1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 23, 1921
through January 2, 1922
Teams27
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Football seasons
←  1920
1922  →
1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre +5–0–010–1–0
Georgia +6–0–17–2–1
Georgia Tech +5–0–08–1–0
Vanderbilt +5–0–17–0–1
Tennessee 4–1–16–2–1
Florida 4–1–26–3–2
Mississippi College 3–1–17–2–1
Sewanee 4–2–06–2–0
Transylvania 2–1–04–4–0
LSU 2–1–16–1–1
South Carolina 2–1–15–1–2
Furman 4–2–17–2–1
Auburn 3–2–05–3–0
Mississippi A&M 2–3–14–4–1
Tulane 3–4–04–6–0
Alabama 2–4–25–4–2
Oglethorpe 2–4–05–4–0
Chattanooga 2–4–04–6–0
The Citadel 1–2–13–3–2
Kentucky 1–3–14–3–1
Ole Miss 1–4–03–6–0
Howard (AL) 1–4–03–6–0
Mercer 1–5–03–6–0
Louisville 0–1–02–2–1
Wofford 0–2–02–7–0
Georgetown (KY) 0–3–02–6–0
Millsaps 0–3–01–5–1
Clemson 0–5–21–6–2
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1921 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 1921 college football season.

Contents

The season began on September 23 with conference member Chattanooga visiting Athens. Conference play began on September 24 with Alabama defeating Howard.

Centre, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Vanderbilt can all claim Southern championships. Centre and Georgia Tech both posted unblemished conference records. Georgia and Vanderbilt tied each other in their contest deciding a champion.

This is the last year before many major programs move to the Southern Conference.

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 23Chattanooga Athens Athens, Tennessee W 20–0
September 24HowardAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 34–13 [1]
September 24 Wake Forest Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 42–0
September 24 Emory & Henry Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 27–0
September 24 Erskine FurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 42–7

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 30ChattanoogaBryson Fayetteville, Tennessee W 53–0
October 1ErskineSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 13–7
October 1 Spring Hill Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 27–7 [1]
October 1AuburnHoward Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 35–3
October 1ClemsonCentreCheek Field • Danville, Kentucky L 14–0 [2]
October 1MercerGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 28–0 [3]
October 1NewberryFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 63–0
October 1Kentucky WesleyanKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 68–0
October 1Mississippi CollegeTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans MSCOLL 41–3
October 1 Birmingham–Southern Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 59–13
October 1 Memphis Mississippi Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 82–0
October 1 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 26–0
October 1 Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 34–0 [4]
October 1Florida Fort Benning • Columbus, Georgia W 6–0 [5]
October 1ErskinePresbyterian• Clinton, South Carolina L 7–19
October 1TennesseeMaryville Maryville, Tennessee W 7–0
October 1North GeorgiaWofford Spartanburg, South Carolina W 22–0

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 7PresbyterianClemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina CLEM 34–0
October 8 Marion Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 55–0 [1]
October 8NewberrySouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 7–0
October 8 Spring Hill Auburn Montgomery, Alabama W 49–28 [6]
October 8WoffordThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina CIT 28–0
October 8FurmanGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 27–7 [6]
October 8 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 70–0 [7]
October 8MarshallKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 28–0
October 8Millsaps Birmingham–Southern • Birmingham, Alabama T 7–7
October 8Ole MissTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 26–0 [3]
October 8 Jacksonville State HowardW 39–7
October 8Northwestern St.LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 78–0
October 8Louisiana CollegeMississippi College Clinton, Mississippi W 68–0
October 8OuachitaMississippi A&M Starkville, Mississippi W 21–6
October 8Oglethorpe Fort Benning Columbus, Georgia W 20–12
October 8BrysonSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 102–0
October 8ChattanoogaTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 21–0
October 8OglethorpeGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 41–0 [2]
October 8MercerVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 42–0 [7] [8]
October 8 Rollins Florida Orlando, Florida W 33–0 [9]
October 10 Carlstrom Field FloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida L 19–0 [10]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 14ClemsonAuburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama AUB 56–0
October 15BrysonAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 95–0 [11]
October 15The CitadelPresbyterian• Clinton, South Carolina CIT 20–0
October 15FurmanGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 69–0 [11]
October 15Tennessee Dartmouth Alumni Oval • Hanover, New Hampshire L 14–3
October 15Georgia Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, Massachusetts L 10–7 [12]
October 15 Texas A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 6–0
October 15VanderbiltKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky VAN 21–145,000 [13]
October 15Mississippi A&MMississippi College Clinton, Mississippi MSA&M 14–13
October 15MillsapsOle Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi MISS 49–0
October 15OglethorpeSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee SEW 21–0
October 15Tulane Rice Rice Field • Houston W 7–6
October 15MercerFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida FLA 7–0 [11]
October 15GeorgetownChattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee CHATT 31–0 [11]
October 15 Elon Wofford Spartanburg, South Carolina W 20–7
October 15North CarolinaSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina T 7-7

