1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1921 through January 2, 1922
Number of teams	28
Regular Season
Season champions	Centre Georgia Tech Georgia Vanderbilt

1921 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Centre +	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Georgia +	6	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt +	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Florida	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	3	–	2
Mississippi College	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Sewanee	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Furman	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
LSU	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	2
Transylvania	2	–	1	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Tulane	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	2	–	4	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
Oglethorpe	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Mercer	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	2	1	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Millsaps	0	–	3	–	1	0	–	3	–	1
Louisville	0	–	1	–	0	2	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wofford	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Howard	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23 with conference member Chattanooga visiting Athens. Conference play began on September 24 with Alabama defeating Howard.

Centre, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Vanderbilt can all claim conference championships. Centre and Georgia Tech both posted unblemished conference records. Georgia and Vanderbilt tied each other in their contest deciding a champion.

This is the last year before many major programs move to the Southern Conference.

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 23	Chattanooga	Athens	Athens, TN	W 20–0
September 24	Howard	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 34–13
September 24	Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 42–0
September 24	Emory & Henry	Tennessee	Shield-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 27–0
September 24	Erskine	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 42–7
September 24	North Georgia	Oglethorpe	• Brookhaven, GA	W 29–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
September 30	Chattanooga	Bryson	Fayetteville, TN	W 53–0
October 1	Spring Hill	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 27–7
October 1	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 35–3
October 1	Clemson	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 14–0
October 1	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 28–0
October 1	Newberry	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 63–0
October 1	Kentucky Wesleyan	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 68–0
October 1	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	MSCOLL 41–3
October 1	Birmingham-Southern	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 59–13
October 1	Memphis	Mississippi	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 82–0
October 1	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 26–0
October 1	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0	^[1]
October 1	Florida	Fort Benning	• Columbus, GA	W 6–0
October 1	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 13–7
October 1	Presbyterian	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 0–7
October 1	Tennessee	Maryville	Maryville, TN	W 7–0
October 1	North Georgia	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 22–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 7	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 34–0
October 8	Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 55–0
October 8	Spring Hill	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 49–28
October 8	Virginia Tech	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 14–0
October 8	Wofford	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CIT 28–0
October 8	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 27–7
October 8	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 70–0
October 8	Marshall	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 28–0
October 8	Millsaps	Birmingham-Southern	• Birmingham, AL	T 7–7
October 8	Ole Miss	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 26–0
October 8	Jacksonville State	Howard		W 39–7
October 8	Northwestern St.	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 78–0
October 8	Louisiana College	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 68–0
October 8	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Starkville, MS	W 21–6
October 8	Oglethorpe	Fort Benning	Columbus, GA	W 20–12
October 8	Bryson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 102–0
October 8	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 21–0
October 8	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 41–0
October 8	Mercer	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 42–0	^[2]
October 8	Rollins	Florida	Orlando, FL	W 33–0
October 10	Carlstrom Field	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	L 19–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 56–0
October 15	Bryson	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 95–0
October 15	The Citadel	Presbyterian	• Clinton, SC	CIT 20–0
October 15	Furman	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 69–0
October 15	Centre	Xavier	• Cincinnati, OH	W 28–6
October 15	Tennessee	Dartmouth	Alumni Oval • Hanover, NH	L 14–3
October 15	Georgia	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 10–7		^[3]
October 15	Texas A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 6–0
October 15	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	VAN 21–14	5,000	^[4]
October 15	Mississippi A&M	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	MSA&M 14–13
October 15	Millsaps	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	MISS 49–0
October 15	Oglethorpe	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 21–0
October 15	Tulane	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 7–6
October 15	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 7–0
October 15	North Carolina	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	T 7–7
October 15	Georgetown	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	CHATT 31–0
October 15	Elon	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 20–7

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	T 0–0
October 21	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	W 20–0	15,000	^[5]
October 22	Fort Benning	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 14–7
October 22	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	SEW 17–0
October 22	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	CEN 98–0
October 22	Howard	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	CHATT 26–3
October 22	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 14–0
October 22	Rutgers	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 48–14
October 22	Georgetown	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 33–0
October 22	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 41–0
October 22	Birmingham-Southern	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 20–0
October 22	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 35–0
October 22	Union (TN)	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 35–0
October 22	Florida	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 9–0
October 22	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 7–0
October 22	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 48–0
October 22	Wofford	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 87–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 27	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 21–0
October 29	Alabama	LSU	Heinemann Park • New Orleans, LA	T 7–7
October 29	Centre	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	W 6–0	^[6]
October 29	Florida	Howard	Montgomery, AL	FLA 34–0
October 29	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 14–0	^[7]
October 29	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 7–0
October 29	Erskine	Presbyterian	Clinton, SC	L 19–7
October 29	The Citadel	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 42–0
October 29	Chattanooga	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, GA	OGLE 7–0
October 29	Georgia Tech	Penn State	New York, NY	L 28–7
October 29	Sewanee	Kentucky	Louisville, KY	SEW 6–0
October 29	Tulane	Detroit Mercy	Detroit, MI	L 14–0
October 29	Stetson	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 41–0
October 29	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 33–21

