1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season explained

1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
Sport:	College football
League:	NCAA
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Vanderbilt
No Of Teams:	14
Duration:	September 28, 1907 through December 25, 1907
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1906
Nextseason Year:	1908

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.

Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6. 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 played the University of Havana in Cuba, the first time any Southern team played in a foreign country.

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Vanderbilt		5–1–1	3–0	34.6	5.1
2	Sewanee	Arthur G. Erwin	8–1	6–1	27.8	3.0
3	Alabama	Doc Pollard	5–1–2	3–1–2	8.8	8.0
4	LSU	Edgar Wingard	7–3	2–1	26.6	5.2
5 (tie)	Auburn	Willis Kienholz	6–2–1	3–2–1	20.6	3.3
5 (tie)	Tennessee	George Levene	7–2–1	3–2	16.9	1.7
7	Georgia	W. S. Whitney	4–3–1	3–3–1	12.9	5.9
8	Mississippi A&M		6–3	2–3	23.3	8.6
9	Georgia Tech		4–4	2–4	18.5	12.5
10	Clemson		4–4	1–3	8.4	5.6
11	Mercer	H. R. Schenker	3–3	0–3
12	Howard	John Counselman	2-5	0–5
13	Mississippi	Frank A. Mason	0–6	0–5	1.0	32.5
14	Nashville

Key

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

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 27	Mooney	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 23–0		^[4]
September 28		Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 5–0		^[5]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 2		Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 7–0		^[6]
October 3	Southwestern Presbyterian	Howard (AL)		W 5–0		^[7]
October 5		Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 17–0		^[8]
October 5	Howard (AL)	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 23–0		^[9]
October 5		Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 57–0		^[10]
October 5	Gordon	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	W 51–0		^[11]
October 5	Tennessee Military Institute	Tennessee	Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN	W 30–0		^[12]
October 5	Kentucky State College	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 40–0	1,800	^[13]
October 7	Maryville (TN)	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	W 29–0		^[14]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 9	Maryville	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 35–0		^[15]
October 10	Mississippi A&M	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 38–0		^[16]
October 11	Louisiana Industrial	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 28–0		^[17]
October 12	Alabama	Ole Miss	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	ALA 20–0		^[18]
October 12	North Georgia	Georgia Tech	The Flats • Atlanta, GA	W 70–0		^[19]
October 12	Mississippi A&M	Howard (AL)	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	MSA&M 12–5		^[20]
October 12	Tennessee	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	TENN 15–0		^[21]
October 12	Vanderbilt	Navy	Worden Field • Annapolis, MD	T 6–6		^[22]
October 12	Florida	Mercer	Central City Park • Macon, GA	W 6–0		^[23]
October 12	Gordon	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	W 34–0		^[24]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 19	Georgia	Mercer	Central City Park • Macon, GA	UGA 26–6		^[25]
October 19	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 6–4		^[26]
October 19		Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 80–0		^[27]
October 19		Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	L 6–12		^[28]
October 19	Sewanee	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	SEW 12–6		^[29]
October 19	LSU	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 5–12		^[30]
October 21	Sewanee	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	SEW 54–4		^[31]
October 21	Tennessee	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	TENN 4–0		^[32]
October 21	LSU	Texas A&M		L 5–11		^[33]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 25	Mercer	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	MSA&M 75–0		^[34]
October 25	Georgia	Alabama	Highland Park • Montgomery, AL	T 0–0		^[35]
October 26	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 12–6		^[36]
October 26	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Varsity Park • Memphis, TN	SEW 65–0		^[37]
October 26	Maryville (TN)	Tennessee	Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN	W 34–0		^[38]
October 26		Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 65–10		^[39]
October 28	Howard (AL)	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 57–0		^[40]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 31		Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 6–0		^[41]
October 31	North Carolina	Clemson	Columbia, SC	W 15–6		^[42]
November 1	Howard (AL)	Gordon	Barnesville, GA	L 0–11		^[43]
November 2	Howard (AL)	Mercer	Central City Park • Macon, GA	MER 11–6		^[44]
November 2		Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 12–0		^[45]
November 2	Clemson	Auburn	Drill Fielf • Auburn, AL	AUB 12–0	1,000	^[46]
November 2	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 10–6		^[47]
November 2	Michigan	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–8		^[48]
November 2	Sewanee	Virginia	Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA	W 12–0	1,000	^[49]
November 2	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN	W 57–0		^[50]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 6	Arkansas	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 17–12		^[51]
November 7	Clemson	Georgia	Georgia-Carolina Fair Grounds • Augusta, GA	UGA 8–0		^[52]
November 9	Mercer	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 63–0		^[53]
November 9	Davidson	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	L 6–10		^[54]
November 9	Kentucky State College	Tennessee	Chilhowee Park • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0		^[55]
November 9	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 23–11		^[56]
November 9	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	SEW 18–0		^[57]
November 9	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 60–0		^[58]
November 11	Sewanee	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	SEW 16–0		^[59]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 16	Howard (AL)	Chattanooga	Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 21-7		^[60]
November 16	Auburn	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	T 6–6		^[61]
November 16	Gordon	Mercer	Central City Park • Macon, GA	W 5–0		^[62]
November 16	LSU	Ole Miss	League Park • Jackson, MS	LSU 23–0	5,000	^[63]
November 16	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Driving Park • Memphis, TN	TENN 11–4		^[64]
November 16	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 54–0		^[65]
November 18	Tennessee	Arkansas	West End Park • Little Rock, AR	W 14–2		^[66]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	LSU	Alabama	Monroe Park • Mobile, AL	ALA 6–4		^[67]
November 23	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–12		^[68] ^[69] ^[70] ^[71]
November 23	Howard (AL)		West End Park • Birmingham, AL	W 83–0		^[72]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 28	Tennessee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 5–0		^[73]
November 28	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	CLEM 6–5		^[74]
November 28	Auburn	Georgia	Central City Park • Macon, GA	UGA 6–0		^[75]
November 28	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	League Park • Jackson, MS	MSA&M 15–0		^[76]
November 28	Baylor	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 48–0		^[77]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

