1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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The inaugural 1895 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 1895 college football season. The association's inaugural season began on October 12, 1895. The first conference game was played on October 26 with North Carolina at Georgia, featuring what some claim is the first forward pass.[1][n 1]

LeagueNCAA
DurationOctober 12, 1895
through November 28, 1895
Teams5
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1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationOctober 12, 1895
through November 28, 1895
Teams5
Regular Season
Season championsNone
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1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt3–0–05–3–1
Auburn2–1–02–1–0
Georgia2–2–03–4–0
Sewanee0–2–02–2–1
Alabama0–2–00–4–0
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The SIAA was founded on December 21, 1894, by Dr. William Dudley, a chemistry professor at Vanderbilt.[2] The conference was originally formed for "the development and purification of college athletics throughout the South".[3]

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (S. I. A. A.) was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools. Every member of the current Southeastern Conference except Arkansas and Missouri, as well as six of the 15 current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference plus the University of Texas at Austin, now of the Big 12 Conference (and previously of the now defunct Southwest Conference), formerly held membership in the SIAA.

No conference members claimed a championship. Some publications dubbed North Carolina the SIAA champions for racking up a 3–0–1 road trip against SIAA opponents.[4] Fuzzy Woodruff said Vanderbilt was the undisputed southeastern champion, but Virginia held preeminence in the entire South.

Regular season

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SIAA teams in bold.

Week One

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 12VanderbiltMissouriRollins Field • Columbia, MOL 0–16[5]
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Week Two

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19VanderbiltCentral (KY)Richmond, KYW 10–0400[6]
October 19WoffordGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 34–0[7]
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Week Three

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DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 263:30 p. m.North CarolinaGeorgiaAthletic Park • Atlanta, GAL 0–61,500[8][9]
October 28North CarolinaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–122,000[10]
October 29North CarolinaSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNT 0–0[11]
October 31North CarolinaGeorgiaAthletic Park • Atlanta, GAL 6–10350[12]
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Week Four

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 2Cumberland (TN)SewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 16–6[13]
November 2CentreVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNT 0–0[14]
November 2AlabamaGeorgiaWildwood Park • Columbus, GAUGA 30–6500[15]
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Week Five

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 9–6[16]
November 9NashvilleSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 16–0[17]
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Week Six

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16VirginiaVanderbiltAthletic Park • Atlanta, GAL 4–6[18]
November 16AlabamaTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LAL 0–221,000[19]
November 18AlabamaLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAL 6–12[20]
November 18SewaneeGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GASEW 22–0[21]
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Week Seven

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November 23AuburnAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALAUB 48–0[22]
November 23GeorgiaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 6–01,200[23]
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Week Eight

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November 28AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 16–6[24]
November 28VanderbiltSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNVAN 18–6[25]
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Awards and honors

All-Southerns

Notes

  1. This began a 6 day, 4 conference game road trip in which North Carolina posted a 3–0–1 record

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