1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 28, 1912
through December 25, 1912
Number of teams 20
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
1912 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 0 1     8 1 1
Texas A&M 2 0 0     8 1 0
Kentucky State 1 0 0     7 2 0
Auburn 5 1 1     6 1 1
Georgia 5 1 1     6 1 1
Sewanee 2 1 2     5 1 2
Georgia Tech 5 3 0     5 3 1
Tulane 3 2 0     5 3 0
Mississippi A&M 3 3 0     4 3 0
Alabama 3 3 1     5 3 1
Ole Miss 2 2 0     5 3 0
Mercer 2 3 1     5 3 1
LSU 2 3 0     4 3 0
Clemson 2 4 0     4 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 0     4 4 0
Mississippi College 1 4 0     3 4 0
Florida 0 2 1     5 2 1
Central 0 2 0     4 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 0     2 4 0
Howard 0 4 0     1 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 28. Ole Miss was suspended at year's end.[1]

Conference champion Vanderbilt suffered its only loss to national champion Harvard.

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 28MarionAlabamaThe QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 520
September 28Fort MoultrieThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SCW 10[lower-alpha 1]
September 2811th CavalryGeorgia TechAtlanta, GA T 00
September 28MercerStetsonDeLand, FLW 60
September 28MaryvilleKentucky StateLexington, KYW 340
September 28Vicksburg A. C.Mississippi College W 440
September 28Jacksonville StateHoward W 80
September 28BethelVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNW 1050

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 4Mississippi CollegeMississippi A&M MSA&M 190
October 5Birmingham Alabama The QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 62–0
October 5AuburnMercerColumbus, GAAUB 560
October 5K. M. I.CentreCheek Field • Danville, KYW 120
October 5ClemsonHowardHomewood, AL CLEM 590
October 5ChattanoogaGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA W 330
October 5Georgia Tech The CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SC GT 2016
October 5MarshallKentucky StateLexington, KYW 136
October 5Louisiana-LafayetteLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 853
October 5Memphis H. S.Ole Miss Oxford, MSW 340
October 5MorganSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TNW 340
October 5KingTennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 1010
October 5MaryvilleVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN W 1003

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 8JeffersonTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LAW 370
October 11Mississippi CollegeLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LA LSU 450
October 12FloridaAuburnDrake FieldAuburn, ALAUB 2713
October 12Morris-HarveyCentreCheek Field • Danville, KYL 537
October 12RiversideClemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 260
October 12The CitadelGeorgiaSanford FieldAthens, GA UGA 330
October 12 AlabamaGeorgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 20–3
October 12Miami (OH)Kentucky StateLexington, KYL 138
October 12HowardMercerMacon, GAMERC 360
October 12Castle HeightsOle MissOxford, MSW 10[lower-alpha 2]
October 12Tennessee Medical CollegeMississippi A&M W 320
October 12Northern AlabamaSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TN W 1010
October 12Louisiana-LafayetteTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LAW 950
October 12Rose-HulmanVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN W 540

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 17CentreLouisvilleLouisville, KYL 236
October 18AlabamaMississippi A&M Aberdeen, MSMSA&M 70
October 18MarionHoward L 570
October 19ClemsonAuburnDrake FieldAuburn, AL AUB 276
October 19Porter Military The CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 660
October 19South CarolinaFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 106
October 19MercerGeorgia TechAtlanta, GA GT 166
October 19Kentucky StateCincinnatiCincinnati, OHW 1913
October 19Ole MissLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LA MISS 107
October 19Chattanooga Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TNW 270
October 19TennesseeTennessee Medical CollegeMemphis, TN W 620
October 19Mississippi CollegeTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LATUL 196
October 19VanderbiltGeorgiaPonce de Leon ParkAtlanta, GA VAN 460

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Referenc
October 26Mississippi A&MAuburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL AUB 70
October 26AlabamaGeorgiaDriving Park • Columbus, GAUGA 139
October 26ChattanoogaCentreCheek Field • Danville, KYW 76
October 26The CitadelClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 5214
October 26 Georgia Tech Florida Jacksonville, FL GT 14–7
October 26MercerGordon W 296
October 26TennesseeSewaneeChattanooga, TNSEW 336
October 26HowardTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LATUL 350
October 26Ole MissVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 240
October 28LouisvilleKentucky State Lexington, KYW 410