See main article: 1907 College Football All-America Team.

• E - Bob Blake, Vanderbilt (FY-1, AFR)
• C - Stein Stone, Vanderbilt (AFR)

All-Southern team

See main article: 1907 College Football All-Southern Team. The consensus All-Southern team:

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

Notes and References

1. News: Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had. Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. March 8, 2015. 52. Newspapers.com.
2. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball. 71–75. Dan McGugin. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1907. Dan McGugin.
3. Web site: 1907 Independent Year Summary.
4. News: Sewanee took football game. The Chattanooga News. September 28, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
5. News: Clemson held to five points. The Atlanta Constitution. September 29, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
6. News: A&M College wins the first; S.W.P.U. beaten 7 to 0. The Commercial Appeal. October 3, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
7. News: Howard wins the first football game. The Birmingham News. October 4, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
8. News: Alabama 17; Maryville 0. The Tuscaloosa News. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
9. News: Tigers trim Howard. The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
10. News: Coaches mix as Ga. wallops Dahlonega. The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
11. News: Tech football team shows up in rarest of form. The Atlanta Journal. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
12. News: Coach Levene used twenty members of his squad in game with the Tennessee Military Institute. The Journal and Tribune. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
13. News: Kentucky State is slaughtered. The Atlanta Constitution. October 6, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
14. News: Strong line-up shown by Auburn. October 8, 1906. The Macon News. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
15. News: Clemson Tigers beat Maryville. The State. October 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
16. News: Sewanee trounces Mississippi. The Nashville American. October 11, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
17. News: First game to L. S. U.. The Times-Democrat. October 12, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
18. News: University squad defeats Mississippi. The Birmingham News. October 14, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
19. News: Yellow Jackets in runaway. The Nashville American. October 13, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
20. News: Mississippians down Howard College. The Birmingham News. October 14, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
21. News: Georgia loses to Tennessee. The Atlanta Constitution. October 13, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
22. News: Navy played to tie. New-York Tribune. October 13, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
23. News: Broke his collarbone but saved Mercer team. The Atlanta Constitution. October 13, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
24. News: Gordon easy for Auburn. The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
25. News: Misjudged punts and fumbles cost Mercer the Georgia game. The Macon Telegraph. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
26. News: Tech eleven hands defeat to Tennessee. The Atlanta Constitution. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
27. News: A&M 80, S.B.U. 0. Nashville Tennessean. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
28. News: Missouri beat Mississippi. The Commercial Appeal. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
29. News: Sewanee defeats Auburn after a great struggle. Birmingham Age-Herald. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
30. News: Texas wins the game; L.S.U. is defeated by score of 12 to 5. The Times-Democrat. October 20, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
31. News: Sewanee ran over Alabama. Nashville Banner. October 22, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
32. News: Clemson loses to Tennessee eleven. The Knoxville Sentinel. October 22, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
33. News: L.S.U. defeated; Texas A. and M. wins football game. The Times-Democrat. October 22, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
34. News: Georgia team beaten; Mississippians win easy football victory. The Times-Democrat. October 26, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
35. News: Georgia ties Alabama, neither team scored point in slow game. The Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
36. News: Georgia Tech outclassed. Chattanooga Daily Times. October 27, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
37. News: Sewanee met easy mark; Mississippi beaten 65 to 0. The Commercial Appeal. October 27, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
