1924 Southern Conference football season

1924 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 20, 1924 through December 6, 1924
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Alabama

1924 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Sewanee*	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt*	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
VPI	2	–	2	–	3	4	–	2	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	3
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SIAA

The 1924 Southern Conference football season began on September 20. Sewanee and VMI joined the conference this year. Vanderbilt dropped its comembership with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).

Alabama was awarded the Champ Pickens Trophy as conference champion, though the loss to Centre hindered any claims of a championship of the South.

Vanderbilt end Hek Wakefield was a second-team Walter Camp All-American.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 20	Transylvania	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 27–0
September 20	Wofford	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 33–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 27	Union	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 55–0
September 27	Auburn	Birmingham-Southern	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 7–0
September 27	Elon	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 60–0
September 27	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 26–7
September 27	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 19–0
September 27	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–6
September 27	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 23–0
September 27	Duke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 14–0
September 27	Rhodes	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 7–0
September 27	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 47–0
September 27	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–0
September 27	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 13–0
September 27	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 13–9
September 27	Emory & Henry	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 39–0
September 27	Richmond	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 28–0
September 27	Roanoke	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 34–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 4	Alabama	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 20–0
October 4	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 13–0
October 4	Rollins	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 77–0
October 4	South Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 18–0
October 4	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 3–0
October 4	Louisville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 29–0
October 4	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 31–7
October 4	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 10–7
October 4	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 28–7
October 4	North Carolina	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 27–0
October 4	North Carolina State	Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, PA	L 51–6
October 4	Emory & Henry	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 27–0
October 4	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 32–7
October 4	Birmingham-Southern	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 61–0
October 4	Virginia	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 14–0
October 4	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 10–0
October 4	Maryland	Washington & Lee	Washington, D. C.	W&L 19–7

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 11	Mississippi College	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 51–0
October 11	Auburn	Virginia Tech	Richmond, VA	T 0–0
October 11	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 14–0
October 11	Florida	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	T 7–7
October 11	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 7–6
October 11	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 42–0
October 11	LSU	Indiana	Indianapolis, IN	W 20–14
October 11	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 7–0
October 11	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 12–0
October 11	Duke	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 6–0
October 11	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 10–0
October 11	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	L 7–0
October 11	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 28–10
October 11	Louisiana Tech	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 42–12
October 11	Quantico Marines	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 13–13	16,000	^[1]
October 11	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 26–6
October 11	Roanoke	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 28–0
October 11	Wake Forest	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	L 10–8

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 16	North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	UNC 10–0
October 17	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 29–0
October 18	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 14–0
October 18	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 17–0
October 18	Wake Forest	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, FL	W 34–0
October 18	Furman	Georgia	Augusta, GA	W 23–0
October 18	Penn State	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 15–13
October 18	LSU	Rice	Houston, TX	W 12–0
October 18	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	VT 12–0
October 18	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 20–0
October 18	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–0
October 18	Vanderbilt	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 21–13	13,000
October 18	VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 13–0
October 18	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W&L 10–7

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 23	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 3–0
October 25	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	ALA 14–0
October 25	LSU	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 3–0
October 25	Florida	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	T 7–7
October 25	Sewanee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 7–0
October 25	Maryland	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	MD 6–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Arkansas	Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, AR	L 20–0
October 25	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	MSA&M 7–2
October 25	Spring Hill	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 33–0
October 25	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	UGA 3–0
October 25	Virginia	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 27–0
October 25	North Carolina State	VMI	Richmond, VA	VMI 17–7
October 25	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, VA	T 0–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 29	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 14–3
November 1	Ole Miss	Alabama	Montgomery, AL	ALA 61–0
November 1	Tennessee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 33–0
November 1	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 26–0
November 1	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN	L 34–3
November 1	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	L 7–0
November 1	LSU	Arkansas	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	L 10–7
November 1	Catholic	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	T 0–0
November 1	Davidson	North Carolina State	Pinehurst, NC	T 10–10
November 1	Sewanee	Oglethorpe		L 7–0
November 1	South Carolina	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	SCAR 10–7
November 1	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	MSA&M 14–6
November 1	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 13–0
November 1	Virginia Tech	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	VT 50–6
November 1	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W&L 20–7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 8	Kentucky	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 42–7
November 8	Tulane	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	TUL 14–6
November 8	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 7–0
November 8	Florida	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 14–7
November 8	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UGA 7–0
November 8	LSU	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 28–7
November 8	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 47–0
November 8	North Carolina	VMI	Richmond, VA	VMI 9–0
November 8	North Carolina State	Virginia Tech	Norfolk, VA	NCST 6–3
November 8	Ole Miss	Sewanee	Memphis, TN	SEW 21–0
November 8	Furman	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 10–0
November 8	Centre	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 32–0
November 8	Mississippi A&M	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 18–0
November 8	The Citadel	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 32–7

