1919_Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association_football_season

1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 27, 1919; through November 27, 1919
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Auburn
Football seasons
	← 1918 1920 →

1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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The 1919 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 1919 college football season. The season began on September 27.

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Auburn was widely regarded as the SIAA champion, though Centre was undefeated in all its games. Both claim titles. For defeating Tech and due to charges of professionalism aimed at Centre, as Fuzzy Woodruff recalls "Auburn claimed it. "We defeated Tech" said Auburn. "Yes, but we defeated you" said Vanderbilt. "Yes", said Alabama, "but Tech, Tulane ,and Tennessee took your measure. We defeated Georgia Tech, who tied Tulane, so we are champions...The newspapers, however, more or less generally supported the claim of Auburn..."^[1]

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Woodruff 1928, p. 105

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Woodruff 1928, p. 98

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Woodruff 1928, p. 97

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Woodruff 1928, p. 104

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"All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. 1920. pp. 41, 69, 27, 67.

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Auburn $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Centre	1	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Furman	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Mississippi A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	2	4	–	2	–	3
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Clemson	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
Florida	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	2	–	1
Transylvania	1	–	1	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	0	–	0	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	3	–	2	3	–	3	–	3
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Howard (AL)	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 27	Marion	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 37–0
September 27	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 53–0
September 27	Furman	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 74–0
September 27	Chamberlain Hunt	Mississippi College		W 57–0
September 27	Howard	Morgan		W 31–0
September 27	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 6–0
September 27	Tusculum	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 29–6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 7–0
October 3	Maryville	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 32–2
October 4	Birmingham–Southern	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 27–0
October 4	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 19–6
October 4	North Georgia	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 33–2
October 4	Oglethorpe	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 41–0
October 4	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 28–0
October 4	Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 14–0
October 4	Georgetown	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 12–0
October 4	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 39–0
October 4	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 32–0
October 4	Hendrix	Mississippi College		L 15–12
October 4	Spring Hill	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	W 12–6
October 4	Wofford	Guilford	Greensboro, North Carolina	T 6–6
October 4	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 7–0
October 4	Jefferson	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	W 27–0
October 4	Union (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 41–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 11	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 49–0
October 11	Wofford	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	FUR 7–6
October 11	Presbyterian	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 12–7
October 11	South Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 14–0
October 11	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 28–0
October 11	Indiana	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 24–0
October 11	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	MSA&M 56–7
October 11	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 40–0
October 11	Howard	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	SEW 18–0
October 11	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 3–3
October 11	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 73–0
October 12	Camp Gordon	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 25–13

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 17	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 7–0
October 18	Howard	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 48–0
October 18	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	FLA 48–0
October 18	Presbyterian	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 6–0
October 18	Ole Miss	LSU	Birmingham, Alabama	LSU 13–0
October 18	Jefferson	Mississippi College		W 6–0
October 18	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	GT 20–0
October 16	Centre	Transylvania	• Lexington, Kentucky	L 55–0
October 16	Mercer	Howard		HOW 33–13
October 18	Sewanee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 13–0
October 18	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 35–0
October 18	Kentucky	Ohio State	Ohio Field • Columbus, Ohio	L 49–0
October 18	Tulane	Spring Hill	Mobile, Alabama	W 21–0
October 18	The Citadel	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	WOF 12–6

1919_Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association_football_season

1919 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

Week Eleven

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

References

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Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 24	Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 61–0
October 25	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, Kentucky	L 69–0
October 23	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	VAN 7–6
October 25	Tennessee	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	CLEM 14–0
October 25	USS Mercy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 13–12
October 25	Wake Forest	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 39–7
October 25	Georgia	Florida	Tampa, Florida	UGA 16–0
October 25	Arkansas	LSU	Shreveport, Louisiana	W 20–0
October 25	Howard	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	MSA&M 39–0
October 25	Mercer	Oglethorpe		L 75–0
October 25	Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	L 16–6
October 25	Kentucky	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	UK 6–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 27–12
October 25	Wofford	Newberry	Newberry, South Carolina	W 27–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 30	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	CLEM 19–6
October 30	Hamilton A. C.	Howard		T 7–7
October 31	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 25–6
November 1	Florida Southern	Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	L 7–0
November 1	The Citadel	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	FUR 21–6
November 1	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	UGA 7–0
November 1	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 24–0
November 1	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 40–0
November 1	Mississippi College	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 49–0
November 1	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	MSA&M 6–0
November 1	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 0–0
November 1	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 19–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 7	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field •Charlottesville, Virginia	T 7–7
November 7	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 19–7
November 8	Auburn	Spring Hill	Mobile, Alabama	W 10–0
November 8	The Citadel	Newberry	Newberry, South Carolina	W 41–0
November 8	Birmingham–Southern	Howard		W 2–0
November 8	Kentucky	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	L 7–0
November 8	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 24–0
November 8	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Clarksdale, Mississippi	MSA&M 33–0
November 8	Oglethorpe	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 21–0
November 8	Florida	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 14–2
November 8	South Carolina	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	T 6–6
November 8	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 16–12
November 8	Washington & Lee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	L 3–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 13	Clemson	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	CLEM 33–0
November 14	Marion	Howard		L 12–0
November 15	Alabama	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ALA 23–0
November 15	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 7–0	^[2]
November 15	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 56–0
November 15	Stetson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 64–0
November 15	Erskine	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 41–0
November 15	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 27–0	^[2]
November 15	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 30–0
November 15	Cincinnati	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 33–12
November 15	Sewanee	Rice	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	L 19–7
November 15	Tulane	Georgia	Augusta, Georgia	T 7–7	^[2]
November 15	Vanderbilt	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 10–6	^[3]
November 15	Presbyterian	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 14–6
November 17	Mississippi College	Southern Miss		W 19–7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 18	Sewanee	Baylor	Waco, Texas	L 21–7
November 18	Oglethorpe	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	T 0–0
November 21	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	T 7–7
November 21	Hamilton A. C.	Howard		W 82–0
November 22	Alabama	Georgia	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta	UGA 21–14	^[4]
November 22	Florida	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	FLA 13–0
November 22	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 27–6	^[4]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 26	Spring Hill	Howard		T 6–6
November 25	Georgetown	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky	L 103–0
November 25	Wofford	Duke	Durham, North Carolina	T 0–0
November 27	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	AUB 14–7	^[5]
November 27	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 14–6	^[5]
November 27	Centre	Georgetown	Georgetown, Kentucky	L 77–7
November 27	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	CIT 14–7
November 27	Clemson	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	T 0–0
November 27	Furman	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	L 41–14	^[5]
November 27	Oglethorpe	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 14–7	^[5]
November 27	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 13–0
November 27	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, Mississippi	MISS 6–0
November 27	Washington & Lee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	L 7–0	^[5]
November 27	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 33–21	^[5]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	S, NYS	Centre
HB	Buck Flowers	S	Georgia Tech
HB	Mullie Lenoir	S, NYS	Alabama
FB	Judy Harlan	S	Georgia Tech
E	Alfred T. Adams	S, NYS	Vanderbilt
T	Josh Cody	S, NYS	Vanderbilt
G	Fatty Warren	S	Auburn
C	Bum Day	S	Georgia
T	Pete Bonner	S	Auburn
T	Artie Pew	S	Georgia
E	Bill Fincher	S	Georgia Tech

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