SEWANEE, Tenn. - Head football coach
Travis Rundle has released the 2021 schedule for the University of the South. 10 games highlight the schedule, with the Orgill Cup returning to the Domain in early October.
Sewanee's first three games will be non-conference games, and the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) schedule will rev up on Oct. 2. With the departure of Austin College (Texas) to the American Southwest Conference as an affiliate member, there will be seven conference contests on the docket.
Four conference opponents, Trinity (10th), Berry (16th), Hendrix (17th) and Birmingham-Southern (23rd) are ranked in the Lindy's Preseason poll.
The Tigers will be the road warriors to open the 2021 campaign, as they will make the 1,035-mile trek to Duluth, Minn. to face The College of St. Scholastica on Sept. 4. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams, and it will be Sewanee's 104th opponent faced in the 126-year of football on the Domain.
This will be a part of a home-and-home series between the Tigers and the Saints, as St. Scholastica will return the trip on the opening weekend of the 2022 schedule.
Week 2 of the season will see a familiar face in Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. on Sept. 11. The 69th meeting of the series is the longest non-conference series for Sewanee football, and despite missing their annual get-together in 2020, the teams will meet for the 65th time in the last 67 years.
The Tigers' home opener will occur in Week 3, Sept. 18, as Westminster College (Mo.) comes to town as a part of Family Weekend for a 1 p.m. kickoff from historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium. The teams will match up for the first time since 2008, as the Tigers downed the Blue Jays, 26-14.
Following a bye week on Sept. 25, the Tigers will open SAA action on the road at Birmingham-Southern College on Oct. 2 under the lights. Sewanee will play at General Krulak Stadium for the first time since 2017, where the Purple and White brought a 34-13 win back to the Domain.
The 67th meeting of the Orgill Cup will be held during Week 6 of the season on Oct. 9, as Rhodes College will bring the trophy back to the Domain at 1 p.m. In 2018 at historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium, the Tigers edged the Lynx 27-14.
Dating back to 1954, this will be the 67th meeting of the Orgill Cup Trophy game. However, the two teams first met during Sewanee's historic 1899 run. Prior to the Tigers winning six games in seven days on the road, all by shutouts, they blanked the Lynx on Nov. 3, 1899, 54-0, on the Domain.
The 2021 edition will be the 88th meeting all-time between the two schools.
Week 7 of the schedule will see Sewanee make the trek to Rome, Ga. for a contest with Berry College, the five-time SAA Champions, on Oct. 16.
Sewanee returns home on Oct. 23 with a contest against Trinity University (Texas) for a noon kickoff on campus. The "Battle of the Tigers" will play for the 30th time in 2021.
On Oct. 30, the Tigers' last road trip of the year will be to Jackson, Miss. for a contest with the Majors of Millsaps College. Prior to 2020, the teams met every year since 1947.
The Tigers will wrap up the season with two home games in November. Homecoming will take place on Nov. 6 against Centre College at 1:30 p.m.. Sewanee is 36-37 all-time in Homecoming games, and this will be the seventh time Centre has been the opponent. The Purple and White lead the Colonels, 4-2, in Homecoming games.
The season finale will take place on Nov. 13 versus Hendrix College at 1 p.m. from the stadium. This will be the ninth meeting between the two schools since the Warriors restarted their program in 2013.
Travis Rundle enters his fifth season as the head coach of the University of the South football program.
Click on the link above for more information. Live coverage for all games will be available prior to the start of the season.
Below are the all-time series records:
| St. Scholastica |
First Meeting |
| Washington and Lee |
W&L Leads, 44-24 |
| Westminster (Mo.) |
Sewanee leads, 2-0 |
| Birmingham-Southern |
BSC leads, 10-4 |
| Rhodes |
Sewanee leads, 43-41-3
Rhodes leads Orgill Cup, 36-29-1 (since 1954) |
| Berry |
Berry leads, 5-2 |
| Trinity (Texas) |
Trinity leads, 25-4 |
| Millsaps |
Millsaps leads, 45-25-3 |
| Centre |
Centre leads, 46-30-1 |
| Hendrix |
Hendrix leads, 5-3 |
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