1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationOctober 6, 1899
through December 25, 1899
Teams17
Regular Season
Season champions Sewanee
Football seasons
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1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $11–0–012–0–0
Vanderbilt 5–0–07–2–0
Alabama 1–0–03–1–0
Nashville 4–1–04–1–1
Tennessee 2–1–06–2–0
Auburn 2–1–13–1–1
Texas 3–2–06–2–0
North Carolina 1–1–07–3–0
Ole Miss 3–4–03–4–0
Georgia 2–3–12–3–1
Clemson 1–2–04–2–0
Central (KY) 1–2–01–2–0
LSU 1–3–01–4–0
Kentucky State 0–1–05–2–2
SW Presbyterian 0–1–01–1–0
Cumberland (TN) 0–3–00–3–0
Georgia Tech 0–5–00–6–0
Tulane 0–5–00–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1899 college football season.

Contents

The season began on October 6, 1899 with Vanderbilt visiting Cumberland.

Sewanee won the conference with 11 conference victories. With just 13 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M; Texas; Tulane; LSU; and Ole Miss. Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw." [1] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested." [2]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachConf. recordWin Pct.Overall recordPPGPAG
1 (tie) Sewanee Billy Suter 11–0–01.00012–0–026.80.8
1 (tie) Vanderbilt James Crane 5–0–01.0007–2–012.14.8
1 (tie) Alabama W. A. Martin 1–0–01.0003–1–09.77.7
4 Nashville C. E. Woodruff 4–1–0.8004–1–1
5 Tennessee J. A. Pierce 2–1–0.6676–2–010.77.6
6 Auburn John Heisman 2–1–1.6253–1–129.62.2
7 Texas Gordon Clarke 3–2–0.6006–2–014.63.0
8 North Carolina William Reynolds 1–1–0.5007–3–015.75.3
9 Ole Miss W. H. Lyon 3–4–0.4293–4–06.36.7
10 Georgia Gordon Saussy 2–3–1.4172–3–17.33.7
11 (tie) Clemson Walter Riggs 1–2–0.3334–2–018.28.3
11 (tie) Central (KY) 1–2–0.3331–2–0
13 LSU John Gregg 1–3–0.2501–4–07.625.2
14 (tie) Kentucky State W. R. Bass0–1–0.0005–2–210.94.9
14 (tie) SW Presbyterian 0–1–0.0001–1–022.527
14 (tie) Cumberland (TN) E. D. Kuykendall0–3–0.0000–3–00.040.3
14 (tie) Georgia Tech Cow Nalley 0–5–0.0000–6–00.831.0
14 (tie) Tulane Harris Collier 0–5–0.0000–6–10.020.1

