1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season explained

1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
Sport:	College football
League:	NCAA
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Vanderbilt
No Of Teams:	16
Duration:	September 30, 1905 through December 3, 1905
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1904
Nextseason Year:	1906

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."^[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Vanderbilt		7–1	5–0	46.5	2.8
2	Georgia Tech		6–0–1	5–0–1	30.0	4.7
3	LSU	Dan A. Killian	3–0	2–0	12.0	0.0
4	Sewanee	W. C. Hyatt	4–2–1	3–1–1	19.4	16.4
5	Clemson		3–2–1	3–2–1	13.5	10.5
6 (tie)	Alabama	Jack Leavenworth	6–4	4–4	17.8	11.3
6 (tie)			4–4	2–2	9.7	9.6
8	Nashville		0–2	0–0
9	Auburn	Mike Donahue	2–4	2–4	6.3	16.0
10	Mississippi A&M		3–4	1–4	16.3	13.4
11 (tie)	Tulane	John F. Tobin	0–1	0–1	0.0	5.0
11 (tie)	Mississippi		0–2	0–1	0.0	14.5
13	Tennessee	James DePree	3–5–1	0–4–1	18.0	16.8
14	Georgia	Marvin M. Dickinson	1–5	0–5	4.3	31.3

Key

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

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
September 30		Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 16–6		^[3]
September 30		Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 97–0		^[4]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 3	Maryville (TN)	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 17–0		^[5]
October 3	Cumberland	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	CUM 39–10
October 6	Cumberland	VPI	Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA	L 0–12		^[6]
October 7		Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	W 54–0		^[7]
October 7		Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 104–0		^[8]
October 7	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 34–0	1,500	^[9]
October 7	Mooney	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 42–0		^[10]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 34–0		^[11]
October 14	Vanderbilt	Michigan	Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–18		^[12]
October 14	Tennessee	Clemson	Bowman Field • Clemson, SC	T 5–5		^[13]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 20	Davidson	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	L 6–0		^[14]
October 20	Mississippi A&M		Marion, AL	W 38–0		^[15]
October 20	Cumberland	Sewanee	Nashville, TN	SEW 9–0		^[16]
October 20	Nashville		Clarksville, TN	L 0–6		^[17]
October 21	Clemson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	CLEM 35–0		^[18]
October 21	Alabama	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	GT 12–5		^[19]
October 21	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	VAN 45–0		^[20]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 25	Alabama	Clemson	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC	CLEM 25–0		^[21]
October 27	Auburn	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	AUB 18–0		^[22]
October 28	Cumberland	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	GT 18–0		^[23]
October 28	Tennessee	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 11–6		^[24]
October 28	Texas	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–0		^[25]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 31	Cumberland	Grant	Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 11–6		^[26]
November 4	Georgia	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 36–0		^[27]
November 4	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	GT 45–0		^[28]
November 4	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 54–0		^[29]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 9		Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 21–0		^[30]
November 11	Clemson	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	CLEM 6–0		^[31]
November 11	Howard (AL)	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 44–0		^[32]
November 11	Cumberland	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 0–12		^[33] ^[34]
November 11	North Georgia	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 16–12		^[35]
November 11	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	T 18–18		^[36]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 17	Sewanee	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 10–17		^[37]
November 18	Auburn	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 30–0	4,000	^[38]
November 18	Georgia	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	GT 46–0		^[39]
November 18	Louisiana Industrial	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 16–0		^[40]
November 18	Central University	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 31–5		^[41]
November 18	Clemson	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 41–0		^[42]
November 18	Cumberland	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	CUM 27–5		^[43]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 20	Cumberland	Ole Miss	University Park • Oxford, MS	CUM 18–0		^[44]
November 23	Sewanee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	SEW 42–6		^[45]
November 25	LSU	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	LSU 5–0		^[46]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 30	Tennessee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 29–0		^[47]
November 30	Auburn	Georgia	Central City Park • Macon, GA	AUB 20–0		^[48] ^[49]
November 30	Clemson	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	GT 17–10	5,000	^[50]
November 30	Mississippi A&M	Ole Miss	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	MSA&M 11–0		^[51]
November 30	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 68–4		^[52]
December 1	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 15–0		^[53]

Week Eleven

All-Southern team

See 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:

