1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 28, 1918
through December 7, 1918
Number of teams11
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
Football seasons
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1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech $ 3 –0 –06 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –0 –04 –2 –0
Mississippi A&M 2 –0 –03 –2 –0
Clemson 3 –1 –05 –2 –0
South Carolina 2 –1 –12 –1 –1
Furman 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Sewanee 0 –1 –03 –2 –0
The Citadel 0 –1 –10 –2 –1
Auburn 0 –2 –02 –5 –0
Ole Miss 0 –2 –01 –3 –0
Wofford 0 –2 –00 –3 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1918 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 1918 college football season. The season began on September 28.

Contents

Georgia Tech was conference champion. Center Bum Day was the first Southern player ever selected to Walter Camp's All-America first-team.

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 28Camp SevierClemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 61–0 [1]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 5ClemsonGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 28–0 [2]
October 5Morgan Training SchoolSewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 68–6

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 12FurmanGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 118–0 [3]
October 12 Camp Greenleaf SewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNL 0–14 [4]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19 Oglethorpe Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 58–0 [5]
October 19Camp GreenleafVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–6 [6]
October 19 Georgia Eleventh Cavalry Georgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 123–0 [7]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 26Camp GreenleafAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, ALL 0–26 [8]
October 26 Camp Hancock VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 6–25 [9]
October 26 Camp Gordon Georgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 28–012,000 [10]
October 2648th InfantryFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SC W 26–0 [11]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 2Sewanee Tennessee (SATC) Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 68–0 [12]
November 2ClemsonSouth CarolinaUniversity Field • Columbia, SC CLEM 39–0 [13]
November 248th InfantryFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCW 20–73,000 [14]
November 2 Kentucky VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0 [15]
November 2 Payne Field Mississippi A&M New Athletic Field • Starkville, MS L 6–7 [16]
November 3Auburn Marion Marion, AL W 20–7 [17]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9AuburnCamp Gordon Memorial Stadium • Columbua, GA L 14–6 [18]
November 9 Erskine FurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCT 6–6 [19]
November 9Camp HancockClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCL 13–66 [20]
November 9 Camp Shelby Mississippi A&MNew Athletic Field • Starkville, MSW 12–0 [21]
November 9Payne FieldOle Miss West Point, MS L 0–6 [22]
November 9Tennessee (SATC)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 76–0 [23]
November 10 NC State Georgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 128–0 [24]

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16ClemsonThe CitadelDavis Field • Columbia, SCCLEM 7–0 [25]
November 16ErskineWofford Spartanburg, SC L 0–27 [26]
November 16 Union (TN) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 39–0 [27]
November 16Park FieldMississippi A&M Russwood Park • Memphis, TN L 0–6 [28]
November 16VanderbiltAuburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL VAN 21–0 [29]
November 16South CarolinaFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCSCAR 20–12 [30]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 22Charleston NavyThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SC L 0–6
November 22Fort OglethorpeSewanee Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN W 24–6 [31]
November 23FurmanClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 68–7 [32]
November 23Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–3230,000 [33]
November 23WoffordSouth CarolinaUniversity Field • Columbia, SCSCAR 13–0 [34]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 28 Davidson ClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCW 7–0 [35]
November 28AuburnGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 41–0 [36]
November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MNew Athletic Field • Starkville, MSMSA&M 34–0 [37]
November 28The CitadelSouth CarolinaCounty Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC T 0–0 [38]
November 28SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 40–0 [39]
November 302nd Development RegimentFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCL 7–13 [40]

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 4FurmanWoffordSpartanburg, SCFUR 7–0 [41]
December 7Mississippi A&MOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MSMSA&M 13–0 [42]
December 7 Presbyterian FurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCL 7–13 [43]
December 7Camp SheridanAuburnSoldiers Field • Montgomery, AL L 0–7 [44]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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