sewanee 10, Texas A & M 0; IX. Sewanee 23, Tulane 0; X. Sewanee 34, LSU 0; XI. Sewanee 12, Ole Miss 0; XII. Sewanee 11, Auburn 10; XIII. Heisman Versus the Umpire; XIV. Sewanee 5, Carolina 0; XV. The Rest of Their Story; XVI. So, What Place for Sewanee; Index.

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