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 14	Florida	Mercer	Macon, GA	L 10–0
November 15	Centre	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	L 17–0
November 15	Georgia	Auburn	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 6–0
November 15	Clemson	The Citadel	Anderson, SC	L 20–0
November 17	Florida	Florida-Southern	Lakeland, FL	W 53–0
November 17	Georgia Tech	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 3–3
November 15	Northwestern State	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0
November 15	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 7–6
November 15	Maryland	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	T 0–0
November 15	North Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 6–0
November 15	Ole Miss	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	L 7–2
November 15	Sewanee	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SEW 10–0
November 15	Tennessee	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 26–7
November 15	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	VAN 3–0
November 15	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 6–0
November 15	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 6–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 22	Mississippi A&M	Florida	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	FLA 27–0
November 22	Mississippi College	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 10–6
November 22	Vanderbilt	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 16–0	23,000	^[2]
November 22	Hampden-Sydney	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 25–0
November 22	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 12–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 27	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 33–0
November 27	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 7–0
November 27	Furman	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	L 3–0
November 27	Drake	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 10–0
November 27	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	T 0–0
November 27	Ole Miss	Millsaps	Jackson, MS	W 7–0
November 27	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 7–0
November 27	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	UK 27–6
November 27	Wake Forest	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 7–0
November 27	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	TUL 13–0
November 27	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	T 0–0
November 27	Washington & Lee	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W&L 34–0
November 29	Georgia	Centre	Danville, KY	L 14–7
November 29	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 16–0	^[3]

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 6	Washington & Lee	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 16–6
December 6	Kentucky	West Virginia Wesleyan	Charleston, WV	L 24–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1924 College Football All-America Team

E - Henry "Hek" Wakefield, Vanderbilt (WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC)
T - Jim Taylor, Georgia (NB-3)
G - Bill Buckler, Alabama (NB-3)
G - Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (NB-3)
C - Clyde Propst, Alabama (LP-2)
HB - Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (NB-3)
FB - Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (ASM-3; LP-1 [hb]; NB-2; DW-2; WE-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1924 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled by the Atlanta Journal included:^[4]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Edgar C. Jones			Jr.	Jacksonville, Florida	Florida
HB	Pooley Hubert	5'10"	190	Jr.	Meridian, Mississippi	Alabama
HB	Gil Reese		155	Jr.	Tupelo, Mississippi	Vanderbilt
FB	Doug Wycoff	6'2"	195	Jr.	St. Louis, Missouri	Georgia Tech
E	Hek Wakefield	5'10"	180	Sr.	Petersburg, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
T	Bob Rives	6'1"	200	Jr.	Hopkinsville, Kentucky	Vanderbilt
G	Goldy Goldstein	6'3"	210	Jr.	New Jersey	Florida
C	Fats Lawrence			Sr.	Plantersville, Alabama	Auburn
C	Clyde Propst			Sr.	Ohatchee, Alabama	Alabama
T	Jim Taylor			Sr.	Hazlehurst, Georgia	Georgia
E	Smack Thompson			Jr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia

References

↑ "Vanderbilt Ties Marines; 16,000 Fans See Battle". The Washington Post. October 12, 1924.
↑ "Vanderbilt Jolts Minnesota, 10-0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 23, 1924.
↑ "Sewanee 16, Vandy 0". The Sewanee Purple. December 3, 1924.
↑ "Atlanta Journals Picks S. I. C. All Star Team". Times-Picayune. December 8, 1924.

Southern Conference football

Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers (beginning in 2016) Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers

Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams

Championships & awards	Southern Conference football champions All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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