1928 Southern Conference football season

1928 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 22, 1928 through January 1, 1929
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech
Football seasons
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1928 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
VPI	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1928 college football season. The season began on September 22.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, Georgia Tech defeated the California Golden Bears by a score of 8–7. The game was notable for a play by California All-American Roy Riegels in which he scooped up a Georgia Tech fumble and ran towards his own goal line. The two-point safety on the ensuing punt proved to be the margin of victory. ^[1] Georgia Tech thus claims a national championship.

The Florida Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, but had their undefeated campaign derailed in the final game by the South's biggest upset that season, ^[2] a controversial loss to Tennessee.

Tulane back Bill Banker led the conference in individual scoring with 128 points, tying a school record set by Peggy Flournoy in 1925 which was unbroken until 2007 by Matt Forte.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	10–0	7–0	22.1	4.7
2	Tennessee	Robert Neyland	9–0–1	6–0–1	24.9	5.1
3	Florida	Charlie Bachman	8–1	6–1	37.3	4.9
4	VPI	Andy Gustafson	7–2	4–1	22.0	10.2
5 (tie)	Alabama	Wallace Wade	6–3	6–2	20.8	8.3
5 (tie)	LSU	Mike Donahue	6–2–1	3–1–1	20.0	5.0
7 (tie)	Clemson	Josh Cody	8–3	4–2	17.5	7.0
7 (tie)	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	8–2	4–2	15.2	5.7
9 (tie)	Tulane	Bernie Bierman	6–3–1	3–3–1	26.4	7.6
9 (tie)	Ole Miss	Homer Hazel	5–4	3–3	17.3	13.4
9 (tie)	North Carolina	Chuck Collins	5–3–2	2–2–2	18.6	11.5
9 (tie)	Kentucky	Harry Gamage	4–3–1	2–2–1	12.5	5.1
9 (tie)	South Carolina	Billy Laval	6–2–2	2–2–1	9.6	7.0
14 (tie)	Maryland	Curley Byrd	6–3–1	2–3–1	13.2	7.0
14 (tie)	VMI	W. C. Raftery	5–3–2	2–3–1	9.5	7.5
16	Georgia	Harry Mehre	4–5	2–4	13.6	12.6
17	NC State	Gus Tebell	4–5–1	1–3–1	15.7	10.0
18	Mississippi A&M	John W. Hancock	2–4–2	1–4	8.8	20.8
19 (tie)	Virginia	Greasy Neale	2–6–1	1–6	13.4	15.8
19 (tie)	Washington and Lee	Pat Herron	2–8	1–6	13.9	18.4
21	Sewanee	M. S. Bennett	2–7	0–5	9.9	31.9
22	Auburn	George Bohler	1–8	0–7	4.1	17.1

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game ^[3]

PAG = Average of points allowed per game ^[3]