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

Notes and References

1. Book: How to Scout Football. George Allen. February 2009. 3. 9781578987290.
2. Web site: 1905 Independent Year Summary College Football . www.sports-reference.com.
3. News: Tennessee takes first game by score of sixteen to six. The Tennessean. October 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
4. News: Maryville lost, 97 to 0. The Journal and Tribune. October 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
5. News: Alabama 17, Maryville 0 - Football season opened up in Tuscaloosa yesterday afternoon. The Tuscaloosa News. October 4, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
6. News: College paper says Virginia Polytechnic Team slugged, robbed, cursed and played dirty tricks. Nashville Banner. October 10, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
7. News: Georgia Techs; Agricultural College not in at any stage of game. The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 8, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
8. News: Tennessee's fast team piles up an immense score. The Journal and Tribune. October 8, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
9. News: Vanderbilt beat Alabama by a score of 34 to 0. The Nashville American. October 8, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
10. News: Sewanee beats Mooney 42 to 0 in first game. The Atlanta Journal. October 8, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
11. News: Alabama 34, Mississippi 0 - Alabama walks away with win. The Tuscaloosa News. October 15, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
12. News: Michigan in good gamr; Vanderbilt displays great strength but loses, 18–0. Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
13. News: Tennessee and Clemson play to a standstill. The Journal and Tribune. October 15, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
14. News: Orange and Blue down in defeat. The Birmingham News. October 21, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
15. News: Victory for A. & M.. The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
16. News: Sewanee won heavy game. The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
17. News: Southwestern 6, Nashville 0. The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 21, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
18. News: Georgia team crushed by Clemson. The Atlanta Journal. October 22, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
19. News: Alabama was beaten - Heisman's Tech team scores two touchdowns. The Montgomery Advertiser. October 22, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
20. News: U. of T. overwhelmed, Vanderbilt plays horse with state university boys. The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 22, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
21. News: Clemson downs Alabama boys. The Birmingham News. October 26, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
22. News: Auburn, Alabama, plays A. & M. boys. The Commercial Dispatch. October 29, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
23. News: Georgia Tech 18, Cumberland 0. The Courier-Journal. October 29, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
24. News: Tennessee lost a bitterly fought game. The Journal and Tribune. October 29, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
25. News: Vanderbilt adds another victim. The Commercial Appeal. October 29, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
26. News: Grant loses great game. The Chattanooga News. November 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
27. News: Georgia loses to Tuscaloosa. The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. March 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
28. News: Yellow Jackets make big score, Tennessee team is badly beaten by Tech. The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
29. News: Vanderbilt trims Auburn by score of 54 to 0. The Atlanta Journal. November 5, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
30. News: Central of Kentucky proved easy victims. The Birmingham News. November 10, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
31. News: Clemson lowers Auburn's colors. The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
32. News: A&M 44, Howard 0. The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
33. News: Both home football teams. Lexington Leader. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
34. News: Foot Ball (continued). Lexington Leader. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
35. News: Georgia 16, Dahlonega 12. The Atlanta Journal. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
36. News: Sewanee tied Georgia Tech. The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
37. News: Texas put it over Sewanee. Nashville Banner. November 18, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
38. Web site: Alabama vs. Auburn. February 12, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212083717/http://bryantmuseum.com/gameDetail.asp?GameDate=11%2F18%2F1905. 2015-02-12. dead.
39. News: Georgia outclasses by the Tech squad. The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 19, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
40. News: L.S.U. victorious; Ruston Industrial Institute the opposing team. The Times-Democrat. November 18, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
41. News: Tennessee finally scores a victory. The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 19, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
42. News: Vanderbilt is too much for Clemson. The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 19, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
43. News: A. & M. eleven was beaten. The Commercial Appeal. November 19, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
44. News: Cumberland beat Oxford. The Commercial Appeal. November 21, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
45. News: Alabama completely crushed by Sewanee. Nashville Banner. November 24, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
46. News: Big game is due to-day. The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
47. News: Tennessee did not get score. Knoxville Sentinel. November 24, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
48. News: Auburn–Georgia clash at Central City Park. The Macon Telegraph. November 30, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
49. News: Easy for Auburn, University of Georgia goes down before the Alabamians. The Montgomery Advertiser. December 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
50. News: Georgia Tech downs Clemson. Charlotte Daily Observer. December 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
51. News: Was viewed by thousands; A&M College defeats University football team by a score of 11 to 0. Jackson Eveing News. December 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
52. News: Crushing defeat for gritty Sewanee team. Nashville Banner. December 1, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
53. News: L.S.U. victorious; Mississippi A. and M. defeated by score of 15 to 0. The Times-Democrat. December 3, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
54. News: Grant wins close game, defeats University of Tennessee boys 5 to 0. The Chattanooga Sunday Times. December 3, 1905. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.