1926 Southern Conference football season

1926 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 18, 1926 through January 1, 1927
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Alabama
Football seasons
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1926 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1926 college football season. The season began on September 18.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the Dickinson System, Stanford 7–7. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama guard Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.

Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt." ^[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Alabama	Wallace Wade	9–0–1	8–0	24.9	2.7
2	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	8–1	4–1	26.8	4.7
3	Tennessee	Robert Neyland	8–1	5–1	16.8	3.8
4 (tie)	South Carolina	Branch Bocock	5–4	4–2	15.9	6.2
4 (tie)	Georgia	Kid Woodruff	4–5	2–4	15.0	12.8
6	Virginia	Greasy Neale	6–2–1	4–2–1	16.1	5.3
7 (tie)	VPI	Andy Gustafson	5–3–1	3–2–1	14.9	8.9
7 (tie)	Washington and Lee	Pat Herron	4–3–2	3–2–1	10.3	10.4
9	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	4–5	4–3	9.7	9.7
10 (tie)	LSU	Mike Donahue	6–3	3–3	14.2	5.0
10 (tie)	Auburn	Dave Morey	5–4	3–3	13.6	9.4
10 (tie)	North Carolina	Chuck Collins	4–5	3–3	6.6	8.2
10 (tie)	Ole Miss	Homer Hazel	5–4	2–2	12.6	12.2
14	Mississippi A&M	Bernie Bierman	5–4	2–3	14.9	10.9
15 (tie)	VMI	Blandy Clarkson	5–5	2–4	8.0	9.8
15 (tie)	Tulane	Clark Shaughnessy	3–5–1	2–4	7.9	6.7
17	Maryland	Curley Byrd	5–4–1	1–3–1	16.1	9.3
18	Clemson	Bud Saunders	2–7	1–3	2.2	18.8
19 (tie)	Florida	Tom Sebring	2–6–2	1–4–1	9.4	13.6
19 (tie)	Kentucky	Fred Murphy	2–6–1	1–4–1	9.3	10.1
20	NC State	Gus Tebell	4–6	0–4	6.6	10.2
21	Sewanee	M. S. Bennett	2–6	0–5	9.1	8.4

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game ^[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game ^[2]