38. News: Maryville vanquished by Tennessee eleven. The Journal and Tribune. October 27, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
39. News: Rolls up huge score; Vanderbilt finds Rose team easy picking. The Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
40. News: L.S.U. wins easily, Howard College team outclassed in football battle. The Times-Democrat. October 29, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
41. News: A&M team won. Jackson Daily News. November 1, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
42. News: The Clemson Tigers were triumphant. The State. November 1, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
43. News: Gordon wins first battle. The Atlanta Constitution. November 2, 1907. May 16, 2022. Newspapers.com.
44. News: Howard loses to Baptists. The Atlanta Constitution. November 3, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
45. News: Alabamians do the Kentuckians. The Birmingham News. November 4, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
46. News: Auburn 12, Clemson 0. The Nashville American. November 5, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
47. News: In a fierce struggle; Tech triumphs over their hated rivals, the Georgians. The Nashville American. November 3, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
48. News: Vanderbilt Beaten By Yost's Men. November 3, 1907. The Washington Times. May 1, 2015. Newspapers.com.
49. News: In rain and mud Sewanee triumphs. The Nashville American. November 3, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
50. News: Tennessee scored 57, Chattanooga, nothing. The Journal and Tribune . November 3, 1907 . August 2, 2021. Newspapers.com.
51. News: L.S.U. downs Arkansas. The Times-Democrat. November 7, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
52. News: Georgia downs Clemson before large crowd. The State. November 8, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
53. News: Mercer downed by Auburnites. The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
54. News: Davidson defeats the Clemson eleven. The State. November 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
55. News: Draw, neither eleven able to score. Lexington Leader. November 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
56. News: L.S.U. again victorious; A&M of Mississippi goes down to defeat. The Times-Democrat. November 10, 1907. May 5, 2024. Newspapers.com.
57. News: Sewanee defeats Georgia Tech. The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
58. News: Commodores win with great ease. The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 10, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
59. News: Georgia fought gamely. The Atlanta Journal. November 12, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
60. News: University has scored . Chattanooga Daily Times . November 17, 1907 . May 6, 2024 . .
61. News: Auburn–Alabama game ends in a tie. The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
62. News: Great contest won by Mercer. The Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
63. News: L.S.U. the winner. The Shreveport Times. November 17, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
64. News: Tennessee defeats Mississippi A&M 11–4. The Journal and Tribune. November 17, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
65. News: Tech smothered by Vanderbilt. The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 17, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
66. News: Tennessee 14, Arkansas 2 - Fayetteville boys put up a good game. The Arkansas Gazette. November 19, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
67. News: Alabama team wins. The Times-Democrat. November 24, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
68. Web site: CHC: Stein Stone's Famous 1907 Catch . Bill Traughber . December 5, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002649/http://www.vucommodores.com/genrel/120507aaa.html . March 4, 2016 .
69. News: Claiming Rampant. February 9, 1954. The Miami News.
70. News: Boston Daily Globe. Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport. April 27, 1924. .
71. Book: Football's Greatest Coaches. 339. Edwin Pope. 1956. Edwin Pope.
72. News: Owenton defeated by the Howard team. The Birmingham News. November 25, 1908. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
73. News: Forty yard run for touchdown. The Knoxville Sentinel. November 29, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
74. News: Lynn . Alex . By one point Clemson won over Jackets . The Atlanta Constitution . November 29, 1907 . May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
75. News: Georgia outclassed Aubirn and won the game by score of 6 to 0. The Macon News. November 29, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
76. News: Mississippi A&M wins. The Montgomery Advertiser. November 29, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
77. News: Baylor loses game. Fort Worth Telegram. December 7, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.
78. News: L.S.U. downs Cubans. The Times-Democrat. December 26, 1907. May 6, 2024. Newspapers.com.