1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1907 SIAA football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 28, 1907; through December 25, 1907
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt

The 1907 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 1907 college football season. The season began on September 28 with conference member Clemson hosting Gordon.

Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6.^{[n 1]} The Commodores also beat Georgia Tech by the largest margin in coach John Heisman's tenure, and beat a powerful Sewanee team on a double pass play which Grantland Rice called the greatest thrill in his years of watching sports. Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."^[1] Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."^[2]The only loss suffered all season for Vanderbilt was to Western power Michigan.

LSU played the University of Havana in Cuba, the first time any Southern team played in a foreign country.

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	5–1–1	3–0	34.6	5.1
2	Sewanee	Arthur G. Erwin	8–1	6–1	27.8	3.0
3	Alabama	Doc Pollard	5–1–2	3–1–2	8.8	8.0
4	LSU	Edgar Wingard	7–3	2–1	26.6	5.2
5 (tie)	Auburn	Willis Kienholz	6–2–1	3–2–1	20.6	3.3
5 (tie)	Tennessee	George Levene	7–2–1	3–2	16.9	1.7
7	Georgia	W. S. Whitney	4–3–1	3–3–1	12.9	5.9
8	Mississippi A&M	Fred Furman	6–3	2–3	23.3	8.6
9	Georgia Tech	John Heisman	4–4	2–4	18.5	12.5
10	Clemson	Frank Shaughnessy	4–4	1–3	8.4	5.6
11	Mercer	H. R. Schenker	3–3	0–3
12	Howard	John Counselman	2-5	0–5
13	Mississippi	Frank A. Mason	0–6	0–5	1.0	32.5
14	Nashville

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game^[3]

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 28	Gordon	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 5–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 2	Rhodes	Howard	Hardy Field • Homewood, AL	W 5–0
October 2	Rhodes	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 7–0
October 3	Mooney	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 23–0
October 5	Maryville	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 17–0
October 5	Howard	Auburn	Auburn, AL	W 23–0
October 5	North Georgia	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 57–0
October 5	Gordon	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 51–0
October 5	Tennessee Military	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 30–0
October 5	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 40–0
October 7	Maryville	Auburn	Auburn, AL	W 29–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 9	Maryville	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 35–0
October 10	Mississippi A&M	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 38–0
October 11	Louisiana Tech	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 28–0
October 12	Alabama	Ole Miss	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	ALA 20–0
October 12	North Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 70–0
October 12	Mississippi A&M	Howard	Birmingham, AL	W 12–5
October 12	Tennessee	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	TENN 15–0
October 12	Vanderbilt	Navy	Worden Field • Annapolis, MD	T 6–6

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 19	Georgia	Mercer	Macon, GA	UGA 26–6
October 19	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 6–4
October 19	Union (TN)	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 80–0
October 19	Sewanee	Auburn	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	SEW 12–6
October 19	LSU	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 12–5
October 19	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 65–10
October 21	Sewanee	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	SEW 54–4
October 21	Tennessee	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	TENN 4–0
October 21	LSU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 11–5

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 24	Mercer	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	MSA&M 75–0
October 25	Georgia	Alabama	Highland Park • Montgomery, AL	T 0–0
October 26	Auburn	Georgia Tech	• Atlanta, GA	AUB 12–6
October 26	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Memphis, TN	SEW 65–0
October 26	Maryville	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 34–0
October 28	Howard	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 57–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 30	Drury	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 6–0
October 31	North Carolina	Clemson	Columbia, SC	W 15–6
November 1	Howard	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 11–6
November 2	Centre	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 12–0
November 2	Clemson	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 12–0
November 2	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 10–6
November 2	Michigan	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 8–0	^[4]
November 2	Sewanee	Virginia	Norfolk, VA	W 12–0
November 2	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 57–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 6	Arkansas	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 17–12
November 7	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	UGA 8–0
November 9	Mercer	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 63–0
November 9	Davidson	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	L 10–6
November 9	Kentucky	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
November 9	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 23–11
November 9	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	SEW 18–0
November 9	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Memphis, TN	VAN 60–0
November 11	Sewanee	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	SEW 16–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 12	Oklahoma	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 19–0
November 16	Howard	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 21-7
November 16	Auburn	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	T 6–6
November 16	Gordon	Mercer		W 5–0
November 16	LSU	Ole Miss	Jackson, MS	LSU 23–0
November 16	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	TENN 11–4
November 16	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 54–0
November 18	Arkansas	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	W 14–2

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 20	Mercer	Florida	Gainesville, FL	W 6–0
November 23	LSU	Alabama	Monroe Park • Mobile, AL	ALA 6–4
November 23	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–12	^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 28	Tennessee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 5–0
November 28	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	CLEM 6–5
November 28	Auburn	Georgia	Macon, GA	UGA 6–0
November 28	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	MSA&M 15–0
November 28	Baylor	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 48–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
December 25, 1907	Bacardi Bowl	Havana, Cuba	LSU	Havana University	LSU 56–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

E - Bob Blake, Vanderbilt (FY-1, AFR)
C - Stein Stone, Vanderbilt (AFR)

All-Southern team

The consensus All-Southern team:

Position	Name	Team
QB	Sam Costen	Vanderbilt
HB	Honus Craig	Vanderbilt
HB	Aubrey Lanier	Sewanee
FB	Lawrence Markley	Sewanee
E	Bob Blake	Vanderbilt'
T	Lex Stone	Sewanee
G	Frank Faulkinberry	Sewanee
C	Stein Stone	Vanderbilt
G	Horace Sherrell	Vanderbilt
T	J. R. Davis	Georgia Tech
E	Guy Lewis	Sewanee

Notes

↑ Navy was captained by Arch Douglas, the second player from the South to get third-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.

References

↑ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1907.html
↑ "Vanderbilt Beaten By Yost's Men". The Washington Times. November 3, 1907. Retrieved May 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Bill Traughber (December 5, 2007). "CHC: Stein Stone's Famous 1907 Catch". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
↑ "Claiming Rampant". The Miami News. February 9, 1954.
↑ "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924.
↑ Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 339.

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[1] Navy was captained by Arch Douglas, the second player from the South to get third-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.

[2] "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.

[4] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1907.html

[5] "Vanderbilt Beaten By Yost's Men". The Washington Times. November 3, 1907. Retrieved May 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] Bill Traughber (December 5, 2007). "CHC: Stein Stone's Famous 1907 Catch". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[7] "Claiming Rampant". The Miami News. February 9, 1954.

[8] "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924.

[9] Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 339.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football
Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917–1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)
Former teams	Former SIAA teams
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings All-Southern team
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

1907 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
LSU	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Howard	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	0
Nashville			–					–

$ – Conference champion