1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 28, 1917
through November 29, 1917
Number of teams 17
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
1917 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0     9 0 0
Auburn 5 1 0     6 2 1
Clemson 5 1 0     6 2 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 0     6 1 0
Sewanee 3 1 1     4 2 2
Alabama 2 1 1     5 2 1
Tulane 2 1 0     5 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 0     5 3 0
LSU 2 3 0     3 5 0
Wofford 1 2 0     5 4 0
South Carolina 1 3 0     3 5 0
Furman 1 3 0     3 5 0
Florida 1 3 0     2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0     1 4 1
Howard 0 2 1     0 2 1
The Citadel 0 2 0     3 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0     0 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 28. A curtailing of expenses was required for extension into 1918.[1]

John Heisman's Georgia Tech team won the conference and was the South's first consensus national champion. Tech captain Walker Carpenter and halfback Everett Strupper were the first players from the Deep South ever selected for an All-America first-team. Tech quarterback Albert Hill led the nation in scoring. Though Centre did not claim a championship, it also posted an undefeated conference record, beginning the rise of its football program.

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 PresbyterianClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, SCW 130
September 28 Furman Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 25–0 [2]
September 29 Wake Forest Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 33–0 [2]
September 29 Howard Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TN SEW 42–7

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Ohio Am Corp. Alabama Soldiers Field • Montgomery, AL W 7–0
October 5 Marion Mississippi A&M New Athletic FieldStarkville, MS W 18–6
October 6 Arkansas State Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS T 0–0
October 6 Howard Auburn Drake FieldAuburn, AL AUB 53–0
October 6 Wake Forest Furman Greenville, SC W 7–6
October 6 Penn Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 41–0 [3]
October 6 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 20–6
October 6 Transylvania Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 41–0
October 6Charleston NavyThe CitadelCharleston, SCW 197

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 Marion Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, AL W 13–0
October 13 Fort Sheridan Auburn Montgomery, AL W 13–0
October 13 Vanderbilt Chicago Stagg FieldChicago, IL L 48–0
October 13 Clemson Furman Greenville, SC CLEM 38–0
October 13 South Carolina Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 21–13
October 13 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 32–10
October 13 LSU Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MSLSU 52–7
October 13 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M New Athletic FieldStarkville, MS MSA&M 68–0
October 13 Transylvania Sewanee Chattanooga, TN W 76–0
October 13Spring Hill Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 28–0
October 13The CitadelPresbyterian Clinton, SCL 07

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19 Auburn Clemson Riggs FieldCalhoun, SC AUB 7–0
October 20 Newberry Furman Greenville, SC W 20–7
October 20 Washington & LeeGeorgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 63–0 [4]
October 20 Sewanee LSU New Orleans, LA SEW 3–0
October 20 Tulane Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL TUL 52–0
October 20Vanderbilt Kentucky Stoll FieldLexington, KY W 5–0
October 20ErskineThe CitadelCharleston, SC W 187
October 20Mississippi CollegeAlabamaDenny FieldTuscaloosa, ALALA 460

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 ClemsonSouth Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 21–13
October 27 Ole Miss Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, AL ALA 64–0
October 27 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL AUB 13–6
October 27 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 19–7
October 27 Kentucky Sewanee Chattanooga, TN W 7–0
October 27 LSU Texas A&M San Antonio, TX L 27–0
October 27Washington ArtilleryTulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 190
October 27HowardVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 690

Week Six

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 1 Clemson Wofford Spartanburg, SC CLEM 27–16
November 2 Tulane Texas A&M College Station, TX W 35–0
November 3 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds FieldShreveport, LA L 140
November 3 FloridaAuburnDrake FieldAuburn, ALAUB 680
November 3 Davidson Furman Greenville, SC W 28–7
November 32:30 p. m. Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 830 [5]
November 3 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Tupelo, MS MSA&M 41–14
November 3 SewaneeAlabamaRickwood FieldBirmingham, ALT 33
November 3 NewberryThe CitadelCharleston, SCW 327

