List of independent southern football champions

This is a list of yearly claims to an Independent Southern football championship from 1889 to 1932 (those not in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1895–1921, those not in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1912–1921, and those not in the Southern Conference from 1922–1932), prior to the creation of the Southeastern Conference in 1933.[1]

• 1889 – Virginia
• 1890 – Virginia
• 1891 – Trinity
• 1892 – Virginia[2] or North Carolina[3]
• 1893 – Virginia[2]
• 1894 – Virginia[2]
• 1895 – Virginia[2][4]
• 1896 – Virginia[2]
• 1897 – Virginia
• 1898 – North Carolina
• 1900 – Virginia
• 1901 – Virginia[5]
• 1902 – Virginia
• 1903 – Kentucky University[6] or Georgetown[7]
• 1904 – Georgetown [8]
• 1905 – VPI[9]
• 1908 – Virginia or George Washington[10]
• 1909 – VPI[11]
• 1915 – Georgia Tech[12]
• 1924 – Centre
• 1926 – William & Mary[13]

Notes

References

1. http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt
2. "The Virginians Are Still Champions". The Times-Picayune. November 27, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved August 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Southern Crack-A-Jacks". The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1895. p. 2.
5. "Orange and Blue Win; Hold Pennant Still". The Times. 16. November 24, 1901.
6. "Kentucky University Won". The Evening Bulletin. November 27, 1903. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgetown's Boston Backfield". Boston Post. November 24, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved June 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Football Records of Leading Teams". The Washington Times. November 27, 1904. Retrieved July 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Football in the South". New York Times. December 24, 1905.
10. "As The Northern Writer Sees It". Times Dispatch. December 7, 1908.
11. e. g. "VPI Southern Champions".
12. "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
13. The official 2009 William & Mary football media guide provides a list of yearly results. It mentions that W&M claimed a "Southern Title" in 1926.