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 21ClemsonFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina T 0–0
October 21Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas W 20–015,000 [14]
October 22 Fort Benning Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 14–7
October 22SewaneeAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama SEW 17–0 [15]
October 22CentreTransylvania Lexington, Kentucky L 98–0 [16]
October 22HowardChattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee CHATT 26–3
October 22OglethorpeGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 14–0
October 22 Rutgers Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 48–14
October 22GeorgetownKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 33–0
October 22HanoverLouisville Louisville, Kentucky W 19-8
October 22PresbyterianSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 48-0
October 22 Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 41–0
October 22 Birmingham–Southern Mercer Macon, Georgia W 20–0
October 22 Rhodes Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 35–0
October 22Union (TN)Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi W 35–0
October 22FloridaTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 9–0 [17]
October 22Mississippi A&MTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 7–0 [15]
October 22PresbyterianSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 48–0
October 22Wofford Davidson Davidson, North Carolina L 87–0

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 27ClemsonSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 21–0
October 29AlabamaLSU Heinemann Park • New Orleans T 7–7 [18]
October 29FloridaHoward Montgomery, Alabama FLA 34–0 [19]
October 29TennesseeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 14–0 [20]
October 29AuburnGeorgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 7–0 [18]
October 29 Erskine Presbyterian Clinton, South Carolina L 19–7
October 29The CitadelFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina FUR 42–0
October 29ChattanoogaOglethorpe Brookhaven, Georgia OGLE 7–0
October 29Georgia Tech Penn State New York L 28–7 [15]
October 29SewaneeKentucky Louisville, Kentucky SEW 6–0
October 29TulaneDetroit Mercy Detroit, Michigan L 14–0
October 29LouisvilleBethel (KY) Russellville, Kentucky T 0-0
October 29 Stetson Mercer Macon, Georgia W 41–0
October 29NewberryWofford Spartanburg, South Carolina L 33–21

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3 Erskine Wofford Spartanburg, South Carolina L 19–6
November 5AuburnTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans AUB 14–0
November 5Howard Birmingham–Southern Birmingham, Alabama L 16–14
November 5KentuckyCentreCheek Field • Danville, Kentucky L 55–0 [21]
November 5LouisvilleTransylvania Lexington, Kentucky TRAN 7–0
November 5MercerFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina FUR 37–0 [22]
November 5ClemsonGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 48–7 [23]
November 5Mississippi CollegeOle Miss Vicksburg, Mississippi MSCOLL 27–7
November 5VanderbiltAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama VAN 14–0 [24]
November 5SewaneeChattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee SEW 47–0
November 5South CarolinaFlorida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida T 7–7 [25]
November 5Mississippi A&MTennessee Memphis, Tennessee TENN 14–7 [26]
November 5 Stetson Oglethorpe Brookhaven, Georgia W 41–0
November 6 Virginia Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 21–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 10ClemsonThe Citadel Orangeburg, South Carolina T 7–7
November 11Chattanooga Birmingham–Southern Birmingham, Alabama L 14–7
November 11FloridaAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama FLA 9–25,000 [6]
November 11Mississippi A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas L 54–7
November 11TransylvaniaFranklin (Ind.) Franklin, Indiana L 35–0
November 12CentreAuburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama L 21–0 [27]
November 12Spring HillHoward Homewood, Alabama L 7–0
November 12South CarolinaFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina FUR 7–0
November 12 Georgetown Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 21–0 [21]
November 12Ole MissLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 21–0 [28]
November 12 VMI Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky W 14–7
November 12MillsapsMississippi College Clinton, Mississippi MSCOLL 56–0
November 12OglethorpeMercer Macon, Georgia OGLE 7–6
November 12WoffordPresbyterian Clinton, South Carolina PRES 27–0
November 12SewaneeTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 21–0 [29]
November 13GeorgiaVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 7–7 [30]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 18 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina L 13–0
November 18Mississippi CollegeFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida T 7–7 [31]
November 18Kentucky WesleyanLouisville Louisville, Kentucky W 30–0 [32]
November 19WoffordFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina FUR 62–0
November 19AlabamaGeorgia Atlanta UGA 22–0 [33]
November 19ChattanoogaMercer Macon, Georgia MERC 18–0 [34]
November 19PresbyterianNewberry Newberry, South Carolina L 16–7
November 19Howard Marion Marion, Alabama W 21–0
November 19The CitadelSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 13–0
November 19LSUTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 21–0