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 22	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 30–0		[4]
September 22	Erskine	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 19–0		[5]
September 22	Hampden–Sydney	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 14–7		[6]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 28	Birmingham–Southern	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	L 6–0		[7]
September 29	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 6–0		[8]
September 29	Washington College	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 31–0		[9]
September 29	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 25–0		[10]
September 29	Ouachita Baptist	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 20–6		[11]
September 29	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 65–0	15,000	[12]
September 29	Elon	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 57–0		[13]
September 29	Bryson College	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 14–0		[14]
September 29	South Carolina	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois	W 6–0	35,000	[15]
September 29	Maryville (TN)	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 41–0		[16]
September 29	Tulane	Louisiana Normal	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 65–0		[17]
September 29	Vanderbilt	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee	W 20–0		[18]
September 29	Randolph–Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 66–0		[19]
September 29	Richmond	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	T 6–6		[20]
September 29	Roanoke	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 34–7		[21]
September 29	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 56–0		[22]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 6	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 27–0	6,000	[23]
October 6	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	CLEM 33–6		[24]
October 6	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 26–0	4,000	[25]
October 6	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 52–0		[26]
October 6	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 13–0	18,000	[27]
October 6	Carson–Newman	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 61–0		[28]
October 6	Southwestern Louisiana	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 46–0		[29]
October 6	North Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	UNC 26–19		[30]
October 6	Tulane	Mississippi A&M	Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi	TUL 51–6		[31]
October 6	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	L 69–0		[32]
October 6	Centre	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 41–7		[33]
October 6	Colgate	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 12–7		[34]
October 6	South Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	SCAR 24–13	7,500	[35]
October 6	Hampden–Sydney	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 32–7		[36]
October 6	NC State	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W&L 38–6		[37]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 12	NC State	Clemson	Pee Dee Fairgrounds • Florence, South Carolina	CLEM 7–0	4,000	[38]
October 13	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	ALA 46–0	8,000	[39] [40]
October 13	Auburn	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	FLA 27–0	6,000	[41]
October 13	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	GT 12–0		[42]
October 13	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 21–6		[43]
October 13	Maryland	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 21–7		[44]
October 13	Louisiana College	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 41–0		[45]
October 13	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 13–12		[46]
October 13	North Carolina	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, Massachusetts	L 20–0		[47]
October 13	Transylvania	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	L 14–13		[48]
October 13	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	W 13–12		[49]
October 13	Virginia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey	T 0–0		[50]
October 13	Roanoke	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 31–13		[51]
October 13	VPI	Colgate	Whitnall Field • Hamilton, New York	L 35–14		[52] [53]
October 13	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 6–0		[54]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 18	Wake Forest	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 37–0		[55]
October 19	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 52–0		[56]
October 19	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 13–0		[57]
October 20	Tennessee	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	TENN 15–13		[58] [59]
October 20	Ole Miss	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	MISS 19–0		[60]
October 20	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 73–0	8,000	[61]
October 20	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 7–0		[62]
October 20	Notre Dame	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	W 13–0	35,000	[63]
October 20	Kentucky	Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7–0		[64]
October 20	Mississippi A&M	LSU	Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi	LSU 31–0		[65]
October 20	Western Maryland	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 13–6		[66]
October 20	VPI	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	VPI 16–14	9,000	[67]
October 20	Cumberland (TN)	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 38–0	5,000	[68]
October 20	Vanderbilt	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	VAN 13–6		[69]
October 20	Virginia	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	VMI 9–0		[70]
October 20	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia	L 22–0		[71]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 25	Clemson	South Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina	CLEM 32–0	14,000	[72]
October 27	Sewanee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 42–12	11,743	[73] [74]
October 27	Howard (AL)	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 25–6		[75]
October 27	NC State	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 14–7	13,000	[76]
October 27	Tulane	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 20–14		[77]
October 27	Georgia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	GT 20–7	20,000	[78]
October 27	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 8–0		[79]
October 27	Spring Hill	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 30–7		[80]
October 27	Maryland	VMI	Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia	T 0–0		[81]
October 27	Ole Miss	Loyola (LA)	Loyola University Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	L 34–14		[82]
October 27	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 34–0		[83]
October 27	King	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 54–0		[84]
October 27	Washington & Lee	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 26–7		[85]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 1	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	T 0–0	2,000	[86]
November 3	Alabama	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin	L 15–0	25,000	[87] [88]
November 3	Auburn	Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	UGA 13–0		[89]
November 3	Clemson	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 26–7		[90]
November 3	Sewanee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 71–6	6,500	[91]
November 3	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	W 32–7	8,000	[92]
November 3	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	L 7–0		[93]
November 3	Maryland	VPI	League Park • Norfolk, Virginia	VPI 9–6	9,000	[94]
November 3	Mississippi A&M	Michigan State	College Field • East Lansing, Michigan	T 6–6		[95]
November 3	North Carolina	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	T 6–6		[96]
November 3	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 57–0		[97]
November 3	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 14–7		[98]
November 3	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 20–13		[99]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Kentucky	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	ALA 14–0	7,500	[100] [101]
November 10	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 13–12		[102]
November 10	Clemson	VMI	Lynchburg, Virginia	CLEM 12–0		[103]
November 10	Florida	Georgia	Municipal Stadium • Savannah, Georgia	FLA 26–6	16,000	[104]
November 10	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 19–7	30,000	[105]
November 10	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 19–6	[106]
November 10	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	W 6–0		[107]
November 10	Centenary	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	T 6–6		[108]
November 10	Davidson	NC State	World War Memorial Stadium • Greensboro, North Carolina	W 14–7		[109]
November 10	South Carolina	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	T 0–0	6,000	[110]
November 10	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 37–0		[111]
November 10	Virginia	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	VPI 20–0	5,000–7,000	[112]
November 10	Washington & Lee	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey	L 25–12		[113]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 17	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 33–13	26,000	[114] [115]
November 17	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	MSA&M 13–0		[116]
November 17	Clemson	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 27–6	15,000	[117]
November 17	LSU	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	LSU 13–12		[118]
November 17	Virginia	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	MD 18–2		[119]
November 17	Ole Miss	Southwestern (TN)	Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee	W 34–2		[120]
November 17	North Carolina	Davidson	Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina	W 30–7	7,000	[121]
November 17	Furman	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 6–0		[122]
November 17	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 41–6	12,000	[123]
November 17	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	TENN 6–0		[124]
November 17	VMI	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 23–12		[125]
November 17	VPI	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	VPI 13–7		[126]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Washington & Lee	Maryland	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	MD 6–0		[127]
November 24	NC State	Michigan State	College Field • East Lansing, Michigan	L 7–0		[128]
November 24	Louisiana College	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 47–7	8,000	[129]
November 24	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 26–0		[130]

