1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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The 1905 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 1905 college football season. The season began on September 30.

LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 30, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Teams16
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1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 30, 1905
through December 3, 1905
Teams16
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Football seasons
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1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $5–0–07–1–0
Georgia Tech5–0–16–0–1
LSU2–0–03–0–0
Sewanee3–1–14–2–1
Clemson3–2–13–2–1
Cumberland (TN)3–2–05–4–0
Alabama4–4–06–4–0
Nashville0–0–00–2–0
Auburn2–3–02–4–0
Mississippi A&M1–4–03–4–0
Tulane0–1–00–1–0
Ole Miss0–2–00–2–0
Tennessee0–4–13–5–1
Georgia0–5–01–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech."[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

More information Conf. Rank, Team ...
Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1VanderbiltDan McGugin7–15–046.52.8
2Georgia TechJohn Heisman6–0–15–0–130.04.7
3LSUDan A. Killian3–02–012.00.0
4SewaneeW. C. Hyatt4–2–13–1–119.416.4
5ClemsonEddie Cochems3–2–13–2–113.510.5
6 (tie)AlabamaJack Leavenworth6–44–417.811.3
6 (tie)CumberlandJohn Counselman4–42–29.79.6
8Nashville0–20–0
9AuburnMike Donahue2–42–46.316.0
10Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin3–41–416.313.4
11 (tie)TulaneJohn F. Tobin0–10–10.05.0
11 (tie)Mississippi0–20–10.014.5
13TennesseeJames DePree3–5–10–4–118.016.8
14GeorgiaMarvin M. Dickinson1–50–54.331.3
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Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup
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SIAA teams in bold.

Week One

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 30Tennessee School for the DeafTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 16–6[3]
September 30Maryville (TN)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 97–0[4]
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Week Two

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3Maryville (TN)AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaW 17–0[5]
October 6CumberlandVPIGibboney Field • Blacksburg, VAL 0–12[6]
October 7North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 54–0[7]
October 7American TemperanceTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 104–0[8]
October 7AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–01,500[9]
October 7MooneySewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 42–0[10]
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Week Three

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 14Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 34–0[11]
October 14VanderbiltMichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MIL 0–18[12]
October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Clemson, SCT 5–5[13]
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Week Four

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20DavidsonAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALL 6–0[14]
October 20Mississippi A&MMarionMarion, ALW 38–0[15]
October 20CumberlandSewaneeNashville, TNSEW 9–0[16]
October 20NashvilleSouthwestern PresbyterianClarksville, TNL 0–6[17]
October 21ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 35–0[18]
October 21AlabamaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 12–5[19]
October 21VanderbiltTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNVAN 45–0[20]
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Week Five

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25AlabamaClemsonState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SCCLEM 25–0[21]
October 27AuburnMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSAUB 18–0[22]
October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 18–0[23]
October 28TennesseeSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 11–6[24]
October 28TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0[25]
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Week Six

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 30CumberlandGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACUM 39–0
October 31CumberlandGrantOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TNW 11–6[26]
November 4GeorgiaAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 36–0[27]
November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 45–0[28]
November 4AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0[29]
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Week Seven

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9Central UniversityAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 21–0[30]
November 11ClemsonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALCLEM 6–0[31]
November 11Howard (AL)Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 44–0[32]
November 11CumberlandKentucky StateLexington, KYL 0–12[33][34]
November 11North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 16–12[35]
November 11SewaneeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAT 18–18[36]
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Week Eight

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 10–17[37]
November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 30–04,000[38]
November 18GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 46–0[39]
November 18Louisiana IndustrialLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 16–0[40]
November 18Central UniversityTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 31–5[41]
November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0[42]
November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5[43]
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Week Nine

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20CumberlandOle MissUniversity Park • Oxford, MSCUM 18–0[44]
November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 42–6[45]
November 25LSUTulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LALSU 5–0[46]
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Week Ten

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 30TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 29–0[47]
November 30AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAAUB 20–0[48][49]
November 30ClemsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 17–105,000[50]
November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMSA&M 11–0[51]
November 30SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 68–4[52]
December 1Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 15–0[53]
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Week Eleven

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 3TennesseeGrantOlympic Park • Field Chattanooga, TNW 5–0[54]
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All-Southern team

Main article: 1905 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:

More information Position, Name ...
Position Name Team
QB Frank Kyle Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Hillsman Taylor Vanderbilt
G Stein Stone Vanderbilt
C Emma Patterson Vanderbilt
G Puss Derrick Clemson
T Frank Jones Auburn
E Ed Hamilton Vanderbilt
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