1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1907 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 1907 college football season. The season began on September 28 with conference member Clemson hosting Gordon.

1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1907
through December 25, 1907
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 0 0  5 1 1
Sewanee 6 1 0  8 1 0
LSU 3 1 0  7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2  5 1 2
Tennessee 3 2 0  7 2 1
Auburn 3 2 1  6 2 1
Georgia 3 3 1  4 3 1
Mississippi A&M 3 3 0  6 3 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 0  4 4 0
Clemson 1 3 0  4 4 0
Mercer 0 3 0  3 3 0
Howard (AL) 0 5 0  2 5 0
Ole Miss 0 5 0  0 6 0
Nashville         
  • $ Conference champion

Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6.[n 1] The Commodores also beat Georgia Tech by the largest margin in coach John Heisman's tenure, and beat a powerful Sewanee team on a double pass play which Grantland Rice called the greatest thrill in his years of watching sports. Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."[1] Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."[2] The only loss suffered all season for Vanderbilt was to Western power Michigan.

LSU played the University of Havana in Cuba, the first time any Southern team played in a foreign country.

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1VanderbiltDan McGugin5–1–13–034.65.1
2SewaneeArthur G. Erwin8–16–127.83.0
3AlabamaDoc Pollard5–1–23–1–28.88.0
4LSUEdgar Wingard7–32–126.65.2
5 (tie)AuburnWillis Kienholz6–2–13–2–120.63.3
5 (tie)TennesseeGeorge Levene7–2–13–216.91.7
7GeorgiaW. S. Whitney4–3–13–3–112.95.9
8Mississippi A&MFred Furman6–32–323.38.6
9Georgia TechJohn Heisman4–42–418.512.5
10ClemsonFrank Shaughnessy4–41–38.45.6
11MercerH. R. Schenker3–30–3
12HowardJohn Counselman2-50–5
13MississippiFrank A. Mason0–60–51.032.5
14Nashville

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[3]

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 28GordonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 50

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 2RhodesHowardHardy Field • Homewood, ALW 50
October 2RhodesMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 70
October 3MooneySewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TNW 230
October 5MaryvilleAlabamaThe QuadTuscaloosa, ALW 17–0
October 5HowardAuburnAuburn, ALW 230
October 5North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty FieldAthens, GAW 570
October 5GordonGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAW 510
October 5Tennessee MilitaryTennesseeWaite FieldKnoxville, TNW 300
October 5KentuckyVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNW 400
October 7MaryvilleAuburnAuburn, ALW 290

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 9MaryvilleClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 35–0
October 10Mississippi A&MSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TNSEW 38–0
October 11Louisiana TechLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LAW 28–0
October 12AlabamaOle MissColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSALA 20–0
October 12North GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAW 70–0
October 12Mississippi A&MHowardBirmingham, ALW 12–5
October 12TennesseeGeorgiaHerty FieldAthens, GATENN 150
October 12VanderbiltNavyWorden FieldAnnapolis, MDT 66

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19GeorgiaMercerMacon, GAUGA 266
October 19TennesseeGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 6–4
October 19Union (TN)Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 80–0
October 19SewaneeAuburnState FairgroundsBirmingham, ALSEW 12–6
October 19LSUTexasClark FieldAustin, TXL 125
October 19Rose-HulmanVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNW 6510
October 21SewaneeAlabamaThe QuadTuscaloosa, ALSEW 544
October 21TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCTENN 40
October 21LSUTexas A&MCollege Station, TXL 115

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 24MercerMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSMSA&M 75–0
October 25GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, ALT 0–0
October 26AuburnGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAAUB 12–6
October 26SewaneeOle MissMemphis, TNSEW 65–0
October 26MaryvilleTennesseeWaite FieldKnoxville, TNW 340
October 28HowardLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LAW 570

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 30DruryMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 6–0
October 31North CarolinaClemsonColumbia, SCW 15–6
November 1HowardMercerMacon, GAW 116
November 2CentreAlabamaState FairgroundsBirmingham, ALW 120
November 2ClemsonAuburnAuburn, ALAUB 120
November 2GeorgiaGeorgia TechAtlanta, GAGT 106
November 2MichiganVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNL 80[4]
November 2SewaneeVirginiaNorfolk, VAW 120
November 2ChattanoogaTennesseeWaite FieldKnoxville, TNW 570

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 6ArkansasLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LAW 17–12
November 7ClemsonGeorgiaAugusta, GAUGA 80
November 9MercerAuburnAuburn, ALAUB 63–0
November 9DavidsonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCL 106
November 9KentuckyTennesseeWaite FieldKnoxville, TNT 00
November 9Mississippi A&MLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LALSU 2311
November 9SewaneeGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GASEW 180
November 9Ole MissVanderbiltMemphis, TNVAN 600
November 11SewaneeGeorgiaHerty FieldAthens, GASEW 160

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 12OklahomaTexas A&MCollege Station, TXW 190
November 16HowardChattanoogaChattanooga, TNW 21-7
November 16AuburnAlabamaState FairgroundsBirmingham, ALT 6–6
November 16GordonMercerW 50
November 16LSUOle MissJackson, MSLSU 230
November 16Mississippi A&MTennesseeMemphis, TNTENN 11–4
November 16Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 54–0
November 18ArkansasTennesseeMemphis, TNW 14–2

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20MercerFloridaGainesville, FLW 60
November 23LSUAlabamaMonroe Park • Mobile, ALALA 6–4
November 23SewaneeVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 1712[5][6][7][8]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 28TennesseeAlabamaState FairgroundsBirmingham, ALALA 5–0
November 28ClemsonGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GACLEM 6–5
November 28AuburnGeorgiaMacon, GAUGA 60
November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMSA&M 150
November 28BaylorLSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LAW 480

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScore
December 25, 1907Bacardi BowlHavana, CubaLSUHavana UniversityLSU 560

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The consensus All-Southern team:

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Aubrey Lanier Sewanee
FB Lawrence Markley Sewanee
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt'
T Lex Stone Sewanee
G Frank Faulkinberry Sewanee
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Horace Sherrell Vanderbilt
T J. R. Davis Georgia Tech
E Guy Lewis Sewanee

Notes

  1. Navy was captained by Arch Douglas, the second player from the South to get third-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.

References

  1. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
  3. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1907.html
  4. "Vanderbilt Beaten By Yost's Men". The Washington Times. November 3, 1907. Retrieved May 1, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bill Traughber (December 5, 2007). "CHC: Stein Stone's Famous 1907 Catch". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  6. "Claiming Rampant". The Miami News. February 9, 1954.
  7. "Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport". Boston Daily Globe. April 27, 1924. ProQuest 497709192.
  8. Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 339.
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