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 18	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 7–0		[3]
September 18	Wofford	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 20–0		[4]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 24	Millsaps	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 54–0	4,000	[5]
September 24	Elon	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 13–0		[6]
September 25	Chattanooga	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 15–6		[7]
September 25	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 16–0		[8]
September 25	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	L 14–0		[9]
September 25	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 20–0	4,500	[10]
September 25	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	L 7–6	10,000	[11]
September 25	Louisiana Normal	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 47–0		[12]
September 25	Washington College	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 63–0		[13]
September 25	Jonesboro A&M	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 28–0		[14]
September 25	Mississippi A&M	Birmingham–Southern	Munger Bowl • Birmingham, Alabama	W 19–7		[15]
September 25	North Carolina	Wake Forest	Gore Athletic Field • Wake Forest, North Carolina	L 6–0	8,000	[16]
September 25	Bryson College	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 15–6		[17]
September 25	Erskine	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 41–0		[18]
September 25	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 13–0		[19]
September 25	Louisiana Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 40–0	7,000	[20]
September 25	Middle Tennessee State Teachers	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 69–0		[21]
September 25	Hampden–Sydney	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	T 0–0		[22]
September 25	Richmond	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 10–0		[23]
September 25	Roanoke	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 47–0		[24]
September 25	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 35–0		[25]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 2	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	ALA 19–7	16,000	[26]
October 2	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 47–0		[27]
October 2	Florida	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois	L 12–6	30,000	[28]
October 2	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 13–0		[29]
October 2	Maryville (TN)	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 25–0		[30]
October 2	Southwestern Louisiana	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 34–0		[31]
October 2	Ole Miss	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, Arkansas	L 21–6		[32]
October 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 41–0		[33]
October 2	Maryland	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 12–0		[34]
October 2	Furman	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	L 31–0		[35]
October 2	Middle Tennessee State Teachers	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 48–0		[36]
October 2	North Carolina	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 34–0		[37]
October 2	Tulane	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri	T 6–6		[38]
October 2	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UGA 27–7		[39]
October 2	Hampden–Sydney	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 30–0		[40]
October 2	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia	L 18–0		[41]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 9	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Meridian Fairgrounds • Meridian, Mississippi	ALA 26–7		[42]
October 9	Auburn	Howard (AL)	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	W 33–14		[43]
October 9	NC State	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	CLEM 7–3		[44]
October 9	Florida	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 12–7		[45]
October 9	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 19–0		[46]
October 9	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 9–6		[47]
October 9	Kentucky	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana	L 14–6		[48]
October 9	Tennessee	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	TENN 14–7		[49]
October 9	Maryland	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois	L 21–0	35,000	[50]
October 9	South Carolina	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 7–0		[51]
October 9	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	L 6–3		[52]
October 9	Bryson College	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 48–0		[53]
October 9	Lynchburg	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 38–0		[54]
October 9	VPI	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, New Hampshire	L 20–0		[55]
October 9	Roanoke	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	L 13–7		[56]
October 9	Washington & Lee	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey	T 7–7		[57]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 15	Wofford	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 27–13		[58]
October 15	Maryville (TN)	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 6–0		[59]
October 16	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	ALA 21–0	20,000	[60]
October 16	LSU	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	LSU 10–0		[61]
October 16	Florida	Mercer	Centennial Stadium • Macon, GA	L 6–3	6,000	[62]
October 16	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	L 14–7		[63]
October 16	VPI	Maryland	League Park • Norfolk, Virginia	VPI 24–8	12,000	[64]
October 16	Loyola (IL)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 13–7		[65]
October 16	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 34–0		[66]
October 16	Duke	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 6–0		[67]
October 16	Davidson	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	L 3–0		[68]
October 16	Tulane	NYU	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York	L 0–21	25,000	[69]
October 16	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	W 7–0		[70]
October 16	Virginia	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	UVA 14–7		[71]
October 16	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W&L 14–13		[72]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	Clemson	South Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 24–0	12,000	[73]
October 23	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 2–0		[74]
October 23	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	AUB 2–0		[75]
October 23	Kentucky	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	UK 18–13		[76]
October 23	Washington & Lee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 19–7		[77]
October 23	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, Mississippi	MSA&M 7–6		[78]
October 23	North Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	MD 14–6	3,500	[79]
October 23	Centre	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 30–7		[80]
October 23	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 14–13		[81]
October 23	NC State	VMI	Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia	VMI 7–0		[82]
October 23	Virginia	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	VPI 6–0		[83]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 28	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	L 12–9		[84]
October 28	Clemson	Wofford	Snyder Field • Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 3–0		[85]
October 30	LSU	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 24–0		[86]
October 30	Sewanee	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	AUB 9–0		[87]
October 30	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 32–9		[88]
October 30	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	Cartier Field • South Bend, Indiana	L 12–0	11,000	[89]
October 30	Gallaudet	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 38–7		[90]
October 30	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 6–0		[91]
October 30	Tennessee	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	TENN 33–0		[92]
October 30	NC State	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 12–0		[93]
October 30	VPI	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	T 13–13		[94]
October 30	Virginia	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	UVA 6–0		[95]
October 30	Southwestern (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 50–0		[96]
October 30	Davidson	VMI	Lynchburg, Virginia	W 12–7		[97]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 6	Kentucky	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 14–0		[98]
November 6	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	UGA 16–6		[99]
November 6	Clemson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	FLA 33–0		[100]
November 6	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	VAN 13–7		[101]
November 6	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	W 14–0		[102]
November 6	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	W 15–0		[103]
November 6	Ole Miss	Southwestern (TN)	Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee	W 32–27		[104]
November 6	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	MSA&M 14–0		[105]
November 6	VMI	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 28–0		[106]
November 6	Lenoir–Rhyne	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 6–0		[107]
November 6	South Carolina	VPI	Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia	SCAR 19–0		[108]
November 6	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 12–0		[109]
November 6	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 30–7		[110]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 11	Duke	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 26–19		[111]
November 13	Florida	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	ALA 49–0		[112]
November 13	Marquette	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	L 19–3		[113]
November 13	The Citadel	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	L 15–6		[114]
November 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	UGA 14–13		[115]
November 13	Kentucky	VMI	Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia	VMI 10–9		[116]
November 13	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 3–0		[117]
November 13	Mississippi A&M	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana	L 19–6		[118]
November 13	North Carolina	Davidson	Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina	L 10–0		[119]
November 13	Furman	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	L 10–7		[120]
November 13	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 20–3		[121]
November 13	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 19–7		[122]
November 13	Virginia	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	T 6–6		[123]
November 13	VPI	Washington & Lee	Municipal Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia	W&L 13–0		[124]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 20	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 7–0		[125]
November 20	NC State	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 20–14		[126]
November 20	Randolph–Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 57–0		[127]
November 20	Maryland	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W&L 3–0		[128]

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 3–0		[129]
November 25	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 33–6	17,000	[130]
November 25	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 20–7		[131]
November 25	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 30–0		[132]
November 25	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	LSU 7–0		[133]
November 25	Washington & Lee	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	T 7–7		[134]
November 25	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland	W 17–14		[135]
November 25	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	MISS 7–6		[136]
November 25	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 6–0		[137]
November 25	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	TENN 6–0		[138]
November 25	VMI	VPI	Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia	VPI 14–7		[139]
November 27	Wake Forest	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 7–3	11,000	[140] [141]

Postseason

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1927	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	Alabama	Stanford	T 7–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1926 College Football All-America Team

• E – Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AP-1; INS; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; RWJ-2; DW-1; ES-2; BEHR)
• T – Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2; BEHR)
• T – Mack Tharpe, Georgia Tech (BEHR)
• G – John Barnhill, Tennessee (BEHR)
• C – Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt (BEHR)
• QB – Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (AP-2; NYS-2; BE-2; RWJ-3 [as hb]; DW-2; BEHR)
• HB – Tolbert "Red" Brown, Alabama (BEHR)
• FB – Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3; BEHR)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1926 College Football All-Southern Team

The following is the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press. ^[142]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Bill Spears	AP	Vanderbilt
HB	George Morton	AP	Georgia
HB	Red Barnes	AP	Alabama
FB	Ty Rauber	AP	Washington & Lee
E	Hoyt Winslett	AP	Alabama
T	Curtis Luckey	AP	Georgia
G	Fred Pickhard	AP	Alabama
C	Gordon Holmes	AP	Alabama
G	Charles Mackall	AP	Virginia
T	John Barnhill	AP	Tennessee
E	Herschel Caldwell	AP	Alabama

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