1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 23, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Number of teams 16
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
1905 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $ 6 –0 –0  7 –1 –0
Georgia Tech 5 –0 –1  6 –0 –1
LSU 2 –0 –0  3 –0 –0
Texas 2 –1 –0  5 –4 –0
Sewanee 3 –2 –1  4 –2 –1
Clemson 3 –2 –1  3 –2 –1
Alabama 4 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Cumberland 2 –2 –0  4 –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
Texas A&M 0 –1 –0  7 –2 –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 23 with conference member Texas A&M hosting the Houston YMCA.

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

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1VanderbiltDan McGugin7–16–046.52.8
2Georgia TechJohn Heisman6–0–15–0–130.04.7
3LSUDan A. Killian3–02–012.00.0
4TexasRalph Hutchinson5–42–110.97.7
5 (tie)SewaneeW. C. Hyatt4–2–13–2–119.416.4
5 (tie)ClemsonEddie Cochems3–2–13–2–113.510.5
7 (tie)AlabamaJack Leavenworth6–44–417.811.3
7 (tie)CumberlandJohn Counselman4–42–29.79.6
9Nashville0–20–0
10AuburnMike Donahue2–42–46.316.0
11Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin3–41–416.313.4
12 (tie)Texas A&MWalter E. Bachman7–20–120.09.2
12 (tie)TulaneJohn F. Tobin0–10–10.05.0
12 (tie)Mississippi0–20–10.014.5
15TennesseeJames DePree3–5–10–4–118.016.8
16GeorgiaMarvin M. Dickinson1–50–54.331.3

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Regular season

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

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 23Houston YMCATexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 29–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 30TCUTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 20–0
September 30Tennessee Deaf SchoolTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 16–6
September 30MaryvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 97–0

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3MaryvilleAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaW 17–0[3]
October 3CumberlandGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACUM 39–10
October 7North GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAW 54–0
October 7American TemperanceTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 104–0
October 7AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–0
October 7TCUTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 11–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 13HaskellTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 18–0
October 14Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 34–0
October 14VanderbiltMichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MIL 18–0
October 14MooneySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 42–0
October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCT 5–5
October 14Texas A&MBaylorWaco, TXW 42–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20DavidsonAuburnBirmingham, ALL 6–0
October 20Mississippi A&MMarionMarion, ALW 38–0
October 21ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 35–0
October 21AlabamaGeorgia TechBrisbane Park • Atlanta, GAGT 12–5
October 21CumberlandSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 9–0
October 21VanderbiltTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNVAN 45–0
October 21BaylorTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 39–0
October 21AustinTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 18–11

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25AlabamaClemsonState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SCCLEM 25–0
October 27AuburnMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSAUB 18–0
October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 18–0
October 28TennesseeSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 11–6
October 28Trinity (TX)Texas A&MCollege Station, TXW 24–0
October 28TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 33–0

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 31TexasArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ARW 4–0
November 3TexasOklahomaOklahoma City, OklahomaL 2–0
November 4GeorgiaAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 36–0
November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 45–0
November 4AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0
November 4TCUTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 24–11

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9CentreAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 21–0
November 10Kentucky UniversityTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 6–0
November 11Kentucky UniversityTexas A&MCollege Station, TXL 29–6
November 11ClemsonAuburnAuburn, ALCLEM 6–0
November 11HowardMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 44–0
November 11North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 16–12
November 11Georgia TechSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNT 18–18

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXSEW 17–10
November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 30–04,000[4]
November 18GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 46–0
November 18BaylorTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 17–5
November 18CentreTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 31–5
November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0
November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5
November 20CumberlandOle MissOxford, MSCUM 18–0

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 22Texas A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TXTEX 27–0
November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 42–6

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 30TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 29–0
November 30AuburnGeorgiaMacon, GAAUB 20–0
November 30ClemsonGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 17–10
November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMSA&M 11–0
November 30SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 68–4
December 1Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 15–0
December 3TennesseeChattanoogaChattanooga, TNW 5–0

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

  1. ↑ George Allen. How to Scout Football. p. 3.
  2. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1905.html
  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". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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