Key PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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 6VanderbiltCumberland Lebanon, TN VAN 32–0 [3]
October 7ClemsonGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 11–0 [4]
October 7 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 23–6 [5]
October 7 North Carolina A&M North CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 34–0 [6]
October 11 King (TN) TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 11–5 [7]
October 12 Oak Ridge North CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 16–0 [8]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 14Mooney SchoolSW PresbyterianBall Park • Clarksville, TN W 45–0 [9]
October 14NashvilleCumberland Lebanon, TN NASH 18–0
October 14 Miami (OH) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 12–0 [10]
October 14Georgia TechAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 63–0 [11]
October 14 Davidson Clemson Rock Hill, SC W 10–0 [12]
October 14 Guilford North CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 45–0 [13]
October 18Miami (OH)Kentucky StateLexington, KYW 18–5 [14]
October 18Atlanta Athletic ClubGeorgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA L 0–2 [15]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20 Cincinnati VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 6–0 [16]
October 21Kentucky State Centre Danville, KY T 11–11 [17]
October 21 Bethel (KY) NashvilleNormal College Field • Nashville, TNT 5–5 [18]
October 21TexasDallas Athletic Club Dallas, TX W 11–6 [19]
October 21Tuscaloosa Athletic ClubAlabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 16–5
October 21Montgomery Athletic ClubAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 41–0 [20]
October 21SewaneeGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GASEW 12–0 [21]
October 21DavidsonNorth Carolina Latta Park • Charlotte, NC W 10–0 [22]
October 21 VPI TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNL 5–0 [23]
October 23SewaneeGeorgia TechPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GASEW 32–0 [24]
October 23Horner's SchoolNorth CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 46–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 27Ole MissCentral (KY)Citizens' Park • Memphis, TN MISS 13–6 [25]
October 28NashvilleOle Miss Oxford, MS NASH 11–0 [26]
October 28TennesseeSewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 46–0 [27]
October 28 Indiana VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 22–0 [28]
October 28ClemsonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 34–0 [29]
October 28Georgia TechGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 33–0 [30]
October 28North CarolinaNorth Carolina A&M Raleigh, NC T 11–11 [31]
October 31San AntonioTexas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 28–0 [32]
October 31 "Old" Maryland North CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 6–0 [33]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3SW PresbyterianSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 54–0 [34]
November 3LSUOle MissFairgrounds • Meridian, MS MISS 11–05,000 [35]
November 4North Carolina Navy Worden Field • Annapolis, MD L 0–12 [36]
November 4Kentucky StateTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNTENN 12–0 [37]
November 4Ole MissVanderbiltBillings Park • Memphis, TNVAN 11–0 [38]
November 4 Texas A&M Texas San Antonio, TX W 6–0 [39]
November 8North Carolina Princeton University Field • Princeton, NJ L 0–30 [40]
November 9Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 34–0 [41]
November 9SewaneeTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXSEW 12–02,500 [42]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 10Sewanee Texas A&M Herald Park • Houston, TX W 10–0600 [43]
November 11SewaneeTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA SEW 23–0~1,000 [44]
November 11Central (KY)Kentucky State Lexington, KY CENT 5–0 [45]
November 11Montgomery Athletic ClubAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 16–0 [46]
November 11GeorgiaTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNTENN 5–0 [47]
November 11NashvilleGeorgia TechPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GANASH 15–0 [48]
November 11 Bethel (TN) VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 22–0 [49]
November 13SewaneeLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA SEW 34–02,000+ [50]
November 13SewaneeOle MissBillings Park • Memphis, TNSEW 12–0 [51]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 18North Carolina A&MClemsonRock Hill, SCW 24–0 [52]
November 18AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAT 0–0 [53]
November 18TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 6–0 [54]
November 18SW PresbyterianNashvilleNormal College Field • Nashville, TNNASH 39–0 [55]
November 20TexasTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LATEX 11–0 [56]
November 20CumberlandSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 71–0 [57]
November 21 Washington and Lee Kentucky StateLexington, KYT 0–0 [58]
November 22Washington and LeeKentucky StateLexington, KYW 6–0 [59]
November 23Washington and LeeTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 11–0 [60]

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 24AlabamaOle MissDriving Park • Jackson, MS ALA 7–5600 [61]
November 25Alabama New Orleans Athletic Club Athletic Park • New Orleans, LAL 21–0 [62]
November 25Central (KY)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 21–16 [63]
November 25TulaneTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXTEX 32–0 [64]
November 27Tulane Texas A&M Herald Park • Houston, TXL 22–0 [65]
November 28LSULake Charles High SchoolHoohoo Park • Lake Charles, LA W 48–0 [66] [67]
November 302:50 p. m.SewaneeAuburnRiverside Park • Montgomery, ALSEW 11–10 [68]
November 30Kentucky AlumniKentucky StateLexington, KYW 6–5
November 30Georgia TechClemson Greenville, SC CLEM 41–5
November 30North CarolinaGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAUNC 5–03,000 [69]
November 30LSUTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXTEX 29–0 [70]
November 30Ole MissTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LAMISS 15–0 [71]
November 30Kentucky UniversityTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 41–0 [72]
November 30NashvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 5–04,000 [73]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 2North CarolinaSewaneePiedmont Park • Atlanta, GASEW 5–02,000 [74]
December 2LSU Texas A&M College Station, TX L 42–0 [75]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 8TulaneLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 38–0 [76]

Week Twelve

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 25Tennessee Grant Chattanooga, TN W 6–0 [77]

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:

