1924 Southern Conference football season

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1924 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 20, 1924
through December 6, 1924
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season champions Alabama
Football seasons
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1925  →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Alabama $5–0–0  8–1–0
Florida 2–0–1  6–2–2
Georgia 5–1–0  7–3–0
Tulane 4–1–0  8–1–0
Washington and Lee 4–1–1  6–3–1
South Carolina 3–2–0  7–3–0
Sewanee*3–2–0  6–4–0
Mississippi A&M 3–2–0  5–4–0
Virginia 3–2–0  5–4–0
Georgia Tech 3–2–1  5–3–1
Vanderbilt*3–3–0  6–3–1
VPI 2–2–3  4–2–3
VMI 2–3–1  6–3–1
Kentucky 2–3–0  4–5–0
North Carolina 2–3–0  4–5–0
Auburn 2–4–1  4–4–1
Maryland 1–2–1  3–3–3
NC State 1–4–1  2–4–2
LSU 0–3–0  5–4–0
Ole Miss 0–3–0  4–5–0
Clemson 0–3–0  2–6–0
Tennessee 0–4–0  3–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA

The 1924 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1924 college football season. The season began on September 20. Sewanee and VMI joined the conference this year. Vanderbilt dropped its comembership with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).

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Alabama was awarded the Champ Pickens Trophy as conference champion, though the loss to Centre hindered any claims of a championship of the South.

Vanderbilt end Hek Wakefield was a second-team Walter Camp All-American.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 Alabama Wallace Wade 8–15–032.22.7
2 Florida James Van Fleet 6–2–22–0–121.14.4
3 Georgia Kid Woodruff 7–35–112.96.1
4 Tulane Clark Shaughnessy 8–14–122.36.6
5 Washington and Lee James DeHart 6–3–14–1–116.36.0
6 (tie) South Carolina Sol Metzger 7–33–212.04.8
6 (tie) Sewanee M. S. Bennett 5–33–28.14.7
6 (tie) Mississippi A&M Earl Abell 5–43–29.110.0
6 (tie) Virginia Greasy Neale 5–43–28.09.2
10 Georgia Tech William Alexander 5–3–13–2–19.18.7
11 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 6–3–13–315.05.3
12 VPI Ben Cubbage 4–2–32–2–311.42.0
13 VMI Blandy Clarkson 6–3–12–3–115.22.9
14 (tie) Kentucky Fred Murphy4–52–314.311.0
14 (tie) North Carolina Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer 4–52–34.26.3
16 Auburn Boozer Pitts 4–4–12–4–15.14.4
17 Maryland Curley Byrd 3–3–31–2–18.28.7
18 NC State Buck Shaw 2–6–21–4–14.314.7
19 (tie) LSU Mike Donahue 3–5–10–313.89.0
19 (tie) Ole Miss Chester S. Barnard 4–60–34.015.8
19 (tie) Clemson Bud Saunders 2–60–310.416.9
22 Tennessee M. B. Banks 3–50–410.012.0

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 20 Transylvania Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 27–0
September 20 Wofford VMI Lexington, Virginia W 33–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 27 Union (TN) Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 55–0
September 27Auburn Birmingham–Southern Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 7–0
September 27 Elon Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 60–0
September 27 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 26–7
September 27 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 19–0
September 27 Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 7–6
September 27Washington (MD)Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 23–0
September 27 Duke North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 14–0
September 27 Rhodes Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 7–0
September 27 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 47–0
September 27 Louisiana-Lafayette TulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 14–0
September 27 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 13–0
September 27Hampden-SydneyVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 13–9
September 27Emory & HenryVMI Lexington, Virginia W 39–0
September 27 Richmond Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 28–0
September 27RoanokeWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 34–0

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 4Alabama Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 20–0
October 4ClemsonAuburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama AUB 13–0
October 4 Rollins FloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 77–0
October 4South CarolinaGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 18–0
October 4VMIGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 3–0
October 4 Louisville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 29–0
October 4Louisiana-LafayetteLSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 31–7
October 4 Arkansas State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 10–7
October 4 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi W 28–7
October 4North Carolina Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 27–0
October 4North Carolina State Penn State New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania L 51–6
October 4Emory & HenryTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 27–0
October 4 Mississippi College TulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 32–7
October 4 Birmingham–Southern Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 61–0
October 4Virginia Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, Massachusetts L 14–0
October 4Hampden-SydneyVirginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 10–0
October 4MarylandWashington & Lee Washington, D. C. W&L 19–7

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 11 Mississippi College Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 51–0
October 11AuburnVirginia Tech Richmond, Virginia T 0–0
October 11 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 14–0
October 11FloridaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta T 7–7
October 11Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 7–6
October 11 Georgetown (KY)Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 42–0
October 11LSU Indiana Indianapolis W 20–14
October 11 Rhodes Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 7–0
October 11OuachitaMississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi L 12–0
October 11 Duke North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 6–0
October 11North Carolina StateSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 10–0
October 11Sewanee Texas A&M Dallas, Texas L 7–0
October 11 Maryville Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 28–10
October 11 Louisiana Tech TulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 42–12
October 11Quantico MarinesVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 13–1316,000 [2]
October 11Randolph-MaconVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 26–6
October 11RoanokeVMI Lexington, Virginia W 28–0
October 11 Wake Forest Washington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, Virginia L 10–8

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 16North CarolinaNorth Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina UNC 10–0
October 17PresbyterianSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 29–0
October 18SewaneeAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 14–0
October 18 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 17–0
October 18 Wake Forest Florida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida W 34–0
October 18 Furman Georgia Augusta, Georgia W 23–0
October 18 Penn State Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 15–13
October 18LSU Rice Houston W 12–0
October 18Virginia TechMaryland Washington, D. C. VT 12–0
October 18Ole MissMississippi A&M Jackson, Mississippi MSA&M 20–0
October 18Carson-NewmanTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 13–0
October 18VanderbiltTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 21–1313,000
October 18VMIVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 13–0
October 18Washington & LeeKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W&L 10–7

