1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season | |
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League | NCAA |
Sport | College football |
Duration | September 30, 1905 through December 3, 1905 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | Vanderbilt |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sewanee | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumberland (TN) | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nashville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1905 college football season. The season began on September 30.
One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech."[1]
Season overview
[edit]Results and team statistics
[edit]Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
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1 | Vanderbilt | Dan McGugin | 7–1 | 5–0 | 46.5 | 2.8 |
2 | Georgia Tech | John Heisman | 6–0–1 | 5–0–1 | 30.0 | 4.7 |
3 | LSU | Dan A. Killian | 3–0 | 2–0 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
4 | Sewanee | W. C. Hyatt | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 19.4 | 16.4 |
5 | Clemson | Eddie Cochems | 3–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 13.5 | 10.5 |
6 (tie) | Alabama | Jack Leavenworth | 6–4 | 4–4 | 17.8 | 11.3 |
6 (tie) | Cumberland | John Counselman | 4–4 | 2–2 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
8 | Nashville | 0–2 | 0–0 | |||
9 | Auburn | Mike Donahue | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6.3 | 16.0 |
10 | Mississippi A&M | Daniel S. Martin | 3–4 | 1–4 | 16.3 | 13.4 |
11 (tie) | Tulane | John F. Tobin | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
11 (tie) | Mississippi | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 14.5 | |
13 | Tennessee | James DePree | 3–5–1 | 0–4–1 | 18.0 | 16.8 |
14 | Georgia | Marvin M. Dickinson | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4.3 | 31.3 |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]
Regular season
[edit]Index to colors and formatting |
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Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won |
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost |
Non-conference matchup; tie |
Conference matchup |
SIAA teams in bold.
Week One
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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September 30 | Tennessee School for the Deaf | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 16–6 | [3] | |
September 30 | Maryville (TN) | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 97–0 | [4] |
Week Two
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 3 | Maryville (TN) | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 17–0 | [5] | |
October 3 | Cumberland | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | CUM 39–10 | ||
October 6 | Cumberland | VPI | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 0–12 | [6] | |
October 7 | North Georgia | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | W 54–0 | [7] | |
October 7 | American Temperance | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 104–0 | [8] | |
October 7 | Alabama | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 34–0 | 1,500 | [9] |
October 7 | Mooney | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 42–0 | [10] |
Week Three
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 14 | Mississippi A&M | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | ALA 34–0 | [11] | |
October 14 | Vanderbilt | Michigan | Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–18 | [12] | |
October 14 | Tennessee | Clemson | Bowman Field • Clemson, SC | T 5–5 | [13] |
Week Four
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 20 | Davidson | Auburn | West End Park • Birmingham, AL | L 6–0 | [14] | |
October 20 | Mississippi A&M | Marion | Marion, AL | W 38–0 | [15] | |
October 20 | Cumberland | Sewanee | Nashville, TN | SEW 9–0 | [16] | |
October 20 | Nashville | Southwestern Presbyterian | Clarksville, TN | L 0–6 | [17] | |
October 21 | Clemson | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | CLEM 35–0 | [18] | |
October 21 | Alabama | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 12–5 | [19] | |
October 21 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | VAN 45–0 | [20] |
Week Five
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 25 | Alabama | Clemson | State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC | CLEM 25–0 | [21] | |
October 27 | Auburn | Mississippi A&M | Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS | AUB 18–0 | [22] | |
October 28 | Cumberland | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 18–0 | [23] | |
October 28 | Tennessee | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | SEW 11–6 | [24] | |
October 28 | Texas | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 33–0 | [25] |
Week Six
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 31 | Cumberland | Grant | Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN | W 11–6 | [26] | |
November 4 | Georgia | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 36–0 | [27] | |
November 4 | Tennessee | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 45–0 | [28] | |
November 4 | Auburn | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 54–0 | [29] |
Week Seven
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 9 | Central University | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 21–0 | [30] | |
November 11 | Clemson | Auburn | Drill Field • Auburn, AL | CLEM 6–0 | [31] | |
November 11 | Howard (AL) | Mississippi A&M | Hardy Field • Starkville, MS | W 44–0 | [32] | |
November 11 | Cumberland | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | L 0–12 | [33][34] | |
November 11 | North Georgia | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | W 16–12 | [35] | |
November 11 | Sewanee | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | T 18–18 | [36] |
Week Eight
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 17 | Sewanee | Texas | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 10–17 | [37] | |
November 18 | Auburn | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 30–0 | 4,000 | [38] |
November 18 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 46–0 | [39] | |
November 18 | Louisiana Industrial | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | W 16–0 | [40] | |
November 18 | Central University | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 31–5 | [41] | |
November 18 | Clemson | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 41–0 | [42] | |
November 18 | Cumberland | Mississippi A&M | Hardy Field • Starkville, MS | CUM 27–5 | [43] |
Week Nine
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 20 | Cumberland | Ole Miss | University Park • Oxford, MS | CUM 18–0 | [44] | |
November 23 | Sewanee | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | SEW 42–6 | [45] | |
November 25 | LSU | Tulane | Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA | LSU 5–0 | [46] |
Week Ten
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 30 | Tennessee | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 29–0 | [47] | |
November 30 | Auburn | Georgia | Central City Park • Macon, GA | AUB 20–0 | [48][49] | |
November 30 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 17–10 | 5,000 | [50] |
November 30 | Mississippi A&M | Ole Miss | State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS | MSA&M 11–0 | [51] | |
November 30 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 68–4 | [52] | |
December 1 | Mississippi A&M | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | LSU 15–0 | [53] |
Week Eleven
[edit]Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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December 3 | Tennessee | Grant | Olympic Park • Field Chattanooga, TN | W 5–0 | [54] |
All-Southern team
[edit]The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:
References
[edit]- ^ George Allen (February 2009). How to Scout Football. p. 3. ISBN 9781578987290.
