1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

August 2023 1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season College football NCAA Regular Season Auburn 23 September 27, 1919through November 27, 1919 Football 1918 1920 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. 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..."Woodruff 1928 105 Regular season Index to colors and formattingNon-conference matchup; SIAA member wonNon-conference matchup; SIAA member lostNon-conference matchup; tieConference matchup SIAA teams in bold. Week One Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceSeptember 20Camp LoganGeorgia Tech Grant Field • AtlantaW 48–0 Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceSeptember 27 MarionAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, AlabamaW 37–0 September 27 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 53–0 September 27FurmanGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta GT 74–0 September 27Chamberlain HuntMississippi College W 57–0 September 27HowardMorgan W 31–0 September 27PresbyterianSouth Carolina Columbia, South CarolinaL 6–0 September 27 TusculumTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TennesseeW 29–6 Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 3DavidsonClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 7–0 October 3MaryvilleTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 32–2 October 4Birmingham–SouthernAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 27–0 October 4 Auburn Howard Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 19–6 October 4North GeorgiaFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 33–2 October 4OglethorpeFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 41–0 October 4 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 28–0 October 4Wake ForestGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta W 14–0 October 4GeorgetownKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyUK 12–0 October 4Louisiana-LafayetteLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 39–0 October 4Arkansas StateOle Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MississippiW 32–0 October 4 HendrixMississippi College L 15–12 October 4Spring HillMississippi A&MDavis 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 4JeffersonTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New OrleansW 27–0 October 4Union (TN)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 41–0 Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference 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 11IndianaKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyL 24–0 October 11 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi MSA&M 56–7 October 11JeffersonLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LouisianaW 40–0 October 11HowardSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee SEW 18–0 October 11TennesseeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 3–3 October 11Louisiana-LafayetteTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 73–0 October 12Camp GordonAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 25–13 Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 17 ClemsonAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, Alabama AUB 7–0 October 18 Howard Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 48–0 October 18MercerFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida FLA 48–0 October 18PresbyterianFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 6–0 October 18Ole MissLSU Birmingham, Alabama LSU 13–0 October 18JeffersonMississippi College W 6–0 October 18Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley 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 GeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 13–0 October 18Mississippi A&MTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 35–0October 18KentuckyOhio StateOhio Field • Columbus, Ohio L 49–0 October 18TulaneSpring HillMobile, Alabama W 21–0 October 18The CitadelWoffordSpartanburg, South Carolina WOF 12–6 Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 24 Marion Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 61–0 October 25CentreTransylvaniaLexington, KentuckyL 69–0 October 23VanderbiltAuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaVAN 7–6 October 25 TennesseeClemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina CLEM 14–0 October 25USS MercyThe Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 13–12 October 25Wake Forest Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 39–7 October 25GeorgiaFloridaTampa, FloridaUGA 16–0 October 25Arkansas LSUShreveport, LouisianaW 20–0 October 25HowardMississippi A&MDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi MSA&M 39–0 October 25MercerOglethorpe L 75–0 October 25Georgia TechPittsburghForbes Field • Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaL 16–6 October 25KentuckySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TennesseeUK 6–0 October 25Ole MissTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 27–12 October 25WoffordNewberryNewberry, South Carolina W 27–0 Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 30 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina CLEM 19–6 October 30 Hamilton A. C.Howard T 7–7 October 31Union (TN)Ole MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 25–6 November 1 Florida Southern Florida St. Petersburg, Florida L 7–0 November 1The CitadelFurmanManly 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 1SewaneeAlabamaRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaALA 40–0 November 1Mississippi CollegeTulaneTulane Stadium • New OrleansTUL 49–0 November 1LSUMississippi A&MScott Field • Starkville, MississippiMSA&M 6–0 November 1KentuckyVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeT 0–0 November 1ErskineWoffordSpartanburg, South CarolinaW 19–0 Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 7 Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field •Charlottesville, Virginia T 7–7 November 7PresbyterianClemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaW 19–7 November 8AuburnSpring Hill Mobile, AlabamaW 10–0 November 8 The Citadel Newberry Newberry, South Carolina W 41–0 November 8Birmingham–SouthernHoward W 2–0 November 8KentuckyCincinnati Cincinnati L 7–0 November 8Mississippi CollegeLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 24–0 November 8Ole MissMississippi A&MClarksdale, Mississippi MSA&M 33–0 November 8Oglethorpe Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 21–0 November 8FloridaTulane Tulane Stadium • New OrleansTUL 14–2 November 8South CarolinaTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TennesseeT 6–6 November 8AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 16–12 November 8Washington & LeeGeorgia Tech Grant Field • AtlantaL 3–0 Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 13 Clemson The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina CLEM 33–0 November 14MarionHoward L 12–0 November 15AlabamaLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LouisianaALA 23–0 November 15 Mississippi A&M AuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 7–0 Woodruff 1928 98November 15CentreKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyL 56–0 November 15StetsonFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 64–0 November 15 Erskine Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 41–0 November 15GeorgetownGeorgia TechGrant Field • AtlantaW 27–0 November 15RhodesOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 30–0 November 15CincinnatiTennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TennesseeW 33–12 November 15Sewanee RiceMcGee Field • Sewanee, TennesseeL 19–7 November 15TulaneGeorgiaAugusta, Georgia T 7–7 November 15VanderbiltVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 10–6 Woodruff 1928 97November 15PresbyterianWoffordSpartanburg, South Carolina W 14–6 November 17Mississippi CollegeSouthern Miss W 19–7 Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 18SewaneeBaylor Waco, TexasL 21–7 November 18OglethorpeThe Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina T 0–0 November 21 ClemsonFurman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina T 7–7 November 21Hamilton A. C.Howard W 82–0 November 22 Alabama Georgia Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta UGA 21–14 November 22FloridaSouth Carolina Columbia, South CarolinaFLA 13–0 November 22TulaneLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 27–6 Woodruff 1928 103 Week Eleven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 26Spring HillHoward 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 Woodruff 1928 104 November 27 Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 14–6 November 27CentreGeorgetownGeorgetown, KentuckyL 77–7 November 27 The CitadelSouth CarolinaColumbia, South Carolina CIT 14–7 November 27ClemsonGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, GeorgiaT 0–0 November 27FurmanDavidson Davidson, North CarolinaL 41–14 November 27OglethorpeFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 14–7 November 27TennesseeKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyUK 13–0 November 27Ole MissMississippi CollegeJackson, Mississippi MISS 6–0 November 27Washington & LeeTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana L 7–0 November 27SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 33–21 Awards and honors All-Americans 1919 College Football All-America Team T – Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3; DJ-1) C – Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1) C – Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2) All-Southern team 1919 College Football All-Southern Team The following includes the composite All-Southern team posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at the University of Georgia, for Spalding's Football Guide.https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball1920nati#page/n51/mode/2up/search/%22All+southern%22 Spalding Football Guide 1920 41, 69; 27, 67 All-Southern Elevens PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeamQBBo McMillinS, NYSCentreHBBuck FlowersSGeorgia TechHBMullie LenoirS, NYSAlabamaFBJudy HarlanSGeorgia TechEAlfred T. AdamsS, NYSVanderbiltTJosh CodyS, NYSVanderbiltGFatty WarrenSAuburnCBum DaySGeorgiaTPete BonnerSAuburnTArtie PewSGeorgiaEBill FincherSGeorgia Tech References A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 Woodruff Fuzzy 2 1928