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 29	Georgia	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 19–0	20,184	[131] [132]
November 29	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 27–12	12,500	[133]
November 29	Washington & Lee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 60–6	14,000	[134]
November 29	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 51–0	20,000	[135]
November 29	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	T 0–0		[136]
November 29	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	T 0–0		[137]
November 29	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland	W 26–6		[138]
November 29	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	MISS 20–19		[139]
November 29	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UNC 24–20	18,000-20,000	[140]
November 29	South Carolina	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	NCST 18–7		[141]
November 29	VMI	VPI	Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia	VMI 16–6		[142]
December 1	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 13–0	10,000	[143]

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 8	LSU	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 13–0		[144] [145]
December 8	Clemson	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	L 12–7		[146]
December 8	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 20–6	40,000	[147]
December 8	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 14–7	10,000	[148]
December 8	Florida	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 13–12	13,000	[149]

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1929	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	Georgia Tech	California	GT 8–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1928 College Football All-America Team

• E - Dale Van Sickel, Florida (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
• E – Dick Abernathy, Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
• T – Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
• T – Jimmy Steele, Florida (NEA-2)
• G – Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
• G – Bill McRae, Florida (UP-2)
• C – Peter Pund , Georgia Tech (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
• HB – Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, INS, NANA, NEA-2, UP-2)
• HB – Clyde Crabtree, Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
• HB – Bill Banker, Tulane (UP-2)
• FB – Gerald Snyder, Maryland (AP-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1928 College Football All-Southern Team

The followers players were picked for the composite first All-Southern team of more than one hundred sports writers and coaches compiled by the Associated Press (AP). ^[150] The United Press (UP) also selected a team:

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Clyde Crabtree	AP, UP	Florida
HB	Warner Mizell	AP, UP	Georgia Tech
HB	Bill Banker	AP, UP	Tulane
FB	Gerald Snyder	AP	Maryland
E	Dale Van Sickel	AP, UP	Florida
T	Frank Speer	AP, UP	Georgia Tech
G	Fred Vaughan	AP	NC State
C	Peter Pund	AP, UP	Georgia Tech
G	Raleigh Drennon	AP	Georgia Tech
T	Jess Tinsley	AP	LSU
E	Dick Abernathy	AP	Vanderbilt

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