1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 25, 1915 through November 25, 1915
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt

1915 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Alabama	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Transylvania	1	–	0	–	1	1	–	0	–	1
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Chattanooga	1	–	0	–	2	1	–	0	–	2
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	2
Furman	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Mercer	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Centre	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Louisville	0	–	3	–	1	1	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Howard	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 25.

Seven out of eight newspapers voted the SIAA championship to the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Atlanta Constitution declared it a tie between Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, which was then independent. However, Tech challenged Vandy's championship.^[1]

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
September 25	Kentucky School for the Deaf	Centre	Danville, KY	W 7–0
September 25	Charleston Navy	The Citadel		W 46–0
September 25	Clemson	Furman	Greenville, SC	CLEM 99–0
September 25	Chamberlain Hunt	Mississippi College		W 28–0
September 25	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
September 25	Tulane	St. Paul		W 24–0
September 25	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 51–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 28	Newberry	Georgia		W 79–0
October 1	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	L 10–0
October 1	Marion	Auburn	Selma, AL	W 78–0
October 1	North Georgia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 13–0
October 1	Jefferson	LSU	State Field Baton Rouge, LA	W 42–0
October 2	Howard	Alabama		ALA 44–0
October 2	Centre	Louisville	Louisville, KY	T 0–0
October 2	Clemson	Davidson	Davidson, NC	T 6–6
October 2	Erskine	Furman	Greenville, SC	W 60–0
October 2	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 52–0
October 2	Butler	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 33–0
October 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 12–0
October 2	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 57–0
October 2	Tusculum	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 55–3
October 2	Austin	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 40–0
October 2	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 47–0
October 2	Wofford	Presbyterian		L 16–6

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 8	Mississippi College	LSU	Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 14–0
October 8	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 13–6
October 9	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 67–0
October 9	Florida	Auburn		AUB 7–0
October 9	K. M. I.	Centre	Danville, KY	W 12–6
October 9	The Citadel	Porter Military		W 54–0
October 9	Chattanooga	Georgia		T 6–6
October 9	Earlham	Kentucky		W 54–13
October 9	Wofford	Mercer		MERC 13–6
October 9	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 47–0
October 9	Trinity	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 62–0
October 9	Transylvania	Mississippi A&M		T 0–0
October 9	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane		W 13–0
October 9	Georgetown (KY)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 75–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 13	Cumberland	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 60–0
October 15	LSU	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	LSU 28–0
October 15	Presbyterian	Furman	Greenville, SC	L 20–12
October 16	Mississippi College	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 40–0
October 16	Auburn	Clemson	Anderson, SC	AUB 14–0
October 16	Georgia	The Citadel		UGA 39–0
October 16	Sewanee	Florida	Gainesville, FL	SEW 7–0
October 16	Transylvania	Georgia Tech		L 67–0
October 16	Kentucky	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	MSA&M 12–0
October 16	Centre	Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	TENN 80–0
October 16	Texas A&M	TCU		W 13–0
October 16	Spring Hill	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 36–13
October 16	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 100–0
October 16	Wofford	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 45–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 22	Georgia Tech	LSU	New Orleans, LA	L 36–7
October 22	Marshall	Centre	Danville, KY	W 10–6
October 23	Tulane	Alabama		ALA 16–0
October 23	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 26–0
October 23	Presbyterian	The Citadel		W 14–0
October 23	Furman	Bingham		W 20–6
October 23	Southern Miss	Mississippi College		W 55–7
October 23	Kentucky	Sewanee		T 7–7
October 23	Missouri Rolla	Texas A&M		W 33–3
October 23	Cumberland	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
October 23	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Memphis, TN	VAN 91–0
October 23	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 13–3

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 28	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	T 0–0
October 29	Centre	Kentucky Wesleyan	Owensboro, KY	L 7–6
October 30	Sewanee	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 23–10
October 30	Auburn	Georgia		AUB 12–0
October 30	Florida Southern	Florida		W 45–0
October 30	Cincinnati	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 27–6
October 30	Mississippi A&M	LSU		LSU 10–0
October 30	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 32–7
October 30	Mississippi College	Tulane		MSCOLL 20–6
October 30	Haskell	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	W 21–7
October 30	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 35–0
October 30	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 10–7

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	Presbyterian	Furman		W 38–7
November 4	South Carolina	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 33–6
November 5	Arkansas	LSU	Shreveport, LA	W 13–7
November 5	Georgetown (KY)	Centre	Danville, KY	L 19–3
November 6	Mercer	Auburn		AUB 45–0
November 6	Georgia	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	UGA 37–0
November 6	Alabama	Georgia Tech		L 21–7
November 6	Kentucky	Louisville	Louisville, KY	UK 15–0
November 6	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 66–0
November 6	North Carolina	Clemson	Greenville, SC	L 9–7
November 6	Sewanee	Texas	Houston, TX	L 27–6
November 6	Vanderbilt	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 35–10
November 8	Texas A&M	Rice	Houston, TX	L 7–0
November 8	Sewanee	Baylor	Waco, TX	W 16–3

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 12	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	TRANS 38–0
November 13	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	VAN 17–0
November 13	Clemson	VMI	Richmond, VA	L 6–3
November 13	The Citadel	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 6–0
November 13	Newberry	Furman		W 7–0
November 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech		T 0–0
November 13	Purdue	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 7–0
November 13	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	MSCOLL 74–6
November 13	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee		MSA&M 14–0
November 13	Sewanee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	T 0–0
November 13	Howard	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 32–3
November 13	Wofford	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	W 2–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 17	LSU	Rice	Houston, TX	L 6–0
November 18	Tulane	Florida		FLA 14–7
November 19	Texas A&M	Texas		W 13–0
November 20	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi College		T 0–0
November 20	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 27–3

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 25	Ole Miss	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 53–0
November 25	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 3–0
November 25	Centre	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	CHATT 33–0
November 25	Florida	Mercer	Macon, GA	FLA 34–7
November 25	Wofford	Furman		FUR 25–0
November 25	Auburn	Georgia Tech		L 7–0
November 25	Clemson	Georgia		UGA 13–0
November 25	Tennessee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	UK 6–0
November 25	Mississippi A&M	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	MSA&M 7–0
November 25	LSU	Tulane		LSU 12–0
November 25	Ouachita	Mississippi College		L 6–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1915 College Football All-America Team

T - Bully Van de Graaff, Alabama (WC-2; PD-1)
T - Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
G - Baby Taylor, Auburn (WC-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1915 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team selected by ten sports writers and coaches included:^[2]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Irby Curry		128	Jr.	Marlin, Texas	Vanderbilt
QB	David Paddock			Sr.	Brooklyn, New York	Georgia
HB	Wooch Fielder				Cedartown, Georgia	Georgia Tech
FB	Walter Neville					Georgia
E	Charlie Thompson			Sr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia
T	Bully Van de Graaff			Sr.	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Alabama
G	Baby Taylor	6'2"	194	Sr.	Birmingham, Alabama	Auburn
C	John G. Henderson		210	Sr.	Ocilla, Georgia	Georgia
G	Bob Lang			Jr.	Waverly, Georgia	Georgia Tech
T	Josh Cody	6'4"	212	So.	Franklin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
E	Russ Cohen		168	Jr.	Augusta, Georgia	Vanderbilt

References

↑ "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved September 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football

Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917) ? (1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)

Former teams	Former SIAA teams

Championships & awards	SIAA football champions All-Southern team

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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