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.
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."
Season overview
Results and team statistics Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG1 VanderbiltDan McGugin 7–15–046.52.82Georgia TechJohn Heisman 6–0–15–0–130.04.73LSUDan A. Killian3–02–012.0 0.04SewaneeW. C. Hyatt4–2–13–1–119.416.45 ClemsonEddie Cochems 3–2–13–2–113.510.56 (tie)AlabamaJack Leavenworth6–44–4 17.811.36 (tie)Cumberland John Counselman 4–42–29.79.68Nashville 0–2 0–09AuburnMike Donahue2–42–4 6.316.010Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin 3–41–416.3 13.411 (tie)TulaneJohn F. Tobin0–10–10.05.011 (tie)Mississippi 0–20–1 0.014.513TennesseeJames DePree3–5–10–4–118.016.814 GeorgiaMarvin M. Dickinson1–50–54.331.3 Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game
Regular season Index to colors and formattingNon-conference matchup; SIAA member wonNon-conference matchup; SIAA member lostNon-conference matchup; tieConference matchup SIAA teams in bold.
Week One Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceSeptember 30TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 16–6 September 30VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 97–0
Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 3Maryville (TN)AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaW 17–0 October 6CumberlandVPIGibboney Field • Blacksburg, VAL 0–12 October 7Georgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 54–0 October 7TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 104–0 October 7AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–01,500October 7MooneySewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 42–0
Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 14Mississippi A&MAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 34–0 October 14VanderbiltMichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MIL 0–18 October 14TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Clemson, SCT 5–5
Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 20DavidsonAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALL 6–0 October 20Mississippi A&MMarion, ALW 38–0 October 20CumberlandSewaneeNashville, TNSEW 9–0 October 20NashvilleClarksville, TNL 0–6 October 21ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 35–0 October 21AlabamaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 12–5 October 21VanderbiltTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNVAN 45–0
Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 25AlabamaClemsonState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SCCLEM 25–0 October 27AuburnMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSAUB 18–0 October 28CumberlandGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 18–0 October 28TennesseeSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 11–6 October 28TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0
Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 30CumberlandGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACUM 39–0 October 31CumberlandGrantOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TNW 11–6 November 4GeorgiaAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 36–0 November 4TennesseeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 45–0 November 4AuburnVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0
Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 9AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 21–0 November 11ClemsonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALCLEM 6–0 November 11Howard (AL)Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 44–0 November 11CumberlandKentucky StateLexington, KYL 0–12 November 11North Georgia GeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 16–12 November 11SewaneeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAT 18–18
Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 17SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 10–17 November 18AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 30–04,000November 18GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 46–0 November 18Louisiana IndustrialLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 16–0 November 18Central UniversityTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 31–5 November 18ClemsonVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 41–0 November 18CumberlandMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSCUM 27–5
Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 20CumberlandOle MissUniversity Park • Oxford, MSCUM 18–0 November 23SewaneeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALSEW 42–6 November 25LSUTulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LALSU 5–0
Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 30TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 29–0 November 30AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAAUB 20–0 November 30 ClemsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 17–105,000November 30Mississippi A&MOle MissState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMSA&M 11–0 November 30SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 68–4 December 1Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 15–0
Week Eleven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceDecember 3TennesseeGrantOlympic Park • Field Chattanooga, TNW 5–0
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: PositionNameTeamQBFrank KyleVanderbiltHBHonus CraigVanderbiltHBDan BlakeVanderbiltFBOwsley ManierVanderbiltEBob BlakeVanderbiltTHillsman TaylorVanderbiltGStein StoneVanderbiltCEmma PattersonVanderbiltGPuss DerrickClemsonTFrank JonesAuburnEEd HamiltonVanderbilt
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