1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1906 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 1906 college football season. The season began on September 29.

1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 29, 1906
through December 2, 1906
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Clemson
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt + 4 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Clemson + 4 –0 –0  4 –0 –3
Sewanee 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Alabama 3 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
Ole Miss 3 –2 –0  4 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Georgia 2 –2 –1  2 –4 –1
LSU 0 –1 –1  2 –2 –2
Mississippi A&M 0 –2 –1  2 –2 –1
Tennessee 0 –3 –1  1 –6 –2
Mercer 0 –2 –0  1 –4 –0
Tulane 0 –2 –0  0 –4 –1
Auburn 0 –5 –0  1 –5 –1
Cumberland (TN)   –      –  
Nashville   –      –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

At the end of 1905 football looked about to be abolished due to all of the reoccurring violence during games. Football was a sport that had degenerated into dangerous tactics such as: the flying wedge, punching, kicking, piling-on, and elbows to the face. Almost any violent behavior was allowed. Fatalities and injuries mounted during the 1905 season.[n 1]

As a result, the 1906 season was played under a new set of rules.[2] The rules governing intercollegiate football were changed to promote a more open and less dangerous style of play. An intercollegiate conference, which would become the forerunner of the NCAA, approved radical changes including the legalization of the forward pass, allowing the punting team to recover an on-side kick as a live ball, abolishing the dangerous flying wedge, creating a neutral zone between offense and defense, and doubling the first-down distance to 10 yards, to be gained in three downs.[3]

According to Fuzzy Woodruff, Davidson tossed the first legal forward pass in the South in the win over Georgia.[4]

Clemson and Vanderbilt tied for the SIAA title,[5] but few writers chose the Tigers over the vaunted Commodores.[6] Coach Dan McGugin called the Carlisle victory "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."[7] For some, Vanderbilt's eleven was the entire All-Southern team.[8] Running back Owsley Manier was the first Southern player chosen third-team All-American by Walter Camp.

Results and team statistics
Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie)VanderbiltDan McGugin8–14–030.91.8
1 (tie)ClemsonBob Williams4–0–34–0–15.40.6
3SewaneeJ. J. Quill8–15–123.41.8
4AlabamaDoc Pollard5–13–116.213.7
5MississippiThomas S. Hammond4–23–211.810.7
6Georgia TechJohn Heisman6–3–13–38.17.7
7GeorgiaW. S. Whitney2–4–12–2–18.47.1
8LSUDan A. Killian2–2–20–1–16.76.2
9Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin2–2–10–2–120.29.0
10 (tie)MercerE. E. Tarr1–40–26.432.6
10 (tie)TulaneJohn Russ0–4–10–20.018.4
12TennesseeJames DePree1–6–20–3–11.714.1
13AuburnMike Donahue1–5–10–53.45.9

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[9]

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 29MaryvilleGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAT 6–6
September 29HowardMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 30–0

Week Two
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 4MaryvilleOle MissOxford, MSW 16–6
October 6MaryvilleAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 6–0
October 6North GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAW 11–0
October 6MooneySewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 24–0
October 6AmericanTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNW 10–0
October 6KentuckyVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 28–0
October 8MaryvilleAuburnAuburn, ALT 0–0
October 8MercerGordonBarnesville, GAL 28–5

Week Three
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 10Monroe A. C.LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 5–0
October 13GordonAuburnAuburn, ALW 15–0
October 13HowardAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 14–0
October 13ChattanoogaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAW 18–0
October 13DavidsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAL 15–0
October 13MaryvilleTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNL 11–0
October 13MarionMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 62–0
October 13RhodesSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 57–0
October 13Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 29–0

Week Four
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20CentreTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNL 6–0
October 20GeorgiaClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 6–0
October 20Ole MissLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAMISS 9–0
October 20SewaneeGeorgia TechAtlanta, GASEW 16–0
October 20AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 78–0

Week Five
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25TennesseeAmericanHarriman, TNT 5–5
October 26SewaneeAuburnBirmingham, ALSEW 10–5
October 27DavidsonGeorgia Tech• Atlanta, GAW 4–0
October 27LSUMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MST 0–0
October 27HowardTulaneNew Orleans, LAT 0–0
October 27TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 45–0

Week Six
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3ClemsonDavidsonDavidson, NCT 0–0
November 3AlabamaMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSALA 16–4
November 3GeorgiaMercerMacon, GAUGA 55–0
November 3AuburnGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 11–0
November 3VanderbiltMichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MIL 10–4
November 3SewaneeTennesseeWaite Field • Knoxville, TNSEW 17–0

Week Seven
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9Louisiana TechLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 17–0
November 10AuburnClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 6–4
November 10Georgia TechGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAGT 17–0
November 10MercerThe CitadelCharleston, SCL 10–0
November 10TennesseeKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KYL 21–0
November 10SewaneeTulaneNew Orleans, LASEW 35–0
November 10Rose-HulmanVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0
November 12Ole MissSewaneeMemphis, TNSEW 24–0

Week Eight
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16FloridaMercerMacon, GAW 12–0
November 17AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 10–0
November 17MaryvilleSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 28–0
November 17Texas A&MTulaneNew Orleans, LAL 18–0
November 17VanderbiltGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAVAN 37–6
November 19TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 16–0
November 19Texas A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAL 22–12

Week Nine
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 21TennesseeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAT 0–0
November 24ArkansasTulaneNew Orleans, LAL 22–0
November 24Georgia TechMercerMacon, GAGT 61–0
November 24CarlisleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 4–0[10]

Week Ten
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 29TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 51–0
November 29ArkansasLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAT 6–6
November 29ClemsonGeorgia TechAtlanta, GACLEM 10–0
November 29AuburnGeorgiaMacon, GAUGA 4–0
November 29Ole MissMississippi A&MState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMISS 29–5
November 29SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 20–0
December 2GeorgiaSavannah A. C.Savannah, GAL 12–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1906 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team
Main article: 1906 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:

Position Name Team
QB Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Joe Pritchard Vanderbilt
G Walter K. Chorn Vanderbilt
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Clyde R. Conner Mississippi
T Lex Stone Sewanee
E Lob Brown Georgia Tech

Notes
  1. Union College halfback Harold Moore died of a cerebral hemorrhage after being kicked in the head while attempting to tackle an NYU runner. The Chicago Tribune referred to the 1905 football season as a "death harvest", as it resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries.[1]

References
  1. "Football Year's Death Harvest: Record Shows That Nineteen Football Players Have been Killed in 1905". November 26, 1905. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 7. p. 49.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. "Football Rules Made At Last". Salt Lake Herald. April 2, 1906. p. 7.
  4. Woodruff 1928, p. 187
  5. "Clemson Vault: A Measure of Success".
  6. http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt
  7. Dan McGugin (1907). "Football In Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 49.
  8. "Daniel Earle McGugin". Coach & Athlete. 28: 42. 1965 – via Google books.
  9. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1906.html
  10. "Vanderbilt The Winner". The InterOcean. November 23, 1906. p. 4. Retrieved March 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. 1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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