1925 Southern Conference football season

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1925 Southern Conference football season
League
NCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 19, 1925
through January 1, 1926
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsAlabama
Tulane
Football seasons
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1925 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama + 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 6 Tulane + 5 0 0 9 0 1
North Carolina 4 0 1 7 1 1
Washington and Lee 5 1 0 5 5 0
Virginia 4 1 1 7 1 1
Georgia Tech 4 1 1 6 2 1
Kentucky 4 2 0 6 3 0
Florida 3 2 0 8 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 5 3 1
VPI 3 3 1 5 3 2
Vanderbilt 3 3 0 6 3 0
Tennessee 2 2 1 5 2 1
South Carolina 2 2 0 7 3 0
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 0
Sewanee 1 4 0 4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 3 4 1
VMI 1 5 0 5 5 0
LSU 0 2 1 5 3 1
NC State 0 4 1 3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 0 5 5 0
Clemson 0 4 0 1 7 0
Maryland 0 4 0 2 5 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1925 college football season. The season began on September 19. 1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass.[1]

In the annual

Dartmouth.[3][4]

Tulane back Peggy Flournoy led the nation in scoring with his 128 points, a school record not broken until 2007 by Matt Forte. With also Lester Lautenschlaeger in the backfield to lead the Green Wave, Tulane beat Northwestern i a game which helped herald the arrival of Southern football.[5]

The Georgia Tech team, led by Doug Wycoff, had one of the best defenses in school history.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Alabama Wallace Wade 10–0 7–0 29.7 2.6
1 (tie) Tulane Clark Shaughnessy 9–0–1 5–0 24.6 3.2
3 North Carolina Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer 7–1–1 4–0–1 13.7 2.2
4 Washington and Lee
James DeHart
5–5 5–1 11.1 10.4
5 Virginia Greasy Neale 7–1–1 4–1–1 16.0 3.4
6 Georgia Tech
William Alexander
6–2–1 4–1–1 11.3 5.3
7 Kentucky Fred Murphy 6–3 4–2 14.3 11.0
8 Florida Tom Sebring 8–2 3–2 10.2 10.8
9 Auburn Dave Morey 5–3–1 3–2–1 9.0 12.7
10 (tie) VPI Ben Cubbage 5–3–2 3–3–1 3.9 5.2
10 (tie) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 6–3 3–3 17.6 7.0
10 (tie) Tennessee M. B. Banks 5–2–1 2–2–1 16.1 9.1
10 (tie) South Carolina Branch Bocock 7–3 2–2 15.0 2.7
14 (tie) Georgia
Kid Woodruff
4–5 2–4 14.8 10.1
14 (tie) VMI Blandy Clarkson 5–5 2–4 15.3 10.8
16 (tie) Sewanee M. S. Bennett 4–4–1 1–4 13.1 9.9
16 (tie) Mississippi A&M Bernie Bierman 3–4–1 1–4 12.6 7.5
18 LSU Mike Donahue 5–3–1 0–2–1 10.0 7.8
19 (tie) NC State Gus Tebell 3–5–1 0–4–1 5.7 8.0
19 (tie) Ole Miss Homer Hazel 5–5 0–4 14.7 8.7
19 (tie) Maryland Curley Byrd 3–5 0–4 7.9 11.1
19 (tie) Clemson Bud Saunders 1–7 0–4 2.3 20.0