PositionNameTeam
QB Warbler Wilson Sewanee
HB Arthur Feagin Auburn
HB Harry Gerstle Virginia
FB Robert M. Coleman Virginia
E Bart Sims Sewanee
T W. Hamilton Georgia
G William Choice VPI
C Carlos A. Long Georgetown
G Wallace Crutchfield Vanderbilt
T John Loyd Virginia
E Herman Koehler North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "Grantland Rice". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1941.
  2. ↑ Patrick Dorsey (September 23, 2011). "Sewanee, long-lost member of the SEC". Archived from the original on January 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cumberland University team defeated by the Vanderbilt team". Nashville Banner. October 7, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Georgia eleven defeated by the Clemson College boys". The Savannah Morning News. October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Blue and White downs the Crimson". The Morning Herald. October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "First football game; University beats A. & M. College in a well played contest". The Morning Post. October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Orange-White winning colors". The Journal and Tribune. October 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Carolina defeats Oak Ridge in football". Asheville Daily Gazette. October 13, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "A walk-over for the S.W.P.U.'s, was the football game Saturday". Semi-Weekly Leaf-Chronicle. October 17, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Vanderbilt 12, Miami 0". The Courier-Journal. October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Auburn defeats the Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "The score was 10 to 0 in Clemson's favor". The State. October 15, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Never touched Guilford; Carolina only scored 45 to Guilford's nothing". The News and Observer. October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "State College 18, Miami 5". The Courier-Journal. October 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Athletic Club wins from Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1899.
  16. ↑ "To Cincinnati comes victory". The Nashville American. October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Centre College 11, State College 11". The Courier-Journal. October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Rushing the pigskin; Bethel College and University of Nashville play football". Nashville Banner. October 23, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  20. ↑ "Montgomery boys show up well". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  22. ↑ "University defeats Davidson College by a close score". The Morning Post. October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "U of T eleven lost to the Blacksburg team". The Journal and Tribune. October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  27. ↑ "University of the South defeated University of Tennessee by 51 to 0". The Knoxville Sentinel. October 30, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  28. ↑ "Indiana wins; Vanderbilt University defeated by a score of 20 to 0". The Indianapolis News. October 31, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  32. ↑ "The 'Varsity beat the visitors badly yesterday". Austin Daily Statesman. November 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  33. ↑ "University of Maryland beaten". The Baltimore Sun. November 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  34. ↑ "Another fifty-four points for Sewanee". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 4, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  35. ↑ "Football—Mississippi defeated Louisiana in a great game at Meridian". The Commercial Appeal. November 2, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  36. ↑ "Naval Cadets win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  37. ↑ "Tennessee 12, State College 0". The Courier-Journal. November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  38. ↑ "Not a brilliant contest". The Commercial Appeal. November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  39. ↑ "The Agricultural boys were made to wilt by 'Varsity". Austin Daily Statesman. November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  40. ↑ "Princeton wins 30 to 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  41. ↑ "Clemson did eat Carolina boys up". The State. November 10, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  42. ↑ "Sewanee defeats University of Texas in spirited game". The Arkansas Gazette. November 10, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  43. ↑ "Sewanee 10, A. and M. 0; The Cadets put up a hard game and bothered the visitors". Houston Daily Post. November 11, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  44. ↑ "Olive still Blue but very hopeful". The Daily Picayune. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  45. ↑ "State College team defeated by Central University by a score of 5 to 0". The Morning Herald. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  46. ↑ "Montgomery boys' magnificent showing". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  47. ↑ "Tennessee beats Georgia eleven". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  48. ↑ "Nashville leads Techs Merry Chase". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 12, 1899.
  49. ↑ "Vanderbilt 22, Bethel College 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  50. ↑ "Sewanee 34, Louisiana 0; Tennesseans en route to Memphis after defeating everything in the southwest". The Commercial Appeal. November 14, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  52. ↑ "Clemson defeats the A and M, 24 to 0". The Charlotte Daily Observer. November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  53. ↑ "Auburn had game but darkness ended the football contest with University of Georgia". The Macon Telegraph. November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  54. ↑ "Texas up against it again". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  55. ↑ "Nashville won; Her game with Sewanee for next Saturday has been cancelled". Nashville Banner. November 20, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  56. ↑ "Tulane shut out; University of Texas men rolled up a score of eleven by hard work". The Commercial Appeal. November 21, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  70. ↑ "'Varsity vs. Baton Rouge; Texas boys won in the Austin game, 29 to 0". Fort Worth Morning Register. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  71. ↑ "Mississippi's game; Tulane defeated by a score of 15 to 0". The Times-Democrat. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  72. ↑ "Brilliant end of the season". The Journal and Tribune. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  73. ↑ "Thanksgiving game on Dudley Field". The Nashville American. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  75. ↑ "A. and M. College vs University of Louisiana won by the home team". Bryan-College Station Eagle. December 3, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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