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
Teams14
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Football seasons
←  1906
1908  →
1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $3–0–05–1–1
Sewanee 6–1–08–1–0
LSU 3–1–07–3–0
Alabama 3–1–25–1–2
Tennessee 3–2–07–2–1
Auburn 3–2–16–2–1
Georgia 3–3–14–3–1
Mississippi A&M 3–3–06–3–0
Georgia Tech 2–4–04–4–0
Clemson 1–3–04–4–0
Mercer 0–3–03–3–0
Howard (AL) 0–5–02–5–0
Ole Miss 0–5–00–6–0
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. Howard College was a new addition to the SIAA.

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 27MooneySewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 23–0 [4]
September 28 Gordon ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 5–0 [5]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 2 Southwestern Presbyterian Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MS W 7–0 [6]
October 3Southwestern PresbyterianHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, AL W 5–0 [7]
October 5 Maryville (TN) Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 17–0 [8]
October 5Howard (AL)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 23–0 [9]
October 5 North Georgia Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 57–0 [10]
October 5GordonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GA W 51–0 [11]
October 5 Tennessee Military Institute Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN W 30–0 [12]
October 5 Kentucky State College Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 40–01,800 [13]
October 7Maryville (TN)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 29–0 [14]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 9MaryvilleClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 35–0 [15]
October 10Mississippi A&MSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 38–0 [16]
October 11 Louisiana Industrial LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 28–0 [17]
October 12AlabamaOle MissColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS ALA 20–0 [18]
October 12North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 70–0 [19]
October 12Mississippi A&MHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, ALMSA&M 12–5 [20]
October 12TennesseeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GATENN 15–0 [21]
October 12Vanderbilt Navy Worden Field • Annapolis, MD T 6–6 [22]
October 12 Florida MercerCentral City Park • Macon, GA W 6–0 [23]
October 12GordonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 34–0 [24]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19GeorgiaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 26–6 [25]
October 19TennesseeGeorgia Tech Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 6–4 [26]
October 19 Southwestern Baptist Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 80–0 [27]
October 19 Cape Girardeau Normal Ole Miss Oxford, MS L 6–12 [28]
October 19SewaneeAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALSEW 12–6 [29]
October 19LSUTexas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 5–12 [30]
October 21SewaneeAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALSEW 54–4 [31]
October 21TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCTENN 4–0 [32]
October 21LSU Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 5–11 [33]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25MercerMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSMSA&M 75–0 [34]
October 25GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, AL T 0–0 [35]
October 26AuburnGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 12–6 [36]
October 26SewaneeOle MissVarsity Park • Memphis, TN SEW 65–0 [37]
October 26Maryville (TN)TennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 34–0 [38]
October 26 Rose Polytechnic VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 65–10 [39]
October 28Howard (AL)LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 57–0 [40]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 31 Drury Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 6–0 [41]
October 31 North Carolina Clemson Columbia, SC W 15–6 [42]
November 1Howard (AL)Gordon Barnesville, GA L 0–11 [43]
November 2Howard (AL)MercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAMER 11–6 [44]
November 2 Centre Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALW 12–0 [45]
November 2ClemsonAuburnDrill Fielf • Auburn, ALAUB 12–01,000 [46]
November 2GeorgiaGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 10–6 [47]
November 2 Michigan VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–8 [48]
November 2Sewanee Virginia Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA W 12–01,000 [49]
November 2 Chattanooga TennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 57–0 [50]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 6 Arkansas LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 17–12 [51]
November 7ClemsonGeorgiaGeorgia-Carolina Fair Grounds • Augusta, GA UGA 8–0 [52]
November 9MercerAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 63–0 [53]
November 9 Davidson ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCL 6–10 [54]
November 9Kentucky State CollegeTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNT 0–0 [55]
November 9Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 23–11 [56]
November 9SewaneeGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GASEW 18–0 [57]
November 9Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 60–0 [58]
November 11SewaneeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GASEW 16–0 [59]

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16Howard (AL)ChattanoogaOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN W 21-7 [60]
November 16AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALT 6–6 [61]
November 16GordonMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 5–0 [62]
November 16LSUOle MissLeague Park • Jackson, MS LSU 23–05,000 [63]
November 16Mississippi A&MTennesseeDriving Park • Memphis, TNTENN 11–4 [64]
November 16Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0 [65]
November 18Tennessee Arkansas West End Park • Little Rock, AR W 14–2 [66]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 23LSUAlabamaMonroe Park • Mobile, AL ALA 6–4 [67]
November 23SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 17–12 [68] [69] [70] [71]
November 23Howard (AL) Birmingham West End Park • Birmingham, ALW 83–0 [72]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 28TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 5–0 [73]
November 28ClemsonGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GACLEM 6–5 [74]
November 28AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 6–0 [75]
November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MLeague Park • Jackson, MSMSA&M 15–0 [76]
November 28 Baylor LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 48–0 [77]

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScoreReference
December 25, 1907 Bacardi Bowl La Tropical Stadium • Havana, Cuba LSUHavana UniversityLSU 56–0 [78]

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.

References

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