1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationOctober 1, 1898
through December 14, 1898
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season champions Sewanee
Football seasons
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1899  →
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee 3 –0 –04 –0 –0
Auburn 2 –0 –02 –1 –0
LSU 1 –0 –01 –0 –0
Georgia 3 –1 –04 –2 –0
Clemson 1 –1 –03 –1 –0
Tulane 1 –1 –01 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –2 –01 –5 –0
Mississippi 0 –1 –01 –1 –0
Texas 0 –1 –05 –1 –0
Nashville 0 –2 –00 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 0 –3 –00 –4 –0
Kentucky State# 0 –0 –07 –0 –0
Cumberland (TN) 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
SW Presbyterian 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1898 college football season. This was the first season Georgia Tech participated in the conference.

Contents

The season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated. [1]

W. A. Lambeth said North Carolina had the best season of any southern team. But both Virginia and North Carolina were accused of playing ineligible players, and Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee champion of the south. [2]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachConf. recordWin Pct.Overall recordPPGPAG
1t Sewanee John Gere Jayne 3–0–01.0004–0–013.51.0
1t Auburn John Heisman 2–0–01.0002–1–015.715.7
1t LSU Edmond Chavanne 1–0–01.0001–0–037.00.0
4 Georgia Charles McCarthy 3–1–0.7504–2–011.711.7
5t Clemson John Penton 1–1–0.5003–1–027.55.0
5t Tulane John Lombard 1–1–0.5001–1–07.023.0
7 Vanderbilt R. G. Acton 1–2–0.3331–5–01.510.2
8t Texas David Farragut Edwards 0–1–0.0005–1–022.30.7
8t Mississippi T. G. Scarbrough 0–1–0.0001–1–09.08.0
8t Nashville 0–2–0.0000–2–00.07.5
8t Georgia Tech J. B. Wood 0–3–0.0000–4–02.022.3
– Kentucky State W. R. Bass 0–0–0–7–0–025.90.0
? Cumberland
? Southwestern Presbyterian

Key

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

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

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 1 Eastern Kentucky Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 18–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 8Kentucky State Georgetown Georgetown, KY W 28–0
October 8ClemsonGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 20–8

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 15Company H-8th MassachusettsKentucky State Lexington, KY W 59–0
October 15Atlanta A. C.Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 14–0
October 15Texas TCU Waco, TX W 16–0
October 15NashvilleSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 10–0
October 20BinghamClemson Calhoun, SC W 55–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 22 Cincinnati Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 10–0
October 22Georgia TechGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 15–0
October 22 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 48–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 29Kentucky StateLouisville YMCA Louisville, KY W 16–0
October 29Galveston H. S.Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 17–0
October 29VanderbiltGeorgia Atlanta, GA UGA 4–0

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 5 Centre Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 6–0
November 5 TCU Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 29–0
November 5Georgia TechAuburn Auburn, AL AUB 29–6
November 5NashvilleVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 5–0
November 10SewaneeTexas Clark Field • Austin, TX SEW 4–0 [3]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 12SewaneeSouthern A. C.Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA W 21–0 [4]
November 12Vanderbilt Virginia Louisville, KY L 18–0
November 12160th IndianaKentucky State Lexington, KY W 17–0
November 12 North Carolina Georgia Macon, GA L 53–0
November 14North CarolinaAuburn Auburn, AL L 29–0
November 17Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 24–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 19New Castle A. C.Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 36–0

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 24AuburnGeorgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 18–17
November 24ClemsonGeorgia Tech Augusta, GA CLEM 23–0
November 24DallasTexas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 26–0
November 25SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN SEW 19–4

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 12MississippiTulane New Orleans, LA TUL 14–9
December 14LSUTulane State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 37–0
December 15St. Thomas HallMississippi Oxford, MS W 9–2

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team: [5]

PositionNameTeam
QB Frank O. Rogers North Carolina
HB Jim MacRae North Carolina
HB Jack Dye Vanderbilt
FB A. Clarence Jones Georgia
E H. T. Summersgill Virginia
T John Loyd Virginia
G William S. Fitzgerald Vanderbilt
C John L. Templeman Virginia
G James Davis Virginia'
T Frank Bennett North Carolina
E Herman Koehler North Carolina

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References

  1. ↑ "The Football Teams of the South". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved August 14, 2008– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Hapgood, Norman (1857). "Harper's weekly". pp. 65 v.
  3. ↑ "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 16, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ "Sewanee Makes the Score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 33: 527.
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