1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 26, 1914
through December 5, 1914
Number of teams19
Regular Season
Season champions Tennessee
Auburn
Football seasons
  1913
1915  
1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tennessee +600  900
Auburn +401  801
Texas A&M 200  611
Ole Miss 211  541
Mississippi A&M 420  620
Sewanee 420  530
Florida 320  520
Georgia 221  351
Clemson 220  531
Alabama 330  540
Kentucky 110  530
LSU 121  441
Chattanooga 130  540
Vanderbilt 130  260
Mississippi College 011  431
Wofford 010  171
Centre 010  131
Mercer 030  540
Tulane 031  331
The Citadel 030  250
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1914 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 1914 college football season. The season began on September 26.

Contents

Tennessee and Auburn both claim conference championships. It was the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Vanderbilt no longer dominated the South by 1914. [1]

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.

Unknown

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
 ? Louisiana Tech Mississippi CollegeW 148
?Southern MissMississippi CollegeW 390

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 26 Marion Auburn Drake FieldAuburn, AL W 390
September 26North GeorgiaGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA W 810
September 26WilmingtonKentucky Lexington, KY W 870
September 26 CarsonNewman Tennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 890
September 27 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 540

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3 Howard Alabama The QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 13–0
October 3Northern Alabama A. C.Auburn Drake FieldAuburn, AL W 600
October 3K. M. ICentreCheek Field • Danville, KY W 186
October 3 Davidson ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 00
October 3The CitadelGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA UGA 130
October 3 Maryville Kentucky Lexington, KY W 800
October 3 Louisiana Tech LSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 600
October 3 Arkansas State Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 200
October 3 Marion Mississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS W 540
October 3 Cumberland Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TN W 590
October 3 King Tennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 553
October 3AustinTexas A&M College Station, TX W 320
October 3 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 426
October 3RiversideWofford Spartanburg, SC T 00

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 10BirminghamAlabama The QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 540
October 10AuburnFlorida Jacksonville, FL AUB 200
October 10 Porter Military The CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SCW 120
October 10GeorgiaSewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TN UGA 76
October 10Mercer Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 1050
October 10Mississippi CollegeLSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA LSU 140
October 10 Rhodes Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 140
October 10 Cumberland Mississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS W 770
October 10Vanderbilt Michigan Ferry FieldAnn Arbor, MI L 233
October 10Wofford Furman Greenville, SC L 1912

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 17 Georgia Tech Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL W 130
October 17ClemsonAuburn Drake FieldAuburn, AL AUB 280
October 17 King Florida Gainesville, FL W 360
October 17Mississippi A&MKentucky Lexington, KY UK 1913
October 17Ole MissLSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA MISS 210
October 17 North Carolina Georgia Atlanta, GA L 416
October 18 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, TN W 463
October 17Tennessee Louisville Louisville, KY W 660
October 17 TCU Texas A&M College Station, TX W 400
October 17 Louisiana-Lafayette TulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 330
October 17CentreVanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN VAN 590
October 17Wofford Davidson Davidson, NC L 815

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 22Clemson Furman Greenville, SC W 570
October 23HaskellTexas A&M Fort Worth, TX L 100
October 24Mississippi A&MAuburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL AUB 190
October 24The Citadel Davidson Charlotte, NC L 160
October 24Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 280
October 24EarlhamKentucky Lexington, KY W 813
October 24JeffersonLSU State FieldBaton Rouge, LA W 1413
October 24SewaneeFlorida Jacksonville, FL SEW 26–0
October 24CentenaryTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 820
October 24AlabamaTennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 177
October 24 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN L 109
October 24PresbyterianWofford Spartanburg, SC W 70

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 27JeffersonTulane New Orleans, LA W 247
October 28Ole MissMississippi College Jackson, MS T 77
October 29Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 296
October 31ClemsonThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SC CLEM 140
October 31TulaneAlabama The QuadTuscaloosa, AL ALA 580
October 31Florida SouthernFlorida Tampa, FL W 590
October 31Sewanee Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 200
October 31Mississippi A&MGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA MSA&M 90
October 31Kentucky Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH L 147
October 31LSUTexas A&M Dallas, TX TXA&M 639
October 31Ole MissOuachita Memphis, TN L 70
October 31 Chattanooga Tennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 670
October 31 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN L 207
October 31Wofford Newberry Newberry, SC L 360

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 4 South Carolina Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 250
November 7Auburn Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 140
November 7Kentucky WesleyanCentre Danville, KY T 66
November 7The Citadel Newberry Newberry, SC W 1413
November 7ClemsonGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA CLEM 3513
November 7WoffordFlorida Gainesville, FL FLA 660
November 7Kentucky Purdue West Lafayette, IN L 406
November 7 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds FieldShreveport, LA L 2012
November 7MercerMississippi A&MMSA&M 660
November 7Ole MissTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA MISS 216
November 8TennesseeVanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN TENN 1614
November 9Texas A&M Rice Houston, TX W 327

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 13 Chattanooga Alabama The QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 630
November 14VanderbiltAuburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL AUB 60
November 14Clemson VMI Richmond, VA W 2723
November 14The CitadelFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 70
November 14Georgia Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 70
November 14 Louisville Kentucky Lexington, KY W 420
November 14HaskellLSU New Orleans, LA L 310
November 14Ole Miss Arkansas Little Rock, AR W 137
November 14TulaneMississippi A&M Jackson, MS MSA&M 610
November 14SewaneeTennessee Chattanooga, TN TENN 147

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17Ole Miss Texas Clark FieldAustin, TX L 667
November 17Ole MissSouthwestern (TX) Georgetown, TX L 180
November 20Centre Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY L 670
November 21AuburnGeorgia Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA T 00
November 21SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN SEW 1413
November 21 Oklahoma State Texas A&M College Station, TX W 240

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 26The Citadel South Carolina Columbia, SC L 76
November 26Centre Transylvania Lexington, KY L 533
November 26Clemson Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 266
November 26MercerFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 140
November 26KentuckyTennessee15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 236
November 26Ole MissTexas A&M Beaumont, TX TXA&M 147
November 26Mississippi A&MAlabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL MSA&M 90
November 26LSUTulane New Orleans, LA T 00
November 28 Newberry Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 157

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 2 Carlisle Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL L 203
December 5 Carlisle Auburn Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA W 70
December 5Wofford Wake Forest Wake Forest, NC L 410

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern team compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger, University of Tennessee athletic director included: [2]

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB David Paddock ZC, C Georgia
HB Hunter Kimball ZC, C Mississippi A&M
HB Rabbit Curry ZC, C Vanderbilt
FB Rus Lindsay ZC, C Tennessee
E Alonzo Carroll ZC, C Tennessee
T Farmer Kelly ZC, C Tennessee
G Big Thigpen ZC, C Auburn
C Boozer Pitts ZC, C Auburn
G Mush Kerr ZC, C Tennessee
T Bully Van de Graaff ZC, C Alabama
E Bull Kearley ZC, C Auburn

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References

  1. Woodruff 1928 , p. 5
  2. "Composite Pick of All S.I.A.A. Teams". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1914. Retrieved March 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg