1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 30, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Number of teams16
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Football seasons
  1904
1906  
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $500710
Georgia Tech 501601
LSU 200300
Sewanee 311421
Clemson 321321
Alabama 440640
Cumberland (TN) 220340
Nashville 000020
Auburn 230240
Mississippi A&M 140340
Tulane 010010
Ole Miss 020020
Tennessee 041351
Georgia 050150
  • $ Conference champion

The 1905 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 1905 college football season. The season began on September 30.

Contents

One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech." [1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 7–15–046.52.8
2 Georgia Tech John Heisman 6–0–15–0–130.04.7
3 LSU Dan A. Killian 3–02–012.00.0
4 Sewanee W. C. Hyatt4–2–13–1–119.416.4
5 Clemson Eddie Cochems 3–2–13–2–113.510.5
6 (tie) Alabama Jack Leavenworth 6–44–417.811.3
6 (tie) Cumberland John Counselman 4–42–29.79.6
8 Nashville 0–20–0
9 Auburn Mike Donahue 2–42–46.316.0
10 Mississippi A&M Daniel S. Martin 3–41–416.313.4
11 (tie) Tulane John F. Tobin 0–10–10.05.0
11 (tie) Mississippi 0–20–10.014.5
13 Tennessee James DePree 3–5–10–4–118.016.8
14 Georgia Marvin M. Dickinson 1–50–54.331.3

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [2]

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
September 30Tennessee Deaf SchoolTennessee Waite FieldKnoxville, TN W 166
September 30 Maryville Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 97–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3 Maryville Alabama The QuadTuscaloosa, Alabama W 17–0 [3]
October 3CumberlandGeorgia Herty FieldAthens, GA CUM 39–10
October 6Cumberland VPI Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA L 12–0
October 7North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GA W 54–0
October 7 American Temperance TennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 104–0
October 7AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–0

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 14Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 34–0
October 14Vanderbilt Michigan Regents FieldAnn Arbor, MI L 18–0
October 14MooneySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 42–0
October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 55
October 14Texas A&M Baylor Carroll FieldWaco, TX W 420

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20 Davidson Auburn Birmingham, AL L 6–0
October 20Mississippi A&M Marion Marion, AL W 380
October 21ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 35–0
October 21AlabamaGeorgia TechBrisbane Park • Atlanta, GAGT 12–5
October 21CumberlandSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 9–0
October 21VanderbiltTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNVAN 45–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25AlabamaClemsonState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC CLEM 25–0
October 27AuburnMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS AUB 18–0
October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 180
October 28TennesseeSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 116
October 28TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 330

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 31CumberlandGrantOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN W 116
November 4GeorgiaAlabama State FairgroundsBirmingham, AL ALA 36–0
November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 450
November 4AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 540

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9 Centre AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 21–0
November 11ClemsonAuburn Auburn, AL CLEM 60
November 11 Howard Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 440
November 11CumberlandKentucky State Lexington, KY L 120
November 11North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 16–12
November 11Georgia TechSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNT 18–18

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 17–10
November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 3004,000 [4]
November 18GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 46–0
November 18 Louisiana Tech LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 16–0
November 18 Centre TennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 31–5
November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0
November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20CumberlandOle Miss Oxford, MS CUM 18–0
November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 426
November 25LSUTulane New Orleans, LA LSU 50

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 30TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 290
November 30AuburnGeorgia Macon, GA AUB 200
November 30ClemsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 1710
November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MSA&M 110
November 30SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 684
December 1Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 150

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 3Tennessee Chattanooga Chattanooga, TNW 50

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:

PositionNameTeam
QB Frank Kyle Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Hillsman Taylor Vanderbilt
G Stein Stone Vanderbilt
C Emma Patterson Vanderbilt
G Puss Derrick Clemson
T Frank Jones Auburn
E Ed Hamilton Vanderbilt

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References

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  2. "1905 Independent Year Summary | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
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