Английская Википедия:1895 Auburn Tigers football team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University (then known as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) in the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' fourth overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his first year and finished with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1).

Schedule

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Trick play

The team executed a "hidden ball trick" in the game against Vanderbilt as Auburn seemed to run a revolving wedge.[1] Vanderbilt still won however, 9 to 6; the first time in the history of southern football that a field goal decided a game.[2] "Billy" Williams recalled:[3]Шаблон:Blockquote

Quarterback Reynolds Tichenor described the nature of the play as follows:[2]Шаблон:Blockquote

The Tigers again used the play against Georgia. Georgia coach Pop Warner later used the trick in 1897 while at Cornell against Penn State; and again and most famously in 1903 while at Carlisle against Harvard, attracting national attention in a close loss.

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