NinetyNine Iron The Season Sewanee Won Five Games by Wendell Givens PAPERBACK

Ninety-Nine IronThe Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days\nAuthor(s): Wendell Givens\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817350628, 978-0817350628\nSynopsis\nNinety-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 institution not known for its athletic programs. But in that final year of the 19th century the Sewanee football team, led by captain \""\""Diddy\""\"" Seibels, produced a record that is legendary. In six days, on a grueling 2,500-mile train trip, the team defeated Texas, Texas A, Tulane, Louisiana State University, and Ole Miss - all much larger schools than Sewanee. In addition to this marathon of victory, the 21 members of the Sewanee Iron Men won all 12 of their regular games, and of their 12 opponents, onl.