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 23ClemsonSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 3–0
October 25AlabamaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta ALA 14–0
October 25LSUAuburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 3–0
October 25Florida Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas T 7–7
October 25SewaneeKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 7–0
October 25MarylandNorth Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina MD 6–0
October 25Ole Miss Arkansas Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, Arkansas L 20–0
October 25Mississippi A&MTennessee Memphis, Tennessee MSA&M 7–2
October 25 Spring Hill TulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 33–0
October 25GeorgiaVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee UGA 3–0
October 25Virginia Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia L 27–0
October 25North Carolina StateVMI Richmond, Virginia VMI 17–7
October 25Virginia TechWashington & Lee Lynchburg, Virginia T 0–0

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 29South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina W 14–3
November 1Ole MissAlabama Montgomery, Alabama ALA 61–0
November 1TennesseeGeorgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 33–0
November 1Florida SouthernFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 26–0
November 1Georgia Tech Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana L 34–3
November 1 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky L 7–0
November 1LSU Arkansas Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana L 10–7
November 1 Catholic Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland T 0–0
November 1 Davidson North Carolina State Pinehurst, North Carolina T 10–10
November 1Sewanee Oglethorpe L 7–0
November 1South CarolinaNorth Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina SCAR 10–7
November 1Mississippi A&MTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana MSA&M 14–6
November 1AuburnVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 13–0
November 1Virginia TechClemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina VT 50–6
November 1Washington & LeeVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W&L 20–7

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 8KentuckyAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 42–7
November 8TulaneAuburn Montgomery, Alabama TUL 14–6
November 8Clemson Davidson Charlotte, North Carolina L 7–0
November 8Florida Army Michie Stadium • West Point, New York L 14–7
November 8GeorgiaVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UGA 7–0
November 8LSUGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 28–7
November 8Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 47–0
November 8North CarolinaVMI Richmond, Virginia VMI 9–0
November 8North Carolina StateVirginia Tech Norfolk, Virginia NCST 6–3
November 8Ole MissSewanee Memphis, Tennessee SEW 21–0
November 8 Furman South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina L 10–0
November 8 Centre Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 32–0
November 8Mississippi A&MVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 18–0
November 8 The Citadel Washington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 32–7

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 14Florida Mercer Macon, Georgia L 10–0
November 15 Centre Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama L 17–0
November 15GeorgiaAuburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 6–0
November 15Clemson The Citadel Anderson, South Carolina L 20–0
November 17Florida Florida-Southern Lakeland, Florida W 53–0
November 17Georgia TechKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky T 3–3
November 15 Northwestern State LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 40–0
November 15 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi W 7–6
November 15MarylandNorth Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina T 0–0
November 15North Carolina Davidson Davidson, North Carolina W 6–0
November 15Ole Miss Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina L 7–2
November 15SewaneeSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SEW 10–0
November 15TennesseeTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 26–7
November 15VanderbiltGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta VAN 3–0
November 15Virginia TechVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 6–0
November 15Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia L 6–0

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 22Mississippi A&MFlorida Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama FLA 27–0
November 22 Mississippi College Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 10–6
November 22Vanderbilt Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis W 16–023,000 [3]
November 22Hampden-SydneyVMI Lexington, Virginia W 25–0
November 22 Wake Forest North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 12–0

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 27GeorgiaAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 33–0
November 27AuburnGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 7–0
November 27 Furman Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina L 3–0
November 27 Drake FloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 10–0
November 27Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore T 0–0
November 27Ole Miss Millsaps Jackson, Mississippi W 7–0
November 27North CarolinaVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 7–0
November 27KentuckyTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee UK 27–6
November 27 Wake Forest South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 7–0
November 27TulaneLSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana TUL 13–0
November 27VMIVirginia Tech Roanoke, Virginia T 0–0
November 27Washington & LeeNorth Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W&L 34–0
November 29Georgia Centre Danville, Kentucky L 14–7
November 29SewaneeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee SEW 16–0 [4]

Week Twelve

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 6Washington & LeeFloridaBarrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 16–6
December 6KentuckyWest Virginia Wesleyan Charleston, West Virginia L 24–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Atlanta Journal. [5] C2 refers to another composite.

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB Edgar C. Jones AJ, C2 Florida
HB Pooley Hubert AJ, C2 Alabama
HB Gil Reese AJ, C2 Vanderbilt
FB Doug Wycoff AJ, C2 Georgia Tech
E Hek Wakefield AJ, C2 Vanderbilt
T Bob Rives AJ, C2 Vanderbilt
G Goldy Goldstein AJ, C2 Florida
C Fats Lawrence AJ, C2 Auburn
C Clyde Propst AJ Alabama
T Jim Taylor AJ, C2 Georgia
E Smack Thompson AJ, C2 Georgia

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References

  1. 1 2 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/southern/1924.html
  2. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Vanderbilt Ties Marines; 16,000 Fans See Battle". The Washington Post. October 12, 1924. ProQuest   149420159.
  3. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Vanderbilt Jolts Minnesota, 10-0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 23, 1924.
  4. ↑ "Sewanee 16, Vandy 0". The Sewanee Purple. December 3, 1924. hdl:11005/1208.
  5. ↑ Closed Access logo transparent.svg "Atlanta Journals Picks S. I. C. All Star Team". Times-Picayune. December 8, 1924.
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