1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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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. Howard College was a new addition to the SIAA.

LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1907
through December 25, 1907
Teams14
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1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1907
through December 25, 1907
Teams14
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Football seasons
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1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $3–0–05–1–1
Sewanee6–1–08–1–0
LSU3–1–07–3–0
Alabama3–1–25–1–2
Tennessee3–2–07–2–1
Auburn3–2–16–2–1
Georgia3–3–14–3–1
Mississippi A&M3–3–06–3–0
Georgia Tech2–4–04–4–0
Clemson1–3–04–4–0
Mercer0–3–03–3–0
Howard (AL)0–5–02–5–0
Ole Miss0–5–00–6–0
Nashville â€“  â€“ 
  • $ – Conference champion
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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 made history by facing the University of Havana in Cuba, marking the first occasion a team from the American South competed in an international matchup.

Results and team statistics

More information Conf. Rank, Team ...
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
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Key

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

Regular season

More information Index to colors and formatting ...
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 27MooneySewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 23–0[4]
September 28GordonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 5–0[5]
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Week Two

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 2Southwestern PresbyterianMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 7–0[6]
October 3Southwestern PresbyterianHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, ALW 5–0[7]
October 5Maryville (TN)AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 17–0[8]
October 5Howard (AL)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 23–0[9]
October 5North GeorgiaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 57–0[10]
October 5GordonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 51–0[11]
October 5Tennessee Military InstituteTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 30–0[12]
October 5Kentucky State CollegeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 40–01,800[13]
October 7Maryville (TN)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 29–0[14]
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Week Three

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 9MaryvilleClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 35–0[15]
October 10Mississippi A&MSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 38–0[16]
October 11Louisiana IndustrialLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 28–0[17]
October 12AlabamaOle MissColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSALA 20–0[18]
October 12North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 70–0[19]
October 12Mississippi A&MHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, ALMSA&M 12–5[20]
October 12TennesseeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GATENN 15–0[21]
October 12VanderbiltNavyWorden Field • Annapolis, MDT 6–6[22]
October 12FloridaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 6–0[23]
October 12GordonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 34–0[24]
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Week Four

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 19GeorgiaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 26–6[25]
October 19TennesseeGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 6–4[26]
October 19Southwestern BaptistMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 80–0[27]
October 19Cape Girardeau NormalOle MissOxford, MSL 6–12[28]
October 19SewaneeAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALSEW 12–6[29]
October 19LSUTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 5–12[30]
October 21SewaneeAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALSEW 54–4[31]
October 21TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCTENN 4–0[32]
October 21LSUTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TXL 5–11[33]
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Week Five

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25MercerMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSMSA&M 75–0[34]
October 25GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, ALT 0–0[35]
October 26AuburnGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 12–6[36]
October 26SewaneeOle MissVarsity Park • Memphis, TNSEW 65–0[37]
October 26Maryville (TN)TennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 34–0[38]
October 26Rose PolytechnicVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 65–10[39]
October 28Howard (AL)LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 57–0[40]
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Week Six

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 31DruryMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 6–0[41]
October 31North CarolinaClemsonColumbia, SCW 15–6[42]
November 1Howard (AL)GordonBarnesville, GAL 0–11[43]
November 2Howard (AL)MercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAMER 11–6[44]
November 2CentreAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALW 12–0[45]
November 2ClemsonAuburnDrill Fielf • Auburn, ALAUB 12–01,000[46]
November 2GeorgiaGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 10–6[47]
November 2MichiganVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–8[48]
November 2SewaneeVirginiaLafayette Field • Norfolk, VAW 12–01,000[49]
November 2ChattanoogaTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 57–0[50]
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Week Seven

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 6ArkansasLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 17–12[51]
November 7ClemsonGeorgiaGeorgia-Carolina Fair Grounds • Augusta, GAUGA 8–0[52]
November 9MercerAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 63–0[53]
November 9DavidsonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCL 6–10[54]
November 9Kentucky State CollegeTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNT 0–0[55]
November 9Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 23–11[56]
November 9SewaneeGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GASEW 18–0[57]
November 9Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 60–0[58]
November 11SewaneeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GASEW 16–0[59]
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Week Eight

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 16Howard (AL)ChattanoogaOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TNW 21-7[60]
November 16AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALT 6–6[61]
November 16GordonMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 5–0[62]
November 16LSUOle MissLeague Park • Jackson, MSLSU 23–05,000[63]
November 16Mississippi A&MTennesseeDriving Park • Memphis, TNTENN 11–4[64]
November 16Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0[65]
November 18TennesseeArkansasWest End Park • Little Rock, ARW 14–2[66]
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Week Nine

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 23LSUAlabamaMonroe Park • Mobile, ALALA 6–4[67]
November 23SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 17–12[68][69][70][71]
November 23Howard (AL)BirminghamWest End Park • Birmingham, ALW 83–0[72]
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Week Ten

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 28TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 5–0[73]
November 28ClemsonGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GACLEM 6–5[74]
November 28AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 6–0[75]
November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MLeague Park • Jackson, MSMSA&M 15–0[76]
November 28BaylorLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 48–0[77]
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Bowl games

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DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScoreReference
December 25, 1907Bacardi BowlLa Tropical Stadium • Havana, CubaLSUHavana UniversityLSU 56–0[78]
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Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1907 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1907 College Football All-Southern Team

The consensus All-Southern team:

More information Position, Name ...
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
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Notes

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

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