1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1912 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 1912 college football season. The season began on September 28.
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season | |
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League | NCAA |
Sport | College football |
Duration | September 28, 1912 through December 25, 1912 |
Number of teams | 19 |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | Vanderbilt |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky State | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sewanee | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centre | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard (AL) | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ole Miss was suspended at year's end.[1]
Conference champion Vanderbilt suffered its only loss to national champion Harvard. The 1912 season saw the NCAA implement several rule changes to increase scoring. These included: the number of downs allowed to advance the ball at least 10 yards was increased from three to four, the value of a touchdown increased from 5 points to 6, the length of the field was reduced to 100 yards, 10-yard end zones were added, the onside kick was eliminated, and unlimited use of the forward pass was introduced.[2]
Regular season
Index to colors and formatting |
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Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won |
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost |
Non-conference matchup; tie |
Conference matchup |
SIAA teams in bold.
Week One
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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September 28 | Marion | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 52–0 | ||
September 28 | Fort Moultrie | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC | W 1–0[lower-alpha 1] | ||
September 28 | 11th Cavalry | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | T 0–0 | ||
September 28 | Mercer | Stetson | DeLand, FL | W 6–0 | ||
September 28 | Maryville | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 34–0 | ||
September 28 | Vicksburg A. C. | Mississippi College | W 44–0 | |||
September 28 | Jacksonville State | Howard | W 8–0 | |||
September 28 | Bethel | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 105–0 |
Week Two
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 4 | Mississippi College | Mississippi A&M | MSA&M 19–0 | |||
October 5 | Birmingham | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 62–0 | ||
October 5 | Auburn | Mercer | Columbus, GA | AUB 56–0 | ||
October 5 | K. M. I. | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, KY | W 12–0 | ||
October 5 | Clemson | Howard | Homewood, AL | CLEM 59–0 | ||
October 5 | Chattanooga | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, GA | W 33–0 | ||
October 5 | Georgia Tech | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC | GT 20–16 | ||
October 5 | Marshall | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 13–6 | ||
October 5 | Louisiana-Lafayette | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | W 85–3 | ||
October 5 | Memphis H. S. | Ole Miss | Oxford, MS | W 34–0 | ||
October 5 | Morgan | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 34–0 | ||
October 5 | King | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, TN | W 101–0 | ||
October 5 | Maryville | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 100–3 |
Week Three
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 8 | Jefferson | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 37–0 | ||
October 11 | Mississippi College | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | LSU 45–0 | ||
October 12 | Florida | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, AL | AUB 27–13 | ||
October 12 | Morris-Harvey | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, KY | L 53–7 | ||
October 12 | Riverside | Clemson | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | W 26–0 | ||
October 12 | The Citadel | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, GA | UGA 33–0 | ||
October 12 | Alabama | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta, GA | GT 20–3 | ||
October 12 | Miami (OH) | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | L 13–8 | ||
October 12 | Howard | Mercer | Macon, GA | MERC 36–0 | ||
October 12 | Castle Heights | Ole Miss | Oxford, MS | W 1–0[lower-alpha 2] | ||
October 12 | Tennessee Medical College | Mississippi A&M | W 32–0 | |||
October 12 | Northern Alabama | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 101–0 | ||
October 12 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 95–0 | ||
October 12 | Rose-Hulman | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 54–0 |
Week Four
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 17 | Centre | Louisville | Louisville, KY | L 23–6 | ||
October 18 | Alabama | Mississippi A&M | Aberdeen, MS | MSA&M 7–0 | ||
October 18 | Marion | Howard | L 57–0 | |||
October 19 | Clemson | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, AL | AUB 27–6 | ||
October 19 | Porter Military | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC | W 66–0 | ||
October 19 | South Carolina | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL | W 10–6 | ||
October 19 | Mercer | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | GT 16–6 | ||
October 19 | Kentucky State | Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | W 19–13 | ||
October 19 | Ole Miss | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | MISS 10–7 | ||
October 19 | Chattanooga | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 27–0 | ||
October 19 | Tennessee | Tennessee Medical College | Memphis, TN | W 62–0 | ||
October 19 | Mississippi College | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | TUL 19–6 | ||
October 19 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA | VAN 46–0 |
Week Five
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 26 | Mississippi A&M | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL | AUB 7–0 | ||
October 26 | Alabama | Georgia | Driving Park • Columbus, GA | UGA 13–9 | ||
October 26 | Chattanooga | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, KY | W 7–6 | ||
