1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 28, 1901
through December 5, 1901
Number of teams 21
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
1901 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 – 0 – 0     6 – 1 – 1
Clemson 2 – 0 – 1     3 – 1 – 1
LSU 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 1 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 2 – 0
Alabama 2 – 1 – 2     2 – 1 – 2
Texas 0 – 0 – 1     8 – 2 – 1
Auburn 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 1 – 2 – 2     3 – 3 – 2
Mississippi A&M 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 1
Cumberland 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 4 – 0
Georgia 0 – 4 – 2     1 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1901 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 1901 college football season. The season began on September 28.

Amidst charges of professionalism, Georgia Tech and Nashville were blacklisted.[1][2][3] The 1901 game of LSU versus Tulane eventually ended up as a forfeiture. Tulane forfeited the game the November 16 due to a ruling from the SIAA. The 1901 edition of the Battle for the Flag against LSU was originally a 22-0 victory for Tulane. It was later forfeited after a petition to the SIAA, and was recorded as a 0-11 loss for Tulane. After the game, LSU protested to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and alleged that Tulane had used a professional player during the game. Several months later, the SIAA ruled the game an 11-0 forfeit in favor of LSU.[4]

The 1901 team was likely the best football team in Nashville's history. Coached by Charley Moran, though they lost to southern power Vanderbilt, they "mopped up with about everything else."[5]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1VanderbiltBilly Watkins6–0–15–0–122.3 1.5
2Clemson John Heisman3–1–12–0–1 38.07.6
3Nashville Charley Moran 6–1–1 3–1–1
4 (tie)LSUW. S. Borland5–12-1
4 (tie)North CarolinaCharles O. Jenkins7–22-1
4 (tie)SewaneeBilly Suter4–2–22–1–1
4 (tie)TulaneH. T. Summersgill4–22–1
4 (tie)AlabamaM. S. Harvey2–1–22–1–2
9TexasSamuel Huston Thompson8–2–10–0–1
10AuburnBilly Watkins2–3–12–3–1
11TennesseeGeorge Kelley3–3–21–2–2
12Mississippi A&ML. B. Harvey2–2–11–2
13 Cumberland J. S. Kuykendall 0–10–1
14Kentucky StateW. H. Kiler 2–6–10–2
15MississippiWilliam Shibley 2–40–4
16GeorgiaE. E. Jones1–5–20–4–2

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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 MooneySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNT 0–0
October 2NashvilleMooneyFranklin, TNW 11–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 5Kentucky StateVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 22–0
October 5GuilfordClemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 122–0
October 7Houston Town TeamTexasClark Field • Austin, TX W 32–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12NashvilleTexasClark Field • Austin, TX T 5–5 [6]
October 12CincinnatiKentucky StateLexington, KYT 0–0
October 12Oak Ridge Military AcademyNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NCW 28–0
October 12South CarolinaGeorgiaAugusta, GAW 10–5
October 12KingTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 8–0
October 12CentreVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TN W 25–0
October 16North Carolina A&MNorth Carolina Chapel Hill, NCW 42–0
October 16TulaneMeridian A. C.Meridian, MSW 15–0
October 17 Southwestern PresbyterianSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 40–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19Memphis University SchoolMississippiOxford, MSW 6–0
October 19Kentucky StateGeorgetown (KY)Georgetown, KYW 17–0
October 19GuilfordNorth Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W 42–0
October 19OklahomaTexasClark Field • Austin, TX W 12–6
October 19NashvilleAuburnBirmingham, ALNASH 23–5
October 19ClemsonTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNT 6–6
October 19GeorgiaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 47–0
October 21GeorgiaSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 47–0
October 25CumberlandSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 44–5

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26MississippiAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 41–0
October 26 VanderbiltAuburnRiverside Park • Montgomery, ALVAN 41–0 [7]
October 26Mississippi A&MChristian BrothersMemphis, TNT 0–0
October 26North CarolinaDavidsonDavidson, NCW 6–0
October 26 ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 28–0
October 26Kentucky UniversityKentucky StateLexington, KYL 27–0
October 26Texas A&MTexas San Antonio, TXW 17–0
October 26TennesseeNashvilleNashville, TNNASH 16–5
October 26TulaneMobile YMCAMobile, ALL 2–0
October 28LSULouisiana TechRuston, LAW 57–0
October 28MississippiMississippi A&MStarkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MSMSA&M 17–0
October 29TexasBaylorWaco, TXW 23–0
October 31VPIClemsonColumbia, SCL 17–11

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 2 SewaneeNashvilleNashville, TNNASH 39–6
November 2Mississippi A&MMeridian A. C.Meridian, MSW 11–5
November 2Southwest BaptistMississippiOxford, MSW 17–0
November 2 New Orleans YMCATulane New Orleans, LA W 23–0
November 2Kentucky UniversityTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TN W 6–0
November 2Washington (MO)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 12–11
November 2Kentucky StateAvondale A. C.Cincinnati, OHL 17–6
November 2North Carolina Georgia Atlanta, GAUNC 27–0
November 4North CarolinaAuburnAuburn, ALUNC 10–0
November 7MississippiLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 46–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 8 MooneySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 23–0
November 9Dallas A. C.Texas Clark Field • Austin, TXW 12–0
November 9GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, AL T 0–0
November 9 Mississippi A&M Tulane New Orleans, LA TUL 24–6
November 9TennesseeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 22–0
November 9Louisville YMCAKentucky StateLouisville, KYL 11–0
November 15 AuburnAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 17–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16NashvilleKentucky UniversityLexington, KYW 5–0 [8]
November 16CentreKentucky StateLexington, KYL 5–0
November 16Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 45–0
November 16TexasMissouriColumbia, MOW 11–0
November 16DavidsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAL 16–6
November 16LSUTulaneNew Orleans, LALSU 11–05,000
November 16GeorgetownTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 12–0
November 16SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNT 0–0
November 19North CarolinaNorth Carolina A&MRaleigh, NCW 30–0
November 19TexasKirksville Osteopath Kirksville, MOL 48–0
November 20AuburnLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAAUB 28–0

Week Nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 23 North CarolinaVirginiaNorfolk, VAL 6–23
November 23 TexasKansasLawrence, KSL 12–0
November 23 Kentucky StateTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNTENN 5–0
November 25 TexasOklahomaNorman, OK W 11–0
November 28 Cincinnati JVKentucky StateLexington, KYW 16–0
November 28 TennesseeAlabamaWest End Park • Birmingham, AL T 6–6
November 28 AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAT 0–0
November 28 New Orleans YMCALSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 38–0
November 28 Texas A&MTexas Clark Field • Austin, TXW 32–0
November 28 ClemsonNorth CarolinaCharlotte, NCCLEM 22–10
November 28 MississippiTulaneNew Orleans, LATUL 25–11
November 282:00 p. m.NashvilleVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 10–04,000 [9]
November 28 SewaneeVirginiaRichmond, VAL 23–5

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 5ArkansasLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 15–0

Awards and honors

All-Southerns

References

  1. ↑ "Will Meet At Chapel Hill". Asheville Citizen. December 11, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Athletic Blacklist Has Widespread Effect". The Charlotte News. December 14, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Fight Is Against Professionalism". Atlanta Constitution. December 22, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Texas 5, Nashville 5.". The Houston Post. October 13, 1901. Retrieved August 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Vanderbilt 41, Auburn 0". Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Governor Beckham Kicks and Spirited Games Begin". Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved August 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Dixie Championship Goes To Vanderbilt". Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved July 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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