1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 29, 1906
through December 2, 1906
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Clemson
Football seasons
←  1905
1907  →
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt +4–0–08–1–0
Clemson +4–0–04–0–3
Sewanee 5–1–08–1–0
Alabama 3–1–05–1–0
Ole Miss 3–2–04–2–0
Georgia Tech 3–3–06–3–1
Georgia 2–2–12–4–1
LSU 0–1–12–2–2
Mississippi A&M 0–2–12–2–1
Tennessee 0–3–11–6–2
Mercer 0–2–01–4–0
Tulane 0–2–00–4–1
Auburn 0–5–01–5–1
Cumberland (TN)  –  – 
Nashville  –  – 
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1906 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 1906 college football season. The season began on September 29.

Contents

At the end of 1905 football looked about to be abolished due to all of the reoccurring violence during games. Football was a sport that had degenerated into dangerous tactics such as: the flying wedge, punching, kicking, piling-on, and elbows to the face. Almost any violent behavior was allowed. Fatalities and injuries mounted during the 1905 season. [n 1]

As a result, the 1906 season was played under a new set of rules. [2] The rules governing intercollegiate football were changed to promote a more open and less dangerous style of play. An intercollegiate conference, which would become the forerunner of the NCAA, approved radical changes including the legalization of the forward pass, allowing the punting team to recover an on-side kick as a live ball, abolishing the dangerous flying wedge, creating a neutral zone between offense and defense, and doubling the first-down distance to 10 yards, to be gained in three downs. [3]

According to Fuzzy Woodruff, Davidson tossed the first legal forward pass in the South in the win over Georgia. [4]

Clemson and Vanderbilt tied for the SIAA title, [5] but few writers chose the Tigers over the vaunted Commodores. [6] Coach Dan McGugin called the Carlisle victory "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season." [7] For some, Vanderbilt's eleven was the entire All-Southern team. [8] Running back Owsley Manier was the first Southern player chosen third-team All-American by Walter Camp.

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 (tie) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 8–14–030.91.8
1 (tie) Clemson Bob Williams 4–0–34–0–15.40.6
3 Sewanee J. J. Quill8–15–123.41.8
4 Alabama Doc Pollard 5–13–116.213.7
5 Mississippi Thomas S. Hammond 4–23–211.810.7
6 Georgia Tech John Heisman 6–3–13–38.17.7
7 Georgia W. S. Whitney 2–4–12–2–18.47.1
8 LSU Dan A. Killian 2–2–20–1–16.76.2
9 Mississippi A&M Daniel S. Martin 2–2–10–2–120.29.0
10 (tie) Mercer E. E. Tarr 1–40–26.432.6
10 (tie) Tulane John Russ 0–4–10–20.018.4
12 Tennessee James DePree 1–6–20–3–11.714.1
13 Auburn Mike Donahue 1–5–10–53.45.9

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [9]

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 29 Maryville Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA T 6–6
September 29 Howard Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 30–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 4 Maryville Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 16–6
October 6 Maryville Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–0
October 6North GeorgiaGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 11–0
October 6MooneySewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 24–0
October 6 American Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 10–0
October 6 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–0
October 8 Maryville Auburn Auburn, AL T 0–0
October 8Mercer Gordon Barnesville, GA L 28–5

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 10Monroe A. C.LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–0
October 13GordonAuburn Auburn, AL W 15–0
October 13 Howard Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14–0
October 13 Chattanooga Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 18–0
October 13 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 15–0
October 13 Maryville Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN L 11–0
October 13 Marion Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 62–0
October 13 Rhodes Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 57–0
October 13Ole MissVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 29–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20 Centre Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN L 6–0
October 20GeorgiaClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–0
October 20Ole MissLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MISS 9–0
October 20SewaneeGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA SEW 16–0
October 20AlabamaVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 78–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25TennesseeAmerican Harriman, TN T 5–5
October 26SewaneeAuburn Birmingham, AL SEW 10–5
October 27DavidsonGeorgia Tech• Atlanta, GA W 4–0
October 27LSUMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS T 0–0
October 27 Howard Tulane New Orleans, LA T 0–0
October 27TexasVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 45–0

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3ClemsonDavidson Davidson, NC T 0–0
November 3AlabamaMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS ALA 16–4
November 3GeorgiaMercer Macon, GA UGA 55–0
November 3AuburnGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 11–0
November 3Vanderbilt Michigan Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 10–4
November 3SewaneeTennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN SEW 17–0

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9 Louisiana Tech LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–0
November 10AuburnClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–4
November 10Georgia TechGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA GT 17–0
November 10Mercer The Citadel Charleston, SC L 10–0
November 10Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY L 21–0
November 10SewaneeTulane New Orleans, LA SEW 35–0
November 10 Rose-Hulman Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0
November 12Ole MissSewanee Memphis, TN SEW 24–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16 Florida Mercer Macon, GA W 12–0
November 17AuburnAlabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 10–0
November 17 Maryville Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 28–0
November 17Texas A&MTulane New Orleans, LA L 18–0
November 17VanderbiltGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA VAN 37–6
November 19TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 16–0
November 19Texas A&MLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 22–12

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 21TennesseeGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA T 0–0
November 24 Arkansas Tulane New Orleans, LA L 22–0
November 24Georgia TechMercer Macon, GA GT 61–0
November 24 Carlisle Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 4–0 [10]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 29TennesseeAlabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 51–0
November 29 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA T 6–6
November 29ClemsonGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA CLEM 10–0
November 29AuburnGeorgia Macon, GA UGA 4–0
November 29Ole MissMississippi A&MState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MISS 29–5
November 29SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 20–0
December 2GeorgiaSavannah A. C. Savannah, GA L 12–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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 Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Joe Pritchard Vanderbilt
G Walter K. Chorn Vanderbilt
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Clyde R. Conner Mississippi
T Lex Stone Sewanee
E Lob Brown Georgia Tech

Notes

  1. ↑ Union College halfback Harold Moore died of a cerebral hemorrhage after being kicked in the head while attempting to tackle an NYU runner. The Chicago Tribune referred to the 1905 football season as a "death harvest", as it resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Football Year's Death Harvest: Record Shows That Nineteen Football Players Have been Killed in 1905". November 26, 1905. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Vanderbilt University (1907). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 7. p. 49.
  3. ↑ "Football Rules Made At Last". Salt Lake Herald. April 2, 1906. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 187
  5. ↑ "Clemson Vault: A Measure of Success".[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "David Wilson's Homepage".
  7. ↑ Dan McGugin (1907). "Football In Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 49.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Earle McGugin". Coach & Athlete. 28: 42. 1965 – via Google books. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ "1906 Independent Year Summary | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
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