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
←  1897
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 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 18–0 [3]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 8Kentucky State Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY W 28–0 [4]
October 8ClemsonGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 20–8 [5]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 15Company H-8th MassachusettsKentucky StateLexington, KYW 59–0
October 15Atlanta Athletic ClubGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 14–0 [6]
October 15Texas Add-Ran Christian Waco, TX W 16–0 [7]
October 15NashvilleSewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 10–0 [8]
October 20 Bingham Military School Clemson Calhoun, SC W 55–0 [9]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 22 Cincinnati Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–10 [10]
October 22Georgia TechGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 15–0 [11]
October 22 Texas A&M Texas Varsity Athletic Field •Austin, TX W 48–0 [12]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 29Kentucky StateLouisville YMCALeague Park • Louisville, KY W 16–0 [13]
October 29Galveston High SchoolTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 17–0 [14]
October 29VanderbiltGeorgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 4–02,000 [15]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 5 Centre Kentucky StateLexington, KYW 6–0 [16]
November 5Add-Ran ChristianTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 29–0 [17]
November 5Georgia TechAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 29–6 [18] [19]
November 5NashvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 5–0 [20]
November 10SewaneeTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXSEW 4–0 [21]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 8160th IndianaKentucky StateLexington, KYW 17–0 [22]
November 12SewaneeSouthern Athletic ClubAthletic Park • New Orleans, LA W 21–0 [23]
November 12Vanderbilt Virginia Fontaine Ferry Park • Louisville, KY L 18–0 [24]
November 12 North Carolina GeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GA L 0–44 [25]
November 14North CarolinaAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALL 0–24 [26] [27]
November 17Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 24–0 [28]

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 19New Castle Athletic ClubKentucky StateLexington, KYW 36–0 [29]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 24AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 18–17 [30] [31]
November 24ClemsonGeorgia TechBaseball Park • Augusta, GA CLEM 23–0500 [32]
November 24DallasTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 26–0 [33]
November 25SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNSEW 19–44,000 [34]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 12Ole MissTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LATUL 14–9 [35]
December 17St. Thomas HallOle Miss Oxford, MS W 9–2 [36]
December 17LSUTulane State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 37–0 [37]

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team: [38]

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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