1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 30, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Number of teams16
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Football seasons
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1906 →
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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
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
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
September 30 Tennessee Deaf School Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 16–6
September 30 Maryville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 97–0

Week Two[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Maryville Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 17–0 [3]
October 3 Cumberland Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CUM 39–10
October 6 Cumberland VPI Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA L 12–0
October 7 North Georgia Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 54–0
October 7 American Temperance Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 104–0
October 7 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 34–0

Week Three[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 14 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 34–0
October 14 Vanderbilt Michigan Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 18–0
October 14 Mooney Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 42–0
October 14 Tennessee Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 5–5
October 14 Texas A&M Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 42–0

Week Four[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Davidson Auburn Birmingham, AL L 6–0
October 20 Mississippi A&M Marion Marion, AL W 38–0
October 21 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 35–0
October 21 Alabama Georgia Tech Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA GT 12–5
October 21 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 9–0
October 21 Vanderbilt Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN VAN 45–0

Week Five[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Alabama Clemson State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC CLEM 25–0
October 27 Auburn Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS AUB 18–0
October 28 Cumberland Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 18–0
October 28 Tennessee Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 11–6
October 28 Texas Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0

Week Six[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 31 Cumberland Grant Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN W 11–6
November 4 Georgia Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 36–0
November 4 Tennessee Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 45–0
November 4 Auburn Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 54–0

Week Seven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Centre Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 21–0
November 11 Clemson Auburn Auburn, AL CLEM 6–0
November 11 Howard Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS W 44–0
November 11 Cumberland Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 12–0
November 11 North Georgia Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 16–12
November 11 Georgia Tech Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN T 18–18

Week Eight[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Sewanee Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 17–10
November 18 Auburn Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 30–0 4,000 [4]
November 18 Georgia Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 46–0
November 18 Louisiana Tech LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 16–0
November 18 Centre Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 31–5
November 18 Clemson Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 41–0
November 18 Cumberland Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS CUM 27–5

Week Nine[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Cumberland Ole Miss Oxford, MS CUM 18–0
November 23 Sewanee Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL SEW 42–6
November 25 LSU Tulane New Orleans, LA LSU 5–0

Week Ten[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 30 Tennessee Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 29–0
November 30 Auburn Georgia Macon, GA AUB 20–0
November 30 Clemson Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 17–10
November 30 Mississippi A&M Ole Miss State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MSA&M 11–0
November 30 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 68–4
December 1 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 15–0

Week Eleven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 3 Tennessee Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 5–0

All-Southern team[edit]

Main article: 1905 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:

Position Name Team
QB Frank Kyle Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Hillsman Taylor Vanderbilt
G Stein Stone Vanderbilt
C Emma Patterson Vanderbilt
G Puss Derrick Clemson
T Frank Jones Auburn
E Ed Hamilton Vanderbilt

References[edit]

  1. ^ George Allen (February 2009). How to Scout Football. p. 3. ISBN 9781578987290.
  2. ^ "1905 Independent Year Summary | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
  3. ^ Christopher Walsh (September 1, 2007). "Saban's first game one of the most anticipated in Alabama history". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Alabama vs. Auburn". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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