Sports season
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration September 28, 1912 through December 25, 1912 Number of teams 19 Season champions Vanderbilt
The 1912 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 1912 college football season . The season began on September 28.
Ole Miss was suspended at year's end.[1]
Conference champion Vanderbilt suffered its only loss to national champion Harvard . The 1912 season saw the NCAA implement several rule changes to increase scoring. These included: the number of downs allowed to advance the ball at least 10 yards was increased from three to four, the value of a touchdown increased from 5 points to 6, the length of the field was reduced to 100 yards, 10-yard end zones were added, the onside kick was eliminated, and unlimited use of the forward pass was introduced.[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 ] Week Two [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 4 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M MSA&M 19–0 October 5 Birmingham Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 62–0 October 5 Auburn Mercer Columbus, GA AUB 56–0 October 5 K. M. I. Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 12–0 October 5 Clemson Howard Homewood, AL CLEM 59–0 October 5 Chattanooga Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 33–0 October 5 Georgia Tech The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC GT 20–16 October 5 Marshall Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 13–6 October 5 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 85–3 October 5 Memphis H. S. Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 34–0 October 5 Morgan Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 34–0 October 5 King Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 101–0 October 5 Maryville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 100–3
Week Three [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 8 Jefferson Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 37–0 October 11 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 45–0 October 12 Florida Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 27–13 October 12 Morris-Harvey Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY L 53–7 October 12 Riverside Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 26–0 October 12 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 33–0 October 12 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 20–3 October 12 Miami (OH) Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 13–8 October 12 Howard Mercer Macon, GA MERC 36–0 October 12 Castle Heights Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 1–0[b] October 12 Tennessee Medical College Mississippi A&M W 32–0 October 12 Northern Alabama Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 101–0 October 12 Louisiana-Lafayette Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 95–0 October 12 Rose-Hulman Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 54–0
Week Four [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 17 Centre Louisville Louisville, KY L 23–6 October 18 Alabama Mississippi A&M Aberdeen, MS MSA&M 7–0 October 18 Marion Howard L 57–0 October 19 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 27–6 October 19 Porter Military The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 66–0 October 19 South Carolina Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 10–6 October 19 Mercer Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 16–6 October 19 Kentucky State Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH W 19–13 October 19 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MISS 10–7 October 19 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 27–0 October 19 Tennessee Tennessee Medical College Memphis, TN W 62–0 October 19 Mississippi College Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 19–6 October 19 Vanderbilt Georgia Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA VAN 46–0
Week Five [ edit ] Week Six [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 31 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC L 22–7 November 1 Mississippi College Ole Miss Oxford, MS MISS 12–0 November 2 Alabama Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA ALA 7–0 November 2 Auburn Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA AUB 27–7 November 2 VMI Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 3–2 November 2 Columbia College Mercer Macon, GA W 71–0 November 2 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MSA&M 7–0 November 2 Sewanee Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA T 13–13 November 2 Centre Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 67–0 November 2 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 13–0 November 4 Charleston Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 78–0
Week Seven [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 9 Ole Miss Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 10–9 November 9 LSU Auburn Mobile, AL AUB 7–0 November 9 Kentucky School for the Deaf Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 13–7 November 9 Charleston The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 40–0 November 9 Clemson Georgia Augusta, GA UGA 27–6 November 9 Hanover College Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 64–0 November 9 Tennessee Mercer Macon, GA MERC 27–14 November 9 Louisiana Tech Mississippi College Clinton, MS W 14–13 November 9 Sewanee Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA SEW 7–0 November 9 Mississippi A&M Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 27–14 November 9 Vanderbilt Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 9–3
Week Eight [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 13 Ole Miss Texas Houston, TX L 53–14 November 15 Stetson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 23–7 November 16 Clemson Mercer Macon, GA CLEM 22–13 November 16 Georgia Georgia Tech Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 20–0 November 16 Kentucky State Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN UK 13–6 November 16 LSU Arkansas Little Rock, AR W 7–6 November 16 Ole Miss Tennessee Medical College Memphis, TN W 47–6 November 16 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL T 6–6 November 16 Mississippi A&M Texas A&M Houston, TX L 41–7 November 16 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 23–0
Week Nine [ edit ] Week Ten [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 28 Tennessee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 7–0 November 28 Auburn Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 12–6 November 28 Centre Transylvania Lexington, KY W 13–7 November 28 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 23–0 November 28 Kentucky State Cincinnati YMI Cincinnati, OH W 56–0 November 28 LSU Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA LSU 21–3 November 28 Mercer Florida Jacksonville, FL T 0–0 November 28 The Citadel South Carolina Columbia, SC L 26–2 November 28 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 16–0 November 29 Howard Mississippi College Hattiesburg, MS MSCOLL 20–0
Week Twelve [ edit ] Week Thirteen [ edit ] Week Fourteen [ edit ] Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference December 21 Florida Tampa A. C. Tampa, FL W 44–0
Bowl games [ edit ] Awards and honors [ edit ] All-Americans [ edit ] All-Southern team [ edit ] The composite All-Southern team formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison included:[3]
References [ edit ] ^ The Citadel won by forfeit ^ Ole Miss won by forfeit
Championships & awards Seasons