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game[6]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[6]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 19 Wofford VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 9–0 [7]
September 19
Lynchburg
VPI Miles FieldBlacksburg, Virginia W 10–0 [8]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 25 Richmond NC State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina W 20–0 [9]>
September 26 Union (TN) Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, Alabama W 53–0 [10]
September 26 Auburn Birmingham–Southern Munger Bowl • Birmingham, Alabama W 25–0 [11]
September 26 Presbyterian Clemson
Calhoun, South Carolina
L 14–0 [12]
September 26 Georgia Mercer Centennial Stadium • Macon, Georgia W 32–0 [13]
September 26 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, Georgia W 13–7 10,000 [14]
September 26 Maryville (TN) Kentucky Stoll FieldLexington, Kentucky W 13–6 [15]
September 26
Louisiana Normal
LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, Louisiana W 27–0 [16]
September 26
Washington College
Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, Maryland W 13–0 [17]
September 26 Wake Forest North Carolina
Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
L 6–0 7,000 [18]
September 26
Jonesboro A&M
Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, Mississippi W 53–0 [19]
September 26
Bryson College
Sewanee Hardee FieldSewanee, Tennessee W 14–0 [20]
September 26
Erskine
South Carolina University Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 33–0 [21]
September 26
Louisiana College
Tulane New Orleans, Louisiana W 77–0 4,500 [22]
September 26 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 27–0 [23]
September 26
Hampden–Sydney
Virginia Lambeth FieldCharlottesville, Virginia W 40–0 [24]
September 26
Emory & Henry
VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 46–0 [25]
September 26 Roanoke VPI Miles Field • Blacksburg, Virginia W 28–0 [26]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 2 Birmingham–Southern Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, Alabama W 50–7
October 3 Auburn Clemson
Calhoun, South Carolina
AUB 13–6
October 3 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 24–0
October 3 VMI Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
GT 33–0
October 3 Kentucky Chicago Stagg FieldChicago L 9–0
October 3 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
W 38–0
October 3 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, Mississippi W 34–0
October 3 North Carolina South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina UNC 7–0
October 3 North Carolina State Duke Durham, North Carolina W 13–0
October 3
Middle Tennessee State
Sewanee McGee FieldSewanee, Tennessee W 53–0
October 3 Emory & Henry Tennessee
Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 51–0
October 3 Missouri Tulane
New Orleans, Louisiana
T 6–6
October 3 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee
W 41–0
October 3 Virginia Georgia Sanford FieldAthens, Georgia UVA 7–6
October 3 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 13–3
October 3 Furman Washington & Lee Lexington, Virginia L 20–15

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 9–0
October 10 Hampden-Sydney Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 22–6
October 10 Alabama LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
ALA 42–0
October 10 Virginia Tech Auburn Drake FieldAuburn, Alabama AUB 19–0
October 10 Clemson Kentucky
Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky
UK 19–6
October 10 Georgia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, Connecticut L 35–7
October 10 Georgia Tech Penn State
Bronx, New York
W 16–7
October 10 Maryland Rutgers Philadelphia W 16–0
October 10 Ouachita Mississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, Mississippi T 3–3
October 10 North Carolina Duke Durham, North Carolina W 41–0
October 10 Sewanee Texas A&M
Dallas, Texas
T 6–6
October 10 Maryville Tennessee
Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 13–0
October 10 Ole Miss Tulane New Orleans TUL 26–7
October 10 Vanderbilt Texas Longhorns football Fair Park Stadium • Dallas W 14–6
October 10 Richmond Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 19–0
October 10 Roanoke VMI Lexington, Virginia W 17–14
October 10 Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, New Jersey L 15–6
October 11 South Carolina North Carolina State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina SCAR 7–6