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 3	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 19–6
November 5	Auburn	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	AUB 14–0
November 5	Howard	Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham, AL	L 16–14
November 5	Kentucky	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 55–0
November 5	Mercer	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 37–0
November 5	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 48–7
November 5	Mississippi College	Ole Miss	Vicksburg, MS	MSCOLL 27–7
November 5	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	VAN 14–0	^[8]
November 5	Sewanee	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	SEW 47–0
November 5	South Carolina	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, FL	T 7–7
November 5	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	TENN 14–7
November 5	Stetson	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, GA	W 41–0
November 6	Virginia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 21–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Clemson	The Citadel	Orangeburg, SC	T 7–7
November 11	Chattanooga	Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham, AL	L 14–7
November 11	Florida	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	FLA 9–2	5,000
November 11	Mississippi A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 54–7
November 11	Transylvania	Franklin (Ind.)	Franklin, IN	L 35–0
November 12	Centre	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	CEN 21–0
November 12	South Carolina	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 7–0
November 12	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 21–0
November 12	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 21–0
November 12	VMI	Kentucky	Louisville, KY	W 14–7
November 12	Millsaps	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	MSCOLL 56–0
November 12	Oglethorpe	Mercer	Macon, GA	OGLE 7–6
November 12	Wofford	Presbyterian	Clinton, SC	PRES 27–0
November 12	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 21–0
November 13	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 7–7		^[9]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 18	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	L 13–0
November 18	Mississippi College	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	T 7–7
November 18	Kentucky Wesleyan	Louisville	Louisville, KY	W 30–0	^[10]
November 19	Washington & Lee	Centre	• Louisville, KY	W 21–0
November 19	Wofford	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 62–0
November 19	Alabama	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	UGA 22–0
November 19	Chattanooga	Mercer	Macon, GA	MERC 18–0
November 19	Presbyterian	Newberry	Newberry, SC	L 16–7
November 19	Howard	Marion	Marion, AL	W 21–0
November 19	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 13–0
November 19	LSU	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 21–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 24	Centre	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	CEN 21–0
November 24	Oglethorpe	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 21–3
November 24	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 14–0
November 24	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	T 7–7
November 24	Davidson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 28–0
November 24	Chattanooga	Maryville	Maryville, TN	L 34–0
November 24	Howard	Millsaps	Jackson, MS	HOW 45–0
November 24	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
November 24	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 9–0	^[11]
November 25	Clemson	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 28–0
November 25	Duke	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 68–0
November 25	Translyvania	Georgetown	Georgetown, KY	TRANS 14–6
November 26	Mississippi College	Spring Hill	Mobile, AL	W 28–7
November 26	Louisville	Marshall	Huntington, WV	L 13–0
November 27	Dartmouth	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	L 7–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
December 3	Alabama	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 14–7
December 3	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	LSU 17–14
December 3	North Carolina	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	L 14–10
December 3	Mississippi College	Baylor	Dallas, Texas	L 24–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
December 26, 1921	East-West Christmas Classic	San Diego, CA	Centre	Arizona	CEN 38–0
January 2, 1922	Dixie Classic	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	Centre	Texas A&M	TXA&M 22–14

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1921 College Football All-America Team

E - Red Roberts, Centre (WC-1; FW-2 [g]; JV-3; MM-2)
E - Owen Reynolds, Georgia (FW-3)
G - Puss Whelchel, Georgia (WC-3)
QB - Bo McMillin, Centre (FW-1; WC-2; LP-1 [hb]; BE-2; JV-2; MM-1; NB-1)
HB - Red Barron, Georgia Tech (JV-3)
FB - Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (WC-3; FW-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1921 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven awarded gold badges and formed by 30 sports writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	5'9"	160	Sr.	Prairie Hill, Texas	Centre
HB	Red Barron	5'11"	180	Jr.	Clarkesville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	Goat Hale	5'11"	170	Sr.	Jackson, Mississippi	Mississippi College
FB	Judy Harlan	5'11"	182	Sr.	Ottumwa, Iowa	Georgia Tech
E	Owen Reynolds	6'3"	180	Sr.	Douglasville, Georgia	Georgia
T	Artie Pew		195	Sr.	Damascus, Georgia	Georgia
G	Puss Whelchel		200	Jr.	Dahlonega, Georgia	Georgia
C	Bum Day	5'10"	190	Sr.	Nashville, Georgia	Georgia
G	Noah Caton			Sr.	River Falls, Alabama	Auburn
T	Albert Staton			Jr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
E	Red Roberts	6'2"	220	Jr.	Somerset, Kentucky	Centre

References

↑ "Vanderbilt Downs Middle Tennessee". Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1921.
↑ "Vandy's Eleven Tears Loose In Second Quarter". The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 9, 1921.
↑ Howard N. Mead (December 5, 1980). "Harvard 10, Georgia 7".
↑ "Cats Lose Stubborn Scrap To Vanderbilt". Kentucky Kernel. October 21, 1921.
↑ "Commodores Defeat Texas Longhorns before Crowded Stadium, 20 to 0". Dallas Morning News. October 23, 1921.
↑ Valarie H. Ziegler. "The Centre Harvard Game of 1921".
↑ "Vanderbilt Wins from Tennessee". Columbus Daily Enquirer. October 30, 1921.
↑ "Vandy Trims U of Alabama". Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1921. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Fuzzy Woodruff (November 13, 1921). "Onside Kick In Final Quarter Ties Struggle For Commodores". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Captain Kirk Stars". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 19, 1921. p. 11. Retrieved July 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Final Period Rally Wins for Old Vandy". Charlotte Observer. November 25, 1921.

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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