With USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington joining the Big Ten and other changes in conference affiliations, teams located far from the geographic center of their new conferences face long travel distances and times.
I mention it briefly in an old article about George Varnell, but the 1905 Kentucky State (now Transylvania) team beat Texas and Texas A&M on back-to-back days and beat Arkansas two days later.
Sewanee’s 1899 trip might be the the gold standard for travel trips. Sadly, no Hilton Honors points were gained by them, either.
I mention it briefly in an old article about George Varnell, but the 1905 Kentucky State (now Transylvania) team beat Texas and Texas A&M on back-to-back days and beat Arkansas two days later.
https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/george-varnell-the-walter-camp-of-the-west