1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 25, 1915
through November 25, 1915
Number of teams23
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Football seasons
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1916  →
1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 5 –0 –09 –1 –0
Alabama 5 –0 –06 –2 –0
LSU 4 –0 –06 –2 –0
Transylvania 3 –0 –17 –1 –1
Auburn 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Georgia 3 –1 –15 –2 –2
Chattanooga 3 –1 –25 –2 –2
Mississippi A&M 4 –2 –15 –2 –1
Kentucky 2 –1 –16 –1 –1
Florida 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –2 –12 –4 –2
South Carolina 1 –1 –15 –3 –1
Furman 1 –1 –05 –3 –0
Mercer 1 –1 –05 –4 –0
Mississippi College 2 –3 –04 –4 –1
The Citadel 1 –2 –05 –3 –0
Sewanee 1 –2 –24 –3 –2
Tennessee 1 –4 –04 –4 –0
Tulane 1 –4 –04 –4 –0
Centre 0 –3 –13 –5 –1
Louisville 0 –3 –11 –5 –1
Howard (AL) 0 –3 –03 –4 –1
Wofford 0 –3 –03 –5 –0
Ole Miss 0 –5 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1915 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 1915 college football season. The season began on September 25.

Contents

Seven out of eight newspapers voted the SIAA championship to the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Atlanta Constitution declared it a tie between Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, which was then independent. However, Tech challenged Vandy's championship. [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.

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 25Charleston NavyThe CitadelW 46–0
September 25ClemsonFurman Greenville, SC CLEM 99–0
September 25Chamberlain HuntMississippi CollegeW 28–0
September 25 Carson–Newman Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 101–0
September 25TulaneSt. PaulW 24–0
September 25 Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN W 51–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 28 Newberry GeorgiaW 79–0
October 1 Arkansas State Ole Miss Oxford, MS L 10–0
October 1 Marion Auburn Selma, AL W 78–0
October 1North GeorgiaGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 13–0
October 1JeffersonLSU State Field Baton Rouge, LA W 42–0
October 2HowardAlabamaALA 44–0
October 2CentreLouisville Louisville, KY T 0–0
October 2Clemson Davidson Davidson, NC T 6–6
October 2 Erskine Furman Greenville, SC W 60–0
October 2Mercer Georgia Tech Grant Field Atlanta, GA L 52–0
October 2 Butler Kentucky Lexington, KY W 33–0
October 2Mississippi CollegeMississippi A&M Jackson, MS MSA&M 12–0
October 2MorganSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 57–0
October 2 Tusculum Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 55–3
October 2AustinTexas A&M College Station, TX W 40–0
October 2NewberrySouth Carolina Columbia, SC W 29-0
October 2 Rhodes Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 47–0
October 2Wofford Presbyterian L 16–6

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 8Mississippi CollegeLSU Baton Rouge, LA LSU 14–0
October 8 Rhodes Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 13–6
October 9BirminghamAlabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 67–0
October 9FloridaAuburnAUB 7–0
October 9The Citadel Porter Military W 54–0
October 9ChattanoogaGeorgiaT 6–6
October 9EarlhamKentuckyW 54–13
October 9LouisvilleWabashL 38-0
October 9WoffordMercerMERC 13–6
October 9 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 47–0
October 9PresbyterianSouth Carolina Columbia, SC W 41-0
October 9 Trinity Texas A&M College Station, TX W 62–0
October 9TransylvaniaMississippi A&MT 0–0
October 9Louisiana-LafayetteTulaneW 13–0
October 9 Georgetown (KY)Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN W 75–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 13 Cumberland Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN W 60–0
October 15LSUOle Miss Oxford, MS LSU 28–0
October 16ChattanoogaLouisville Louisville, KY CHAT 21-6
October 15PresbyterianFurman Greenville, SC L 20–12
October 16Mississippi CollegeAlabama Birmingham, AL ALA 40–0
October 16AuburnClemson Anderson, SC AUB 14–0
October 16GeorgiaThe CitadelUGA 39–0
October 16SewaneeFlorida Gainesville, FL SEW 7–0
October 16Transylvania Georgia Tech L 67–0
October 16KentuckyMississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS MSA&M 12–0
October 16CentreTennessee Knoxville, TN TENN 80–0
October 16Texas A&M TCU W 13–0
October 16Spring HillTulaneFirst Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 36–13
October 16 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 100–0
October 16Wofford Davidson Davidson, NC L 45–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 21South CarolinaNC State Raleigh, NC W 19-10
October 22 Georgia Tech LSU New Orleans, LA L 36–7
October 23TulaneAlabamaALA 16–0
October 23Mississippi A&MAuburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 26–0
October 23PresbyterianThe CitadelW 14–0
October 23FurmanBinghamW 20–6
October 23Southern MissMississippi CollegeW 55–7
October 23KentuckySewaneeT 7–7
October 23Missouri RollaTexas A&MW 33–3
October 23 Cumberland Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 101–0
October 23Ole MissVanderbilt Memphis, TN VAN 91–0
October 23 Erskine Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 13–3

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 28ClemsonSouth Carolina Columbia, SC T 0–0
October 30SewaneeAlabama Birmingham, AL ALA 23–10
October 30AuburnGeorgiaAUB 12–0
October 30Florida SouthernFloridaW 45–0
October 30 Cincinnati Kentucky Lexington, KY W 27–6
October 30Mississippi A&MLSULSU 10–0
October 30HendrixOle Miss Oxford, MS W 32–7
October 30Mississippi CollegeTulaneMSCOLL 20–6
October 30HaskellTexas A&M Dallas, TX W 21–7
October 30Rose-HulmanLouisville Louisville, KY W 22-6
October 30TennesseeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 35–0
October 30 Newberry Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 10–7

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3PresbyterianFurmanW 38–7
November 4South CarolinaWofford Spartanburg, SC SC 33–6
November 5 Arkansas LSU Shreveport, LA W 13–7
November 5 Georgetown (KY) Centre Danville, KY W 19–3
November 6MercerAuburnAUB 45–0
November 6GeorgiaFlorida Jacksonville, FL UGA 37–0
November 6Alabama Georgia Tech L 21–7
November 6KentuckyLouisville Louisville, KY UK 15–0
November 6Ole MissMississippi A&MMSA&M 66–0
November 5CumberlandSouth Carolina Columbia, SC W 68-0
November 6 North Carolina Clemson Greenville, SC L 9–7
November 6Sewanee Texas Houston, TX L 27–6
November 6Vanderbilt Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 35–10
November 8Texas A&M Rice Houston, TX L 7–0
November 8Sewanee Baylor Waco, TX W 16–3

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 12CentreTransylvania Lexington, KY TRAN 38–0
November 13VanderbiltAuburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL VAN 17–0
November 13Clemson VMI Richmond, VA L 6–3
November 13The CitadelFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 6–0
November 13NewberryFurmanW 7–0
November 13GeorgiaGeorgia TechT 0–0
November 13 Purdue Kentucky Lexington, KY W 7–0
November 13VirginiaSouth Carolina Columbia, SC L 13-0
November 13Ole MissMississippi College Jackson, MS MSCOLL 74–6
November 13Mississippi A&MTennesseeMSA&M 14–0
November 13SewaneeChattanooga Chattanooga, TN T 0–0
November 13HowardTulane New Orleans, LA TUL 32–3
November 13Wofford Cumberland Lebanon, TN W 2–0
November 13FranklinLouisville Louisville, KY L 13-7

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17LSU Rice Houston, TX L 6–0
November 18TulaneFloridaFLA 14–7
November 19Texas A&M Texas W 13–0
November 17South CarolinaGeorgetown Washington, DC L 61-0
November 20 Louisiana Tech Mississippi CollegeT 0–0
November 20SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 27–3

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 25Ole MissAlabama Birmingham, AL ALA 53–0
November 25The CitadelSouth Carolina Columbia, SC CIT 3–0
November 25CentreChattanooga Chattanooga, TN CHAT 33–0
November 25FloridaMercer Macon, GA FLA 34–7
November 25WoffordFurmanFUR 25–0
November 25Auburn Georgia Tech L 7–0
November 25ClemsonGeorgiaUGA 13–0
November 25TennesseeKentucky Lexington, KY UK 6–0
November 25Mississippi A&MTexas A&M Dallas, TX MSA&M 7–0
November 25LSUTulaneLSU 12–0
November 25TransylvaniaLouisvilleTRAN 26-0
November 25OuachitaMississippi CollegeL 6–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern team selected by ten sports writers and coaches included: [2]

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB Irby Curry C, TC Vanderbilt
QB David Paddock C, TC Georgia
HB Wooch Fielder C, TC Georgia Tech
FB Walter Neville C Georgia
E Charlie Thompson C Georgia
T Bully Van de Graaff C, TC Alabama
G Baby Taylor C, TC Auburn
C John G. Henderson C, TC Georgia
G Bob Lang C Georgia Tech
T Josh Cody C, TC Vanderbilt
E Russ Cohen C Vanderbilt

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References

  1. ↑ "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved September 23, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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