1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1911 through January 1, 1912
Number of teams	18
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt

1911 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Auburn	4	–	0	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Georgia	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
LSU	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Alabama	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Clemson	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Kentucky State	1	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
Mercer	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Central	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Howard	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23.

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 23	Locust Grove	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 25–0
September 23	Sewanee Medical	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 16–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 29	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 27–6
September 30	Howard	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 24–0
September 30	Alabama Presbyterian	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 51–0
September 30	11th Cavalry	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 22–5
September 30	Memphis H. S.	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 42–0
September 30	Middle Tennessee State	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 20–0
September 30	Birmingham	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 23–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 5	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 41–0
October 7	Rhodes	Mississippi A&M		W 30–0
October 7	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 47–5
October 7	Mercer	Auburn	Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 29–0
October 7	The Citadel	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	L 15–3
October 7	South Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 38–0
October 7	Georgia Tech	Howard	Atlanta, GA	GT 28–0
October 7	Alabama Southern	Mississippi College		W 5–0
October 7	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 0–0
October 7	Maryville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 46–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 12	Mississippi College	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 10–0
October 13	Louisiana Tech	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 15–0
October 14	Auburn	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	AUB 20–0
October 14	The Citadel	Mercer	Macon, GA	CIT 5–0
October 14	Georgia	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	UGA 11–3
October 14	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 24–0
October 14	Howard	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 48–0
October 14	Castle Heights	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 25–0
October 14	Northwestern St.	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 46–0
October 14	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 40–0
October 21	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	T 6–6
October 21	Howard	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 15–0
October 21	The Citadel	Charleston	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 21–0
October 21	Sewanee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 12–3
October 21	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 17–0
October 21	Maryville	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 22–5
October 21	Auburn	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	L 16–0
October 21	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 45–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 24	Ole Miss	Henderson-Brown	Arkadelphia, AR	W 24–11
October 25	Florida	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	L 6–5
October 27	Ole Miss	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 17–0
October 28	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	AUB 11–5
October 28	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 8–5
October 28	Tennessee	North Carolina A&M	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 16–0
October 28	Meteor A. C.	LSU	New Orleans, LA	W 40–0
October 28	Vanderbilt	Michigan	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 9–8	^[1]
October 28	Howard	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 10–0
October 29	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
October 30	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	MISS 28–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 2	Sewanee	Texas	Austin, TX	W 6–5
November 2	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 27–0
November 3	Birmingham	Mississippi A&M		W 62–0
November 4	Alabama	Marion	Marion, AL	W 35–0
November 4	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	AUB 11–6
November 4	Clemson	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CLEM 18–0
November 4	Centre	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
November 4	LSU	Baylor	Waco, TX	W 6–0
November 4	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi College		L 24–0
November 4	Ole Miss	Mercer	Macon, GA	MISS 34–0
November 4	Sewanee	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 9–3
November 4	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 9	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	UGA 22–0
November 10	Alabama Southern	Howard		T 0–0
November 11	The Citadel	Charleston	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 21–3
November 11	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 23–0
November 11	Columbia College	Mercer	Valdosta, GA	T 6–6
November 11	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 18–0
November 11	Tennessee	V. P. I.	Blacksburg, VA	L 36–11
November 12	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Gulfport, MS	MSA&M 6–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 17	Howard	Birmingham	Birmingham, AL	W 6–5
November 17	Auburn	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 18–5
November 18	Tulane	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 22–0
November 18	Porter Military	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 6–0
November 18	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	UGA 5–0
November 18	Howard	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 82–0
November 18	Clemson	Mercer	Columbus, GA	MERC 20–6
November 18	LSU	Southwestern (TX)	Houston, TX	L 17–6
November 18	Rhodes	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 22–0
November 18	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 21–0
November 20	Tulane	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	TUL 5–4

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 25	Sewanee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	SEW 3–0
November 25	Tennessee	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	T 0–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 29	Auburn	Georgia	Savannah, GA	T 0–0
November 30	Davidson	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 16–0
November 30	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 32–0
November 30	Tennessee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	L 12–0
November 30	Howard	Mercer		MERC 29–0
November 30	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 6–0
November 30	South Carolina	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 0–0
November 30	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 31–0
December 2	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 0–0

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 9	Parris Island Marines	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 17–10
December 9	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 6–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1912	Bacardi Bowl	Havana, Cuba	Mississippi A&M	Havana University	MSA&M 12–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1911 College Football All-America Team

QB - Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt (HL; COY [hb])

All-Southern team

Main article: 1911 College Football All-Southern Team

The consensus All-Southern team:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Ray Morrison		159	Sr.	Sugar Branch, Indiana	Vanderbilt
HB	Lew Hardage		165	Jr.	Madison, Alabama	Vanderbilt
HB	Bob McWhorter	5'10"	180	So.	Lexington, Georgia	Georgia
FB	John E. Davis		168	Sr.	Oak Grove, Alabama	Auburn
E	Jenks Gillem	5'9"	150	Jr.	Greenville, South Carolina	Sewanee
T	Ewing Y. Freeland		196	Jr.	Turnersville, Texas	Vanderbilt
G	W. E. Metzger	6'1"	175	Sr.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
C	Hugh Morgan		216	So.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
G	Big Chief Bonner					Auburn
T	Rube Barker		175	Fr.	Illinois	Mississippi
E	By Walton			Jr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Mississippi

References

↑ "Michigan's Close Call". The Washington Post. October 19, 1911. p. 55. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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	SIAA football champions 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

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