- ^ "1905 Independent Year Summary | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Tennessee takes first game by score of sixteen to six". The Tennessean. October 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maryville lost, 97 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. October 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama 17, Maryville 0 - Football season opened up in Tuscaloosa yesterday afternoon". The Tuscaloosa News. October 4, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "College paper says Virginia Polytechnic Team slugged, robbed, cursed and played dirty tricks". Nashville Banner. October 10, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Techs; Agricultural College not in at any stage of game". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 8, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee's fast team piles up an immense score". The Journal and Tribune. October 8, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt beat Alabama by a score of 34 to 0". The Nashville American. October 8, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee beats Mooney 42 to 0 in first game". The Atlanta Journal. October 8, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama 34, Mississippi 0 - Alabama walks away with win". The Tuscaloosa News. October 15, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Michigan in good gamr; Vanderbilt displays great strength but loses, 18–0". Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee and Clemson play to a standstill". The Journal and Tribune. October 15, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orange and Blue down in defeat". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Victory for A. & M." The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee won heavy game". The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southwestern 6, Nashville 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 21, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia team crushed by Clemson". The Atlanta Journal. October 22, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama was beaten - Heisman's Tech team scores two touchdowns". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 22, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "U. of T. overwhelmed, Vanderbilt plays horse with state university boys". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 22, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clemson downs Alabama boys". The Birmingham News. October 26, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn, Alabama, plays A. & M. boys". The Commercial Dispatch. October 29, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech 18, Cumberland 0". The Courier-Journal. October 29, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee lost a bitterly fought game". The Journal and Tribune. October 29, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt adds another victim". The Commercial Appeal. October 29, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grant loses great game". The Chattanooga News. November 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia loses to Tuscaloosa". The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yellow Jackets make big score, Tennessee team is badly beaten by Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt trims Auburn by score of 54 to 0". The Atlanta Journal. November 5, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Central of Kentucky proved easy victims". The Birmingham News. November 10, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clemson lowers Auburn's colors". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&M 44, Howard 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Both home football teams". Lexington Leader. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Foot Ball (continued)". Lexington Leader. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia 16, Dahlonega 12". The Atlanta Journal. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee tied Georgia Tech". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas put it over Sewanee". Nashville Banner. November 18, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama vs. Auburn". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Georgia outclasses by the Tech squad". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 19, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L.S.U. victorious; Ruston Industrial Institute the opposing team". The Times-Democrat. November 18, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee finally scores a victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 19, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt is too much for Clemson". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 19, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A. & M. eleven was beaten". The Commercial Appeal. November 19, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cumberland beat Oxford". The Commercial Appeal. November 21, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama completely crushed by Sewanee". Nashville Banner. November 24, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big game is due to-day". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee did not get score". Knoxville Sentinel. November 24, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn–Georgia clash at Central City Park". The Macon Telegraph. November 30, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Easy for Auburn, University of Georgia goes down before the Alabamians". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech downs Clemson". Charlotte Daily Observer. December 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Was viewed by thousands; A&M College defeats University football team by a score of 11 to 0". Jackson Eveing News. December 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Crushing defeat for gritty Sewanee team". Nashville Banner. December 1, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L.S.U. victorious; Mississippi A. and M. defeated by score of 15 to 0". The Times-Democrat. December 3, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grant wins close game, defeats University of Tennessee boys 5 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. December 3, 1905. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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