1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 24, 1910 through December 3, 1910
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt Auburn
Football seasons
←  1909 1911  →

1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Auburn +	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Central University +	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Mercer	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
LSU	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Alabama	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1910 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 1910 college football season. The season began on September 24.

Vanderbilt lineman Will Metzger was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp, the third player from the South ever to receive such an honor. ^[1]

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1 (tie)	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	8–0–1	5–0	18.4	0.9
1 (tie)	Auburn	Mike Donahue	6–1	4–0	25.1	1.3
1 (tie)	Central	M. B. Banks	9–0	3–0
4	Sewanee	Harris Cope	8–2	3–1	28.5	6.4
5	Georgia	Alex Cunningham	6–2–1	4–2–1	31.2	5.8
6	Mississippi	Nathan Stauffer	7–1	2–1
7 (tie)	Mississippi A&M	W. D. Chadwick	7–2	3–2	24.3	4.0
7 (tie)	Mercer	C. C. Stroud	6–3	3–2	13.2	8.1
9	Georgia Tech	John Heisman	5–3	3–3	24.6	6.3
10	Clemson	Bob Williams	4–3–1	2–3–1	13.3	6.8
11	Tennessee	Lex Stone	3–5–1	1–4	5.6	14.9
12	The Citadel	Sam Costen	3–4	0–2	3.7	10.7
13	LSU	John W. Mayhew	1–5	0–3	7.5	19.8
14	Alabama	Guy Lowman	4–4	0–4	8.1	13.4
15	Howard		1–7	0–5

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 24	Locust Grove	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 32–0
September 24	Sewanee Medical	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 53–0
September 24	Mooney	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0
September 24	Gordon	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 26–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 1	Central	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	CEN 17–2
October 1	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 16–0
October 1	Locust Grove	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 101–0
October 1	Gordon	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 57–0
October 1	Memphis H. S.	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 10–0
October 1	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M		W 24–0
October 1	Mercer	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	MERC 3–0
October 1	Blountsville Agri.	Howard		W 10–0
October 1	Anderson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 27–0
October 1	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 23–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 5	Tennessee Medical College	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 2–0
October 8	Marion	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 26–0
October 8	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 6–0
October 8	Clemson	Howard	Homewood, AL	CLEM 24–0
October 8	Gordon	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 79–0
October 8	Chattanooga	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 18–0
October 8	Miami (OH)	Central	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 12–2
October 8	Georgia Medical	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 22–0
October 8	Tennessee Military	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 95–0
October 8	Castle Heights	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 13	Ole Miss	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 16–0
October 15	Auburn	Howard	Birmingham, AL	AUB 78–0
October 15	Clemson	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CLEM 32–0
October 15	Georgia	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	UGA 22–0
October 15	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 46–0
October 15	Sewanee	Central	Louisville, KY	CEN 19–0
October 15	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0
October 15	Tennessee-Memphis	Mississippi A&M		W 6–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 16	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 18–0
October 21	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	MSA&M 3–0
October 21	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 24–0
October 22	Howard	Alabama Southern	Montgomery, AL	L 5–0
October 22	Clemson	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 17–0
October 22	The Citadel	Charleston	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	L 11–0
October 22	Tennessee	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 35–6
October 22	Hanover	Central	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 33–0
October 22	Florida	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 13–0
October 22	Georgia Tech	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	GT 36–0
October 22	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field Sewanee, TN	W 22–5
October 22	Vanderbilt	Yale	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	T 0–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 26	Tulane	Central	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 35-0
October 29	Wake Forest	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 9–5
October 29	Mercer	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	MERC 21–0
October 29	Tennessee	Howard	Birmingham, AL	TENN 17–0
October 29	Sewanee	LSU	New Orleans, LA	SEW 31–5
October 29	Auburn	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 9–0
October 29	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 9–2

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 31	Tennessee	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 48–0
November 1	Tennessee Medical College	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 6–0
November 3	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 24–0
November 5	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	AUB 16–0
November 5	Chattanooga	Mercer	Macon, GA	L 6–0
November 5	The Citadel	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	L 6–2
November 5	Kentucky	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	L 10–0
November 5	Alabama	Ole Miss	Greenville, MS	MISS 16–0
November 5	Central	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	W 27–0
November 5	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 10–0
November 5	Georgia	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 15–12
November 5	LSU	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 22–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	T 0–0
November 12	Auburn	Tulane	Gulfport, MS	W 33–0
November 12	Howard	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	L 56–0
November 12	Ole Miss	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	W 44–0
November 12	Central	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 12–3
November 12	Birmingham	Mississippi A&M		W 46–0
November 12	Sewanee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	SEW 30–0
November 12	Maryville	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 13	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	VAN 23–0
November 18	Mercer	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	MERC 21–0
November 18	Howard	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 82–0
November 19	Alabama	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 5–3
November 19	Central	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown, KY	W 78–0
November 19	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	T 6–6
November 19	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	UGA 11–6

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Washington & Lee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 9–0
November 24	LSU	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR	L 51–0
November 24	Auburn	Georgia	Savannah, GA	AUB 26–0
November 24	Central	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–6
November 24	South Carolina	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 5–0
November 24	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 34–0
November 24	Howard	Mercer		MERC 28–0
November 24	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	MISS 30–0
November 24	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 23–6

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 3	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 10–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1910 College Football All-America Team

• G - W. E. Metzger, Vanderbilt (WC-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1910 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team of four sporting writers and three coaches included: ^[3]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Chigger Browne	C	Sewanee
HB	Ray Morrison	C	Vanderbilt
HB	Aubrey Lanier	C	Sewanee
FB	Bradley Streit	C	Auburn
E	Jenks Gillem	C	Sewanee
T	Ewing Y. Freeland	C	Vanderbilt
G	Will Metzger	C	Vanderbilt
C	Eugene Caton	C	Auburn
G	Earl Kinnebrew	C	Mississippi
T	Pat Patterson	C	Georgia Tech
E	Bill Neely	C	Vanderbilt

See also

• 1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game

References

1. "On the Gridiron and Diamond". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 30 (2): 211.
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1910.html
3. "All S. I. A. A. Team". Times-Picayune. December 8, 1910.