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 31ClemsonSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCL 227
November 1Mississippi CollegeOle Miss Oxford, MSMISS 120
November 2AlabamaTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA ALA 70
November 2AuburnGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAAUB 277
November 2VMIKentucky StateLexington, KYL 32
November 2Columbia CollegeMercerMacon, GAW 710
November 2Mississippi A&MLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LA MSA&M 70
November 2SewaneeGeorgiaSanford FieldAthens, GAT 1313
November 2CentreTennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 670
November 2VirginiaVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN W 130
November 4CharlestonFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FLW 780

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9Ole MissAlabama The QuadTuscaloosa, ALALA 109
November 9 LSUAuburn Mobile, ALAUB 70
November 9Kentucky School for the DeafCentreCheek Field • Danville, KYW 137
November 9CharlestonThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SCW 400
November 9ClemsonGeorgiaAugusta, GAUGA 276
November 9Hanover CollegeKentucky StateLexington, KYW 640
November 9TennesseeMercer Macon, GA MERC 2714
November 9Louisiana TechMississippi CollegeClinton, MS W 1413
November 9SewaneeGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GASEW 70
November 9Mississippi A&MTulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LATUL 2714
November 9VanderbiltHarvardHarvard StadiumAllston, MA L 93

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 13Ole MissTexasHouston, TX L 5314
November 15StetsonFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FLW 237
November 16ClemsonMercerMacon, GA CLEM 2213
November 16GeorgiaGeorgia TechPonce de Leon ParkAtlanta, GAUGA 200
November 16Kentucky StateTennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN UK 136
November 16LSUArkansas Little Rock, ARW 76
November 16Ole MissTennessee Medical CollegeMemphis, TN W 476
November 16SewaneeAlabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, ALT 66
November 16Mississippi A&MTexas A&MHouston, TXL 417
November 16 CentreVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 230

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 19TulaneTexas A&MCollege Station, TX L 410
November 21CentreGeorgetown (KY)Georgetown, KYL 3413
November 22Birmingham Howard L 136
November 23Vanderbilt AuburnRickwood FieldBirmingham, AL T 77

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 28Tennessee Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL ALA 7–0
November 28AuburnGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GAUGA 126
November 28CentreTransylvaniaLexington, KYW 137
November 28ClemsonGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GAGT 230
November 28Kentucky StateCincinnati YMICincinnati, OHW 560
November 28LSUTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LALSU 213
November 28MercerFloridaJacksonville, FLT 00
November 28The CitadelSouth Carolina Columbia, SCL 262
November 28SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 160
November 29HowardMississippi CollegeHattiesburg, MSMSCOLL 200

Week Fourteen

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 21Florida Tampa A. C.Tampa, FL W 440

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
December 25, 1912Bacardi BowlHavana, CubaFloridaVedado A. C.FLA 270

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern team formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison included:[2]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Lee Tolley 5'7" 148 So. Fayetteville, Tennessee Sewanee
HB Lew Hardage 165 Sr. Madison, Alabama Vanderbilt
HB Bob McWhorter 5'10" 180 Jr. Lexington, Georgia Georgia
FB Ammie Sikes 164 So. Smyrna, Tennessee Vanderbilt
E Enoch Brown 5'8" 161 Jr. Franklin, Tennessee Vanderbilt
T Tom Brown 6'2" 180 Jr. Gallatin, Tennessee Vanderbilt
G Rube Barker 175 So. Illinois Mississippi
C Hugh Morgan 216 Jr. Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt
G David Peacock 185 Sr. Eastman, Georgia Georgia
T B. J. Lamb 181 Sr. Eutaw, Alabama Auburn
E Jenks Gillem 5'9" 150 Sr. Greenville, South Carolina Sewanee

References

  1. The Citadel won by forfeit
  2. Ole Miss won by forfeit
  1. ""Ole Miss" Suspended". The Houston Post. December 15, 1912. p. 20. Retrieved April 26, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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