1917_Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association_football_season

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 28, 1917; through November 29, 1917
Number of teams	17
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech
Football seasons
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1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

Sports season

The 1917 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 1917 college football season. The season began on September 28. A curtailing of expenses was required for extension into 1918.^[1]

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John Heisman's Georgia Tech team won the conference and was the South's first consensus national champion. Tech captain Walker Carpenter and halfback Everett Strupper were the first players from the Deep South ever selected for an All-America first-team. Tech quarterback Albert Hill led the nation in scoring. Though Centre did not claim a championship, it also posted an undefeated conference record, beginning the rise of its football program.

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Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
September 28	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 13–0
September 28	Furman	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 25–0	^[2]
September 29	Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 33–0	^[2]
September 29	Howard	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	SEW 42–7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 3	Ohio Am Corp.	Alabama	Soldiers Field • Montgomery, Alabama	W 7–0
October 5	Marion	Mississippi A&M	New Athletic Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 18–6
October 6	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	T 0–0
October 6	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 53–0
October 6	Wake Forest	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	W 7–6
October 6	Penn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 41–0	^[3]
October 6	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 20–6
October 6	Newberry	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 38–0
October 6	Transylvania	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 41–0
October 6	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	W 19–7
October 6	Wofford	Guilford	Greensboro, North Carolina	W 20-0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 12	Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 13–0
October 13	Fort Sheridan	Auburn	Montgomery, Alabama	W 13–0
October 13	Vanderbilt	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago	L 48–0
October 13	Clemson	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	CLEM 38–0
October 13	South Carolina	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	FLA 21–13
October 13	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 32–10
October 13	LSU	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	LSU 52–7
October 13	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	New Athletic Field • Starkville, Mississippi	MSA&M 68–0
October 13	Transylvania	Sewanee	Chattanooga, Tennessee	W 76–0
October 13	Spring Hill	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 28–0
October 13	The Citadel	Presbyterian	Clinton, South Carolina	L 0–7
October 13	Army Am Corp.	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 21-0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 19	Auburn	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	AUB 7–0
October 20	Newberry	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	W 20–7
October 20	Washington & Lee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 63–0	^[4]
October 20	Sewanee	LSU	New Orleans	SEW 3–0
October 20	Tulane	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	TUL 52–0
October 20	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 5–0
October 20	Erskine	The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	W 18–7
October 20	Mississippi College	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 46–0
October 20	Wofford	Presbyterian	Clinton, South Carolina	L 7-6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 25	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	CLEM 21–13
October 27	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 64–0
October 27	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 13–6
October 27	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 19–7
October 27	Kentucky	Sewanee	• Chattanooga, Tennessee	W 7–0
October 27	LSU	Texas A&M	San Antonio	L 27–0
October 27	Washington Artillery	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	W 19–0
October 27	Howard	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 69–0
October 27	Wofford	Erskine	Due West, South Carolina	L 21-0

1917_Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association_football_season

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

References

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Auburn	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Centre	1	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Sewanee	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	1
Howard (AL)	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 1		Clemson	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	CLEM 27–16
November 2		Tulane	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	W 35–0
November 3		Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana	L 14–0
November 3		Florida	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 68–0
November 3		Davidson	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	W 28–7
November 3	2:30 p. m.	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 83–0	^[5]
November 3		Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Tupelo, Mississippi	MSA&M 41–14
November 3		Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	T 3–3
November 3		Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 14-13
November 3		Newberry	The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	W 32–7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 8	The Citadel	Clemson	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	CLEM 20–0
November 8	Furman	South Carolina	Florence, South Carolina	SCAR 26–0
November 10	Davidson	Auburn	Atlanta	L 21–7	^[6]
November 10	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	GT 48–0	^[7]
November 10	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 34–0
November 10	Kentucky	Mississippi A&M	New Athletic Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 14–0
November 10	Ole Miss	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	SEW 69–7
November 10	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	VAN 7–2
November 10	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 45-0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 17	Alabama	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 27–0
November 17	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Chattanooga, Tennessee	AUB 31–7
November 17	Centre	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	CEN 28–0
November 17	Clemson	Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	CLEM 55–7
November 17	Carlisle	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 98–0	^[8]
November 17	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	MSA&M 9–0
November 17	Presbyterian	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	L 14–7
November 17	Rice	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	L 16–0
November 17	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 20–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 24	Ohio State	Auburn	Soldiers Field • Montgomery, Alabama	T 0–0	^[9]
November 24	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 20–14
November 24	Wofford	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	L 62-0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 29	Camp Gordon	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	L 19–6
November 29	Clemson	Davidson	• Charlotte, North Carolina	L 21–9
November 29	Wofford	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	FUR 18–3
November 29	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 68–7	20,000	^[10]
November 29	Florida	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 52–0
November 29	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, Mississippi	MISS 21–0
November 29	Haskell	Mississippi A&M	Memphis, Tennessee	W 7–6
November 29	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 20–0
November 29	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 28–6
November 29	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 13–6

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Albert Hill	5'7"	164	Sr.	Washington, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	Everett Strupper	5'7"	148	Sr.	Columbus, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	Buck Flowers	5'7"	140	Fr.	Sumter, South Carolina	Davidson
FB	Joe Guyon	5'11"	186	Jr.	Magdalena, New Mexico	Georgia Tech
E	Moon Ducote	5'10"	187	Jr.	Cottonport, Louisiana	Auburn
T	Walker Carpenter	6'2"	184	Sr.	Newnan, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Pete Bonner	6'2"	183	So.	Clay Co., Alabama	Auburn
C	Pup Phillips	6'0"	182	Jr.	Carnesville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Tram Sessions			So.	Birmingham, Alabama	Alabama
T	Bill Fincher	6'0"	182	So.	Atlanta	Georgia Tech
E	Alfred T. Adams		175	So.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup