1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1916; through December 9, 1916
Teams	25
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech ; Tennessee
Football seasons
	← 1915 1917 →

Last updated January 07, 2026

1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
The Citadel	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	2	4	–	1	–	2
Auburn	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Georgia	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Centre	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	3
Howard (AL)	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	1	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Transylvania	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Louisville	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	3	–	1
Furman	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Florida	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0
Mercer	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1916 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 1916 college football season. The season began on September 23. Georgia Tech and Tennessee tied for the conference championship. Tech beat Cumberland 222–0.

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 23	Kentucky School for the Deaf	Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	W 34–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 30	Birmingham	Alabama	University Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 13–0
September 30	Furman	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	CLEM 7–6
September 30	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 6–0
September 30	K. M. I.	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky	W 14–0
September 30	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 61–0
September 30	Butler	Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	W 39–0
September 30	LSU	Louisiana-Lafayette	Lafayette, Louisiana	W 24–0
September 30	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 30–0
September 30	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 107–0
September 30	Tusculum	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 33–0
September 30	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 86–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Mississippi A&M	Mississippi College	Aberdeen, Mississippi	MSCOLL 13–6
October 7	Alabama Southern	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 80–0
October 7	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 35–0
October 7	Centre	Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	UK 68–0
October 7	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 35–0
October 7	Cumberland	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 222–0
October 7	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 59–0
October 7	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 20–0
October 7	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 54–0
October 7	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 32–6
October 7	Transylvania	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 42–0
October 7	Newberry	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 10-0
October 7	Presbyterian	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 49–13

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 14	Mississippi College	Alabama	University Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 13–7
October 14	Mercer	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 92–0
October 14	Centre	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	T 0–0
October 14	Presbyterian	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 34–7
October 14	Erskine	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	W 60–3
October 14	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 21–0
October 14	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 9–0
October 14	LSU	Texas A&M	Galveston, Texas	W 13–0
October 14	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 61–0
October 14	Mississippi A&M	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee	MSA&M 33–0
October 14	Maryville	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 68–7
October 14	Tennessee	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	TENN 14–0
October 14	Spring Hill	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 14–0
October 14	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	VAN 45–0
October 14	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SC 23–3

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 28–0
October 21	Alabama	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	ALA 16–0
October 21	Chattanooga	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	LOU 6–0
October 21	The Citadel	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	T 7–7
October 21	Georgia Tech B	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	W 21–10
October 21	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 13–7
October 21	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 50–7
October 21	Transylvania	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	MSA&M 13–0
October 21	Sewanee	Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	T 0–0
October 21	South Carolina	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TEN 26–0
October 21	Jefferson	Tulane	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 39–3
October 21	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 35–0
October 21	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 12–7

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	CLEM 27–0
October 27	Kentucky Wesleyan	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky	W 111–0
October 27	Furman	Presbyterian	Clinton, South Carolina	W 42–10
October 27	Tulane	Mississippi College	Jackson, Mississippi	TUL 13–3
October 28	Ole Miss	Alabama	University Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 27–0
October 28	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 7–3
October 28	The Citadel	Newberry	Newberry, South Carolina	W 21–14
October 28	Georgia	Navy	Annapolis, Maryland	L 27–3
October 28	Kentucky	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	W 32–0
October 28	Sewanee	LSU	New Orleans, Louisiana	SEW 7–0
October 28	Tennessee	Florida	Tampa, Florida	TENN 24–0
October 28	Butler	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	W 19-7
October 28	Guilford	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 31-0
October 28	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 27–6

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Tupelo, Mississippi	MSA&M 36–0
November 4	Georgetown (KY)	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	G KY 41-0
November 4	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	SEW 7–6
November 4	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	AUB 3–0
November 4	Wofford	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	CIT 37–0
November 4	Davidson	Furman	Greenville, South Carolina	L 46–14
November 4	Wake Forest	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 33-7
November 4	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 45–0
November 4	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee	TENN 12–7
November 4	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 67–0
November 5	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana	W 17–7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 7	Mississippi College	Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	W 75–0
November 11	Auburn	Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	AUB 20–0
November 11	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 49–0
November 11	Georgia Tech	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	GT 13–0
November 11	Centre	Central	Richmond, Kentucky	W 26–0
November 11	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	LSU 13–3
November 11	Ole Miss	Transylvania	Lexington, Kentucky	TRANS 13–3
November 11	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	SEW 54–0
November 11	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 10–6
November 11	Tulane	Rice	Houston	L 23–13
November 11	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 21–0
November 11	South Carolina	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	L 35-6

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 16	The Citadel	Clemson	Orangeburg, South Carolina	CIT 3–0
November 18	Furman	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 0-46
November 18	Alabama	Tulane	New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 33–0
November 18	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	VAN 20–9
November 18	Georgia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	GT 21–0
November 18	Transylvania	Centre	Danville, Kentucky	T 0–0
November 18	Florida	Indiana	Jordan Field • Bloomington, Indiana	L 14–3
November 18	Mississippi A&M	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 13–3
November 18	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 41–0
November 18	Franklin	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	L 16-12
November 18	Ouachita	Mississippi College	Clinton, Mississippi	W 26–0
November 18	Mercer	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SC 47–0
November 18	Sewanee	Tennessee	Chattanooga, Tennessee	TENN 17–0
November 18	Wofford	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, North Carolina	L 41–0
November 20	Maryville	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	T 7–7
November 23	South Carolina	Furman	Sanford Field • Greenville, South Carolina	FUR 14-0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 30	Furman	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	WOF 9-7
November 30	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	CIT 20–2
November 30	Centre	Georgetown	Georgetown, Kentucky	CEN 14–7
November 30	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, North Carolina	L 33–0
November 30	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	UGA 3–0
November 30	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 33–7
November 30	Furman	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	WOF 9–7
November 30	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	T 0–0
November 30	Transylvania	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	TRAN 13-0
November 30	Arkansas	Mississippi A&M	Memphis, Tennessee	W 20–7
November 30	LSU	Tulane	New Orleans	T 14–14
November 30	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, Mississippi	MSCOLL 36–14

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 9	Georgetown	Tulane	New Orleans, Louisiana	L 61–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

E – Graham Vowell, Tennessee (WC-3)
C – Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (WC-3)
QB – Irby Curry, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
HB – Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (PP-1 [e])

All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers,^[1]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Irby Curry	C, NTC	Vanderbilt
HB	Everett Strupper	C, NTC	Georgia Tech
HB	Doc Rodes	C, NTC	Kentucky
FB	Tommy Spence	C, NTC	Georgia Tech
E	Graham Vowell	C, NTC	Tennessee
T	Josh Cody	C, NTC	Vanderbilt
G	Bob Lang	C, NTC	Georgia Tech
C	Pup Phillips	C, NTC	Georgia Tech
G	Chink Lowe	C	Tennessee
T	Walker Carpenter	C, NTC	Georgia Tech

References

↑ "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.

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[1] "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.

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