1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 23, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Number of teams 17
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
1905 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 0 – 1     6 – 0 – 1
LSU 2 – 0 – 0     3 – 0 – 0
Texas 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Clemson 3 – 2 – 1     3 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 2 – 1
Alabama 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Cumberland 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Nashville 0 – 0 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 4 – 0
Mississippi A&M 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 0 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Tulane 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Georgia 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football seasonwas the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1905 college football season. The season began on September 23 with conference member Texas A&M hosting the Houston YMCA.

One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech."[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 VanderbiltDan McGugin 7–16–046.52.8
2Georgia TechJohn Heisman 6–0–14–0–130.04.7
3LSUDan A. Killian3–02–012.0 0.0
4 TexasRalph Hutchinson5–42–1 10.97.7
5ClemsonEddie Cochems 3–2–13–2–113.510.5
6 (tie)SewaneeW. C. Hyatt4–2–12–2–119.416.4
6 (tie)AlabamaJack Leavenworth6–44–4 17.811.3
6 (tie)Cumberland John Counselman 4–42–29.79.6
9Nashville 0–2 0–0
10AuburnMike Donahue2–42–4 6.316.0
11Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin 3–41–316.3 13.4
12 (tie)Texas A&M Walter E. Bachman7–20–1 20.09.2
12 (tie)TulaneJohn F. Tobin0–10–10.05.0
12 (tie)Mississippi 0–20–1 0.014.5
15TennesseeJames DePree3–5–10–4–118.016.8
16 GeorgiaMarvin M. Dickinson1–50–44.331.3

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

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 Houston YMCATexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 29–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 30TCUTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 20–0
September 30Tennessee Deaf SchoolTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 16–6
September 30 Maryville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 97–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Maryville Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 17–0 [3]
October 3 Cumberland Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CUM 39–10
October 7 North Georgia Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 54–0
October 7 American Temperance Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 104–0
October 7 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 34–0
October 7TCUTexasClark Field • Austin, TX W 11–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13HaskellTexas Clark Field • Austin, TXL 18–0
October 14 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 34–0
October 14 Vanderbilt MichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 18–0
October 14 Mooney Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 42–0
October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCT 5–5
October 14Texas A&MBaylorWaco, TX W 42–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Davidson Auburn Birmingham, AL L 6–0
October 20Mississippi A&MMarionMarion, ALW 38–0
October 21 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 35–0
October 21 Alabama Georgia Tech Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA GT 12–5
October 21 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 9–0
October 21 Vanderbilt Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN VAN 45–0
October 21BaylorTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 39–0
October 21AustinTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 18–11

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 AlabamaClemson State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC CLEM 25–0
October 27 Auburn Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS AUB 18–0
October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 18–0
October 28 Tennessee Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 11–6
October 28Trinity (TX)Texas A&MCollege Station, TX W 24–0
October 28TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 33–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 31 Texas Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 4–0
November 3 Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma L 2–0
November 4 Georgia Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 36–0
November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 45–0
November 4 Auburn Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 54–0
November 4TCU Texas A&M College Station, TX W 24–11

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Centre Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 21–0
November 10Kentucky UniversityTexasClark Field • Austin, TX L 6–0
November 11Kentucky UniversityTexas A&MCollege Station, TXL 29–6
November 11ClemsonAuburn Auburn, ALCLEM 6–0
November 11HowardMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 44–0
November 11 North Georgia Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 16–12
November 11 Georgia Tech Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN T 18–18

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Sewanee Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX SEW 17–10
November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 30–04,000 [4]
November 18 Georgia Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 46–0
November 18BaylorTexas A&M College Station, TXW 17–5
November 18CentreTennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TNW 31–5
November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0
November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5
November 20CumberlandOle MissOxford, MS CUM 18–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 22 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX TEX 27–0
November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 42–6

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 30 Tennessee Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 29–0
November 30 AuburnGeorgiaMacon, GAAUB 20–0
November 30 ClemsonGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 17–10
November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMSA&M 11–0
November 30 SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 68–4
December 1Mississippi A&MLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 15–0
December 3TennesseeChattanoogaChattanooga, TN W 5–0

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:

Position Name Team
QB Frank Kyle Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Hillsman Taylor Vanderbilt
G Stein Stone Vanderbilt
C Emma Patterson Vanderbilt
G Puss Derrick Clemson
T Frank Jones Auburn
E Ed Hamilton Vanderbilt

References

  1. ↑ George Allen. How to Scout Football. p. 3.
  2. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1905.html
  3. ↑ Christopher Walsh (September 1, 2007). "Saban's first game one of the most anticipated in Alabama history". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alabama vs. Auburn". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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