October 26 | The Citadel | Clemson | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | CLEM 52–14 | ||
October 26 | Georgia Tech | Florida | Jacksonville, FL | GT 14–7 | ||
October 26 | Mercer | Gordon | W 29–6 | |||
October 26 | Tennessee | Sewanee | Chattanooga, TN | SEW 33–6 | ||
October 26 | Howard | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | TUL 35–0 | ||
October 26 | Ole Miss | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 24–0 | ||
October 28 | Louisville | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 41–0 |
Week Six
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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October 31 | Clemson | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | L 22–7 | ||
November 1 | Mississippi College | Ole Miss | Oxford, MS | MISS 12–0 | ||
November 2 | Alabama | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | ALA 7–0 | ||
November 2 | Auburn | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | AUB 27–7 | ||
November 2 | VMI | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | L 3–2 | ||
November 2 | Columbia College | Mercer | Macon, GA | W 71–0 | ||
November 2 | Mississippi A&M | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | MSA&M 7–0 | ||
November 2 | Sewanee | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, GA | T 13–13 | ||
November 2 | Centre | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, TN | TENN 67–0 | ||
November 2 | Virginia | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 13–0 | ||
November 4 | Charleston | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL | W 78–0 |
Week Seven
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 9 | Ole Miss | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | ALA 10–9 | ||
November 9 | LSU | Auburn | Mobile, AL | AUB 7–0 | ||
November 9 | Kentucky School for the Deaf | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, KY | W 13–7 | ||
November 9 | Charleston | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC | W 40–0 | ||
November 9 | Clemson | Georgia | Augusta, GA | UGA 27–6 | ||
November 9 | Hanover College | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 64–0 | ||
November 9 | Tennessee | Mercer | Macon, GA | MERC 27–14 | ||
November 9 | Louisiana Tech | Mississippi College | Clinton, MS | W 14–13 | ||
November 9 | Sewanee | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | SEW 7–0 | ||
November 9 | Mississippi A&M | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | TUL 27–14 | ||
November 9 | Vanderbilt | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA | L 9–3 |
Week Eight
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 13 | Ole Miss | Texas | Houston, TX | L 53–14 | ||
November 15 | Stetson | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL | W 23–7 | ||
November 16 | Clemson | Mercer | Macon, GA | CLEM 22–13 | ||
November 16 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA | UGA 20–0 | ||
November 16 | Kentucky State | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, TN | UK 13–6 | ||
November 16 | LSU | Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | W 7–6 | ||
November 16 | Ole Miss | Tennessee Medical College | Memphis, TN | W 47–6 | ||
November 16 | Sewanee | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL | T 6–6 | ||
November 16 | Mississippi A&M | Texas A&M | Houston, TX | L 41–7 | ||
November 16 | Centre | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 23–0 |
Week Nine
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 19 | Tulane | Texas A&M | College Station, TX | L 41–0 | ||
November 21 | Centre | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown, KY | L 34–13 | ||
November 22 | Birmingham | Howard | L 13–6 | |||
November 23 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL | T 7–7 |
Week Ten
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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November 28 | Tennessee | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL | ALA 7–0 | ||
November 28 | Auburn | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, GA | UGA 12–6 | ||
November 28 | Centre | Transylvania | Lexington, KY | W 13–7 | ||
November 28 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta, GA | GT 23–0 | ||
November 28 | Kentucky State | Cincinnati YMI | Cincinnati, OH | W 56–0 | ||
November 28 | LSU | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | LSU 21–3 | ||
November 28 | Mercer | Florida | Jacksonville, FL | T 0–0 | ||
November 28 | The Citadel | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | L 26–2 | ||
November 28 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 16–0 | ||
November 29 | Howard | Mississippi College | Hattiesburg, MS | MSCOLL 20–0 |
Week Fourteen
Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
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December 21 | Florida | Tampa A. C. | Tampa, FL | W 44–0 |
Bowl games
Date | Bowl Game | Site | SIAA Team | Opponent | Score |
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December 25, 1912 | Bacardi Bowl | Havana, Cuba | Florida | Vedado A. C. | FLA 27–0 |
Awards and honors
All-Americans
- HB - Lew Hardage, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
All-Southern team
The composite All-Southern team formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison included:[3]
Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
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QB | Lee Tolley | C | Sewanee |
HB | Lew Hardage | C | Vanderbilt |
HB | Bob McWhorter | C | Georgia |
FB | Ammie Sikes | C | Vanderbilt |
E | Enoch Brown | C | Vanderbilt |
T | Tom Brown | C | Vanderbilt |
G | Rube Barker | C | Mississippi |
C | Hugh Morgan | C | Vanderbilt |
G | David Peacock | C | Georgia |
T | B. J. Lamb | C | Auburn |
E | Jenks Gillem | C | Sewanee |
References
- The Citadel won by forfeit
- Ole Miss won by forfeit
- ""Ole Miss" Suspended". The Houston Post. December 15, 1912. p. 20. Retrieved April 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- Spick Hall (September 15, 1912). "Commodores Face The Hardest Schedule For Many Long Years". The Tennessean. p. 19. Retrieved June 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.