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 8 The Citadel Clemson County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC CLEM 20–0
November 8 Furman South Carolina Florence, SC SCAR 26–0
November 10 Davidson Auburn Atlanta, GA L 21–7 [6]
November 10 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA GT 48–0 [7]
November 10 Mississippi College LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LALSU 340
November 10 Kentucky Mississippi A&M New Athletic FieldStarkville, MS W 14–0
November 10Ole MissSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TN SEW 697
November 10VanderbiltAlabamaRickwood FieldBirmingham, ALVAN 72

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17AlabamaKentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KY W 270
November 17 Auburn Vanderbilt Chattanooga, TN AUB 31–7
November 17 Centre Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TN CEN 28–0
November 17 Clemson Florida Jacksonville, FL CLEM 55–7
November 17 Carlisle Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 98–0 [8]
November 17 Mississippi A&M LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA MSA&M 9–0
November 17 Presbyterian Furman Greenville, SC L 14–7
November 17 Rice Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 16–0
November 17 Wofford South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 20–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Ohio State Auburn Soldiers Field • Montgomery, AL T 0–0 [9]
November 24 Presbyterian South Carolina Columbia, SC L 20–14

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Camp Gordon Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL L 19–6
November 29 Clemson DavidsonCharlotte, NC L 21–9
November 29WoffordFurman Greenville, SCFUR 183
November 29 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 68–7 20,000[10]
November 29 Florida Kentucky Stoll FieldLexington, KY L 52–0
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi College Jackson, MS MISS 21–0
November 29 Haskell Mississippi A&M Memphis, TN W 7–6
November 29The CitadelSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCSCAR 200
November 29TulaneLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LALSU 286
November 29SewaneeVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 136

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 7 coaches and sporting writers included:[11][12]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Albert Hill 5'7" 164 Sr. Washington, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Everett Strupper 5'7" 148 Sr. Columbus, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Buck Flowers 5'7" 140 Fr. Sumter, South Carolina Davidson
FB Joe Guyon 5'11" 186 Jr. White Earth, Minnesota Georgia Tech
E Moon Ducote 5'10" 187 Jr. Douglasville, Georgia Auburn
T Walker Carpenter 6'2" 184 Sr. Newnan, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Pete Bonner 6'2" 183 So. Clay Co., Alabama Auburn
C Pup Phillips 6'0" 182 Jr. Carnesville, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Tram Sessions So. Birmingham, Alabama Alabama
T Bill Fincher 6'0" 182 So. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
E Alfred T. Adams So. Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt

References

  1. "Dixie Colleges Continue Intercollegiate Athletic; Expenses to Be Curtailed". Atlanta Constitution. December 8, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved August 30, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Football Season In Atlanta Opens With Two Games". The Atlanta Constitution. September 30, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Athletics". The Pennsylvania Gazette (Weekly Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania) 16 (2): 47–48. October 12, 1917.
  4. "Georgia Crushes W. And. L" (PDF). The New York Times. October 21, 1917. p. 3.
  5. "Vanderbilt Completely Overwhelmed" (PDF). The Technique. November 6, 1917. p. 4.
  6. Dick Jemison (November 11, 1917). "Ralph Flowers, Demon Halfback, Defeats Auburn". Atlanta Constitution via Newspapers.com. Part 1 Part 2
  7. "Tech Swamps Tulane" (PDF). The Technique. November 13, 1917. p. 4.
  8. "Tech Smothers Indians" (PDF). The Technique. November 20, 1917. p. 4.
  9. "Auburn Tigers Play Ohio State To Scoreless Tie". November 25, 1917. p. 3. Retrieved July 12, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Golden Tornado Wins Great Victory" (PDF). The Technique. December 4, 1917. p. 4.
  11. Spalding Football Guide. 1918.
  12. "Six Yellow Jackets Are On All-Southern Team". The Washington Times. December 10, 1917.
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