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 $ 5 –0 –07 –1 –0
Georgia Tech 5 –0 –16 –0 –1
LSU 2 –0 –03 –0 –0
Sewanee 3 –1 –14 –2 –1
Clemson 3 –2 –13 –2 –1
Cumberland (TN) 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Alabama 4 –4 –06 –4 –0
Nashville 0 –0 –00 –2 –0
Auburn 2 –3 –02 –4 –0
Mississippi A&M 1 –4 –03 –4 –0
Tulane 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
Ole Miss 0 –2 –00 –2 –0
Tennessee 0 –4 –13 –5 –1
Georgia 0 –5 –01 –5 –0
  • $ – 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 30 Tennessee School for the Deaf TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 16–6 [3]
September 30 Maryville (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 97–0 [4]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3Maryville (TN)Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 17–0 [5]
October 3CumberlandGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CUM 39–10
October 6Cumberland VPI Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA L 0–12 [6]
October 7 North Georgia Georgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GA W 54–0 [7]
October 7 American Temperance TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 104–0 [8]
October 7AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–01,500 [9]
October 7MooneySewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 42–0 [10]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 14Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 34–0 [11]
October 14Vanderbilt Michigan Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 0–18 [12]
October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Clemson, SC T 5–5 [13]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20 Davidson AuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, AL L 6–0 [14]
October 20Mississippi A&M Marion Marion, AL W 38–0 [15]
October 20CumberlandSewaneeNashville, TNSEW 9–0 [16]
October 20Nashville Southwestern Presbyterian Clarksville, TN L 0–6 [17]
October 21ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 35–0 [18]
October 21AlabamaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 12–5 [19]
October 21VanderbiltTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNVAN 45–0 [20]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25AlabamaClemsonState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC CLEM 25–0 [21]
October 27AuburnMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS AUB 18–0 [22]
October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 18–0 [23]
October 28TennesseeSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 11–6 [24]
October 28 Texas VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0 [25]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 31Cumberland Grant Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN W 11–6 [26]
November 4GeorgiaAlabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 36–0 [27]
November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 45–0 [28]
November 4AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0 [29]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9 Central University AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 21–0 [30]
November 11ClemsonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, AL CLEM 6–0 [31]
November 11 Howard (AL) Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 44–0 [32]
November 11Cumberland Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–12 [33] [34]
November 11North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 16–12 [35]
November 11SewaneeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAT 18–18 [36]

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17SewaneeTexas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 10–17 [37]
November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 30–04,000 [38]
November 18GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 46–0 [39]
November 18 Louisiana Industrial LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 16–0 [40]
November 18Central UniversityTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 31–5 [41]
November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0 [42]
November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5 [43]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20CumberlandOle MissUniversity Park • Oxford, MS CUM 18–0 [44]
November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 42–6 [45]
November 25LSUTulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA LSU 5–0 [46]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 30TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 29–0 [47]
November 30AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GA AUB 20–0 [48] [49]
November 30ClemsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 17–105,000 [50]
November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MSA&M 11–0 [51]
November 30SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 68–4 [52]
December 1Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 15–0 [53]

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 3TennesseeGrantOlympic Park • Field Chattanooga, TNW 5–0 [54]

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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