1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League
NCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1901
through December 5, 1901
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Football seasons
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1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Clemson 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
LSU 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Alabama 2 – 1 – 2 2 – 1 – 2
Auburn 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Mississippi A&M 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 1
Georgia 0 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Texas 0 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1901 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 1901 college football season. The season began on September 28.

Amidst charges of professionalism, Georgia Tech and Nashville were blacklisted.[1][2][3] The 1901 game of LSU versus Tulane eventually ended up as a forfeiture. Tulane forfeited the game the November 16 due to a ruling from the SIAA. The 1901 edition of the Battle for the Flag against LSU was originally a 22-0 victory for Tulane. It was later forfeited after a petition to the SIAA, and was recorded as a 0-11 loss for Tulane. After the game, LSU protested to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and alleged that Tulane had used a professional player during the game. Several months later, the SIAA ruled the game an 11-0 forfeit in favor of LSU.[4]

The 1901 team was likely the best football team in Nashville's history. Coached by Charley Moran, though they lost to southern power Vanderbilt, they "mopped up with about everything else."[5]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Conf. record Winning Pct. Overall record PPG PAG
1 Vanderbilt Billy Watkins 4–0–0 1.000 6–1–1 22.3 1.5
2 Clemson John Heisman 2–0–1 .833 3–1–1 38.0 7.6
3 (tie) LSU W. S. Borland 2–1–0 .667 5–1–0
3 (tie) North Carolina Charles Jenkins 2–1–0 .667 7–2–0
3 (tie) Tulane H. T. Summersgill 2–1–0 .667 4–2–0
6
Alabama
 M. S. Harvey 2–1–2 .600 2–1–2
7 (tie) Auburn Billy Watkins 2–2–1 .500 2–3–1
7 (tie) Tennessee
George Kelley
 1–1–2 .500 3–3–2
9 Mississippi A&M L. B. Harvey 1–2–0 .333 2–2–1
10 Georgia E. E. Jones 0–3–2 .250 1–5–2
11 (tie) Cumberland J. S. Kuykendall 0–1–0 .000 0–1–0
11 (tie) Kentucky State W. H. Kiler 0–2–0 .000 2–6–1
11 (tie) Mississippi William Shibley 0–4–0 .000 2–4–0
– Texas S. H. Thompson 0–0–0 – 8–2–1

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
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
October 5 Kentucky State Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
 VAN 22–0 [6]
October 5 Guilford Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 122–0 [7]
October 5 Mooney School Cumberland Lebanon, TN L 10–12 [8]
October 7 Houston Athletic Association Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 32–0 [9][10]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 11 Cumberland
Southwestern Presbyterian
 Clarksville, TN L 0–5 [11]
October 12 Cincinnati Kentucky State Lexington, KY T 0–0 [12]
October 12 Oak Ridge Military Academy North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 28–0 [13]
October 12 South Carolina Georgia Augusta Baseball Park • Augusta, GA W 10–5 [14]
October 12 King Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN W 8–0 [15]
October 12
Central University
 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 25–0 [16]
October 12 Nashville Texas Dallas Fair Grounds • Dallas, TX T 5–5 [17]
October 16 North Carolina A&M North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 42–0 [18]
October 16 Tulane Meridian Athletic Club Meridian, MS W 15–0 [19]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19 Memphis University School Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
 W 6–0 [20]
October 19 Kentucky State Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY W 17–0 [21]
October 19 Guilford North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 42–0 [22]
October 19 Oklahoma Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 12–6 [23]
October 19 Nashville Auburn West End Park • Birmingham, AL L 5–23 [24]
October 19 Clemson Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN T 6–6 [25]
October 19 Georgia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 47–0 [26]
October 21 Georgia Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 0–47 [27]
October 25 Cumberland Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 5–44 [28]

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26 Ole Miiss Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 41–0 [29]
October 26 Vanderbilt Auburn Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL VAN 41–0 [30]
October 26 Mississippi A&M
Christian Brothers
 Memphis, TN T 0–0 [31]
October 26 North Carolina Davidson Latta Park • Charlotte, NC W 6–0 [32]
October 26 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 28–0 [33]
October 26 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–27 [34]
October 26 Texas A&M Texas
San Antonio, TX
 W 17–0 [35]
October 26 Tennessee Nashville Peabody Field • Nashville, TN L 5–16 [36]
October 26 Tulane Mobile YMCA Mobile, AL L 0–2 [37]
October 28 LSU Louisiana Industrial Ruston, LA W 57–0 [38]
October 28 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS MSA&M 17–0 [39]
October 29 Texas Baylor Waco, TX W 23–0 [40]
October 31 VPI Clemson Columbia, SC L 11–17 [41]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 2 Mississippi A&M Meridian Athletic Association Meridian, MS W 11–5 [42]
November 2 Southwestern Baptist Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 17–0 [43]
November 2 New Orleans YMCA Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 23–0 [44]
November 2 Kentucky University Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN L 0–6 [45]
November 2 Vanderbilt Washington University Athletic Park • St. Louis, MO L 11–12 [46]
November 2 Kentucky State Avondale Athletic Club Avondale Field • Cincinnati, OH L 6–17 [47]
November 2 North Carolina Georgia Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA UNC 27–0 [48]
November 4 North Carolina Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL UNC 10–0 [49]
November 7 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 46–0 [50]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Dallas A. C. Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 12–0 [51]
November 9 Georgia Alabama Highland Park • Montgomery, AL T 0–0 [52]
November 9 Mississippi A&M Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA TUL 24–6 [53]
November 9 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 22–0 [54]
November 9 Kentucky State Louisville YMCA League Park • Louisville, KY L 0–11 [55]
November 15 Auburn Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL AUB 17–0 [56]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 15 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 6–16 [57]
November 16 Central University Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–5 [58]
November 16 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 45–0 [59]
November 16 Texas Missouri Rollins Field • Columbia, MO W 11–0 [60]
November 16 LSU Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA LSU 11–0 5,000 [61]
November 16 Georgetown (KY) Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN W 12–0 [62]
November 16 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0 [63]
November 19 North Carolina North Carolina A&M State Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NC W 30–0 [64]
November 19 Texas Kirksville Osteopaths Kirksville, MO L 0–48 [65]
November 20 Auburn LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA AUB 28–0 [66]

Week Eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 23 North Carolina Virginia Leagur Park • Norfolk, VA L 6–23 5,000 [67]
November 23 Texas Kansas McCook Field • Lawrence, KS L 0–12 600 [68]
November 23 Kentucky State Tennessee Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN TENN 5–0 [69]
November 25 Texas Oklahoma Normal grounds • Norman, OK W 11–0 [70]
November 28 Cincinnati JV Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 16–0 [71]
November 28 Tennessee Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL T 6–6 [72]
November 28 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA T 0–0 [73]
November 28 New Orleans YMCA LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 38–0
November 28 Texas A&M Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 32–0 [74]
November 28 Clemson North Carolina Latta Park • Charlotte, NC CLEM 22–10 [75]
November 28 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA TUL 25–11 [76]
November 28 2:00 p. m. Nashville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 10–0 4,000 [77]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 5 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–0 [78]

Awards and honors

All-Southerns

Main article: 1901 College Football All-Southern Team

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