1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 28, 1907
through December 25, 1907
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Football seasons
←  1906
1908  →
1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $3–0–0  5–1–1
Sewanee 6–1–0  8–1–0
LSU 3–1–0  7–3–0
Alabama 3–1–2  5–1–2
Tennessee 3–2–0  7–2–1
Auburn 3–2–1  6–2–1
Georgia 3–3–1  4–3–1
Mississippi A&M 3–3–0  6–3–0
Georgia Tech 2–4–0  4–4–0
Clemson 1–3–0  4–4–0
Mercer 0–3–0  3–3–0
Howard (AL) 0–5–0  2–5–0
Ole Miss 0–5–0  0–6–0
Nashville  –    – 
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1907 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 1907 college football season. The season began on September 28 with conference member Clemson hosting Gordon.

Contents

Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6. [n 1] The Commodores also beat Georgia Tech by the largest margin in coach John Heisman's tenure, and beat a powerful Sewanee team on a double pass play which Grantland Rice called the greatest thrill in his years of watching sports. Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South." [1] Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts." [2] The only loss suffered all season for Vanderbilt was to Western power Michigan.

LSU played the University of Havana in Cuba, the first time any Southern team played in a foreign country.

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 5–1–13–034.65.1
2 Sewanee Arthur G. Erwin8–16–127.83.0
3 Alabama Doc Pollard 5–1–23–1–28.88.0
4 LSU Edgar Wingard 7–32–126.65.2
5 (tie) Auburn Willis Kienholz 6–2–13–2–120.63.3
5 (tie) Tennessee George Levene 7–2–13–216.91.7
7 Georgia W. S. Whitney 4–3–13–3–112.95.9
8 Mississippi A&M Fred Furman 6–32–323.38.6
9 Georgia Tech John Heisman 4–42–418.512.5
10 Clemson Frank Shaughnessy 4–41–38.45.6
11 Mercer H. R. Schenker 3–30–3
12 Howard John Counselman 2-50–5
13 Mississippi Frank A. Mason 0–60–51.032.5
14Nashville

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [3]

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 28 Gordon ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 5–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 2 Rhodes HowardHardy Field • Homewood, AL W 5–0
October 2 Rhodes Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 7–0
October 3MooneySewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 23–0
October 5 Maryville Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 17–0
October 5 Howard Auburn Auburn, AL W 23–0
October 5North GeorgiaGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 57–0
October 5GordonGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 51–0
October 5Tennessee MilitaryTennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 30–0
October 5 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 40–0
October 7 Maryville Auburn Auburn, AL W 29–0

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 9 Maryville ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 35–0
October 10Mississippi A&MSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 38–0
October 11 Louisiana Tech LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 28–0
October 12AlabamaOle MissColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS ALA 20–0
October 12North GeorgiaGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 70–0
October 12Mississippi A&M Howard Birmingham, AL W 12–5
October 12TennesseeGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA TENN 15–0
October 12Vanderbilt Navy Worden Field • Annapolis, MD T 6–6

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19GeorgiaMercer Macon, GA UGA 26–6
October 19TennesseeGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 6–4
October 19Union (TN)Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 80–0
October 19SewaneeAuburn State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL SEW 12–6
October 19LSUTexas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 12–5
October 19Rose-HulmanVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 65–10
October 21SewaneeAlabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL SEW 54–4
October 21TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC TENN 4–0
October 21LSUTexas A&M College Station, TX L 11–5

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 24MercerMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS MSA&M 75–0
October 25GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, AL T 0–0
October 26AuburnGeorgia Tech• Atlanta, GA AUB 12–6
October 26SewaneeOle Miss Memphis, TN SEW 65–0
October 26 Maryville Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 34–0
October 28HowardLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 57–0

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 30DruryMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 6–0
October 31 North Carolina Clemson Columbia, SC W 15–6
November 1 Howard Mercer Macon, GA W 11–6
November 2 Centre Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL W 12–0
November 2ClemsonAuburn Auburn, AL AUB 12–0
November 2GeorgiaGeorgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 10–6
November 2 Michigan Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 8–0 [4]
November 2Sewanee Virginia Norfolk, VA W 12–0
November 2 Chattanooga Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 57–0

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 6 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–12
November 7ClemsonGeorgia Augusta, GA UGA 8–0
November 9MercerAuburn Auburn, AL AUB 63–0
November 9 Davidson ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC L 10–6
November 9 Kentucky Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN T 0–0
November 9Mississippi A&MLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 23–11
November 9SewaneeGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA SEW 18–0
November 9Ole MissVanderbilt Memphis, TN VAN 60–0
November 11SewaneeGeorgia Herty Field • Athens, GA SEW 16–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 12 Oklahoma Texas A&M College Station, TX W 19–0
November 16HowardChattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 21-7
November 16AuburnAlabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL T 6–6
November 16 Gordon MercerW 5–0
November 16LSUOle Miss Jackson, MS LSU 23–0
November 16Mississippi A&MTennessee Memphis, TN TENN 11–4
November 16Georgia TechVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 54–0
November 18 Arkansas Tennessee Memphis, TN W 14–2

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20Mercer Florida Gainesville, FL W 6–0
November 23LSUAlabamaMonroe Park • Mobile, AL ALA 6–4
November 23SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 17–12 [5] [6] [7] [8]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 28TennesseeAlabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 5–0
November 28ClemsonGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA CLEM 6–5
November 28AuburnGeorgia Macon, GA UGA 6–0
November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MSA&M 15–0
November 28 Baylor LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 48–0

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScore
December 25, 1907 Bacardi Bowl Havana, Cuba LSUHavana UniversityLSU 56–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The consensus All-Southern team:

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Aubrey Lanier Sewanee
FB Lawrence Markley Sewanee
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt'
T Lex Stone Sewanee
G Frank Faulkinberry Sewanee
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Horace Sherrell Vanderbilt
T J. R. Davis Georgia Tech
E Guy Lewis Sewanee

Notes

  1. ↑ Navy was captained by Arch Douglas, the second player from the South to get third-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.

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References

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  2. ↑ Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
  3. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1907.html
  4. ↑ "Vanderbilt Beaten By Yost's Men". The Washington Times. November 3, 1907. Retrieved May 1, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ Bill Traughber (December 5, 2007). "CHC: Stein Stone's Famous 1907 Catch". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Claiming Rampant". The Miami News. February 9, 1954.
  7. ↑ "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924. ProQuest   497709192.
  8. ↑ Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 339.
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