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 24CentreTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 21–0 [35]
November 24Mississippi A&MAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama T 7–7 [36]
November 24The CitadelSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SC 13-0
November 24AuburnGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 14–0 [37]
November 24Mississippi A&MAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama T 7–7 [36]
November 24 Davidson FurmanManly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 28–0
November 24ChattanoogaMaryville Maryville, Tennessee L 34–0
November 24HowardMillsaps Jackson, Mississippi HOW 45–0
November 24KentuckyTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee T 0–0 [38]
November 24SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 9–0 [39]
November 25ClemsonGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 28–0 [38]
November 25 Duke Wofford Spartanburg, South Carolina L 68–0
November 25TranslyvaniaGeorgetown Georgetown, Kentucky TRANS 14–6
November 26Mississippi College Spring Hill Mobile, Alabama W 28–7
November 26Louisville Marshall Huntington, West Virginia L 13–0
November 27 Dartmouth Georgia Atlanta L 7–0 [40]

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 3AlabamaTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 14–7 [41]
December 3LSUMississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi LSU 17–14
December 3 North Carolina Florida Jacksonville, Florida L 14–10
December 3Mississippi College Baylor Dallas, Texas L 24–0

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScoreReference
December 26, 1921 East-West Christmas Classic San Diego, California Centre Arizona CEN 38–0 [16]
January 2, 1922 Dixie Classic Fair Park Stadium • Dallas Centre Texas A&M TXA&M 22–14 [16]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern eleven awarded gold badges and formed by 30 sports writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB Bo McMillin C Centre
HB Red Barron C Georgia Tech
HB Goat Hale C Mississippi College
FB Judy Harlan C Georgia Tech
E Owen Reynolds C Georgia
T Artie Pew C Georgia
G Puss Whelchel C Georgia
C Bum Day C Georgia
G Noah Caton C Auburn
T Albert Staton C Georgia Tech
E Red Roberts C Centre

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Football recaps" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 144
  3. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 145
  4. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Vanderbilt Downs Middle Tennessee". Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1921.
  5. ↑ "'Gator Machine With Perfect Team Works Triumph Over Camp Benning In a 6 to 0 Hard Fought Battle". Florida Alligator. October 7, 1921.
  6. 1 2 3 Woodruff 1928 , p. 147
  7. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 146
  8. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Vandy's Eleven Tears Loose In Second Quarter". The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 9, 1921.
  9. ↑ "'Gators Smother Rollins 33 to 0". Florida Alligator. October 14, 1921.
  10. ↑ "Arcadia Flyers Defeat Florida". Florida Alligator. October 14, 1921.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Woodruff 1928 , p. 152
  12. ↑ Howard N. Mead (December 5, 1980). "Harvard 10, Georgia 7".
  13. ↑ "Cats Lose Stubborn Scrap To Vanderbilt". Kentucky Kernel. October 21, 1921. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Commodores Defeat Texas Longhorns before Crowded Stadium, 20 to 0". Dallas Morning News. October 23, 1921.
  15. 1 2 3 Woodruff 1928 , p. 156
  16. 1 2 3 "Centre College Football Record (1920-1929)". library.centre.edu. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  17. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 155
  18. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 158
  19. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 159
  20. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Vanderbilt Wins from Tennessee". Columbus Daily Enquirer. October 30, 1921.
  21. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 166
  22. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 165
  23. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 161
  24. ↑ "Vandy Trims U of Alabama". Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1921. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  25. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 163
  26. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 164
  27. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 168
  28. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 170
  29. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 169
  30. ↑ Fuzzy Woodruff (November 13, 1921). "Onside Kick In Final Quarter Ties Struggle For Commodores". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 2, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  31. ↑ "'Goat' Hale Ties Florida". Atlanta Constitution. November 19, 1921. p. 10. Retrieved August 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  32. ↑ "Captain Kirk Stars". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 19, 1921. p. 11. Retrieved July 10, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  33. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 171
  34. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 172
  35. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 174
  36. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 178
  37. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 173
  38. 1 2 Woodruff 1928 , p. 177
  39. ↑ "Final Period Rally Wins for Old Vandy". Charlotte Observer. November 25, 1921.
  40. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 183
  41. ↑ Woodruff 1928 , p. 181
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