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15 North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina UNC 17–0
October 16 Wofford South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 6–0
October 17 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama ALA 27–0
October 17 Florida Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
GT 23–7
October 17 Furman Georgia Augusta, Georgia W 21–0
October 17 LSU Freshmen LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
W 6–0
October 17 Virginia Tech Maryland
Washington, D. C.
VT 3–0
October 17
Union (TN)
Ole Miss
Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi
W 7–6
October 17 Mississippi A&M Tulane Second Tulane Stadium •
New Orleans, Louisiana
TUL 25–3
October 17 Tennessee Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee
VAN 34–7
October 17 VMI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 18–10
October 17 Washington & Lee Kentucky
Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky
W&L 25–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 33–0
October 24 Alabama Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
ALA 7–0 [27]
October 24 Howard Auburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama W 7–6
October 24 Wake Forest Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 24–3
October 24 Sewanee Kentucky
Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky
UK 14–0
October 24 LSU Tennessee
Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee
T 0–0
October 24 North Carolina Mercer Macon, Georgia W 3–0
October 24 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Jackson, Mississippi MSA&M 6–0
October 24 Tulane Northwestern Chicago W 18–7 [28]
October 24 Vanderbilt Georgia Sanford FieldAthens, Georgia UGA 26–7
October 24 Virginia Maryland Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 6–0
October 24 North Carolina State VMI Richmond, Virginia VMI 27–6
October 24 Virginia Tech Washington & Lee Lynchburg, Virginia W&L 20–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina W 30–6
October 29 Clemson Wofford Spartanburg, South Carolina L 13–0
October 31 Mississippi A&M Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 6–0
October 31 Tulane Auburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, Alabama TUL 13–0
October 31 Georgia Tennessee
Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee
TENN 12–7
October 31 Rollins Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 61–0
October 31 Notre Dame Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
L 13–0
October 31 Kentucky
Centre
Danville, Kentucky W 16–0
October 31 LSU Arkansas Fair Grounds FieldShreveport, Louisiana L 12–0
October 31 North Carolina Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
UNC 16–0
October 31 Davidson North Carolina State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina L 9–0
October 31 Sewanee Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee W 28–0
October 31 South Carolina Virginia Tech Richmond, Virginia VT 6–0
October 31 Ole Miss Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee
VAN 7–0
October 31 Lynchburg VMI Lexington, Virginia W 33–0
October 31 Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia L 21–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 7 Kentucky Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama ALA 31–0
November 7 Auburn Georgia McClung StadiumColumbus, Georgia UGA 34–0
November 7 Florida Clemson
Calhoun, South Carolina
FLA 42–0
November 7 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee
GT 7–0
November 7 Rice LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
W 6–0
November 7 Maryland Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, Connecticut L 43–14
November 7 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, Mississippi W 46–0
November 7 North Carolina VMI Richmond, Virginia UNC 23–11
November 7 North Carolina State Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia T 0–0
November 7 Ole Miss Sewanee Chattanooga, Tennessee SEW 10–9
November 7 Tennessee
Centre
Danville, Kentucky W 12–0
November 7 Louisiana Tech Tulane
New Orleans, Louisiana
W 37–9
November 7 Virginia Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W&L 12–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 14 Florida Alabama Cramton BowlMontgomery, Alabama ALA 34–0
November 14 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama AUB 10–9
November 14 Clemson The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina W 6–0
November 14 Georgia Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
GT 3–0
November 14 Kentucky VMI Charleston, West Virginia UK 7–0
November 14 LSU Loyola New Orleans W 13–0
November 14 Ole Miss Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi W 19–7
November 14 Davidson North Carolina
Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
W 13–0
November 14 Wake Forest North Carolina State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, North Carolina W 6–0
November 14 South Carolina Furman Greenville, South Carolina L 2–0
November 14 Mississippi A&M Tennessee
Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee
TENN 14–9
November 14 Sewanee Tulane New Orleans TUL 14–0
November 14 Virginia Tech Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 10–0
November 14 Washington & Lee Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, Maryland W&L 7–3

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Presbyterian South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 21–0
November 21 Mississippi A&M Florida Tampa, Florida FLA 12–0
November 21 Rhodes Ole Miss
Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi
W 31–0
November 21 Tulane LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
TUL 16–0
November 21 Sewanee Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee
VAN 19–7
November 21 Randolph-Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 41–0
November 21 North Carolina State Washington & Lee Lexington, Virginia W&L 12–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 Georgia Alabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama ALA 27–0
November 26 Auburn Georgia Tech
Grant Field • Atlanta
T 7–7
November 26 Clemson Furman Greenville, South Carolina L 26–0
November 26 Washington & Lee Florida Jacksonville, Florida FLA 17–14
November 26 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore W 17–14
November 26 Ole Miss Millsaps Jackson, Mississippi W 21–0
November 26 North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia T 3–3
November 26 Tennessee Kentucky
Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky
UK 23–20
November 26 Tulane Centenary Shreveport, Louisiana W 14–0
November 26 VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, Virginia VT 7–0
November 28
Centre
South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 20–0

Postseason

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1926 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, California Alabama Washington ALA 20–19

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The following were selected by the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press.[29]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Pooley Hubert AP Alabama
HB Peggy Flournoy AP Tulane
HB Johnny Mack Brown AP Alabama
FB
Doug Wycoff AP Georgia Tech
E
J. G. Lowe AP Tennessee
T
Bob Rives AP Vanderbilt
G
Bill Buckler AP Alabama
C
Amos Kent AP Sewanee
G
Irish Levy AP Tulane
T
Goldy Goldstein AP Florida
E
Smack Thompson AP Georgia

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