1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season explained

1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
Sport:	College football
League:	NCAA
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Georgia Tech Georgia Vanderbilt
No Of Teams:	27
Duration:	September 23, 1921 through January 2, 1922
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1920
Nextseason Year:	1922

The 1921 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 1921 college football season.

The season began on September 23 with conference member Chattanooga visiting Athens. Conference play began on September 24 with Alabama defeating Howard.

Centre, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Vanderbilt can all claim Southern championships. Centre and Georgia Tech both posted unblemished conference records. Georgia and Vanderbilt tied each other in their contest deciding a champion.

This is the last year before many major programs move to the Southern Conference.

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 23	Chattanooga	Athens	Athens, Tennessee	W 20 - 0
September 24	Howard	Alabama		ALA 34–13		^[1]
September 24		Georgia Tech		W 42–0
September 24		Tennessee		W 27–0
September 24		Furman		W 42–7

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 30	Chattanooga	Bryson		W 53–0
October 1	Erskine	South Carolina		W 13–7
October 1		Alabama		W 27–7
October 1	Auburn	Howard		AUB 35–3
October 1	Clemson	Centre		L 14–0
October 1	Mercer	Georgia		UGA 28–0
October 1	Newberry	Furman		W 63–0
October 1	Kentucky Wesleyan	Kentucky		W 68–0
October 1	Mississippi College	Tulane		MSCOLL 41–3
October 1	Birmingham–Southern	Mississippi A&M		W 59–13
October 1		Mississippi		W 82–0
October 1		Sewanee		W 26–0
October 1		Vanderbilt		W 34–0		^[2]
October 1	Florida	Fort Benning	• Columbus, Georgia	W 6 - 0		^[3]
October 1	Erskine	Presbyterian	• Clinton, South Carolina	L 7 - 19
October 1	Tennessee	Maryville	Maryville, Tennessee	W 7 - 0
October 1	North Georgia	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 22 - 0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 7	Presbyterian	Clemson		CLEM 34–0
October 8		Alabama		W 55–0
October 8	Newberry	South Carolina		W 7–0
October 8		Auburn		W 49–28
October 8	Wofford	The Citadel		CIT 28–0
October 8	Furman	Georgia		UGA 27–7
October 8		Georgia Tech		W 70–0
October 8	Marshall	Kentucky		W 28–0
October 8	Millsaps			T 7–7
October 8	Ole Miss	Tulane		TUL 26–0
October 8		Howard		W 39–7
October 8	Northwestern St.	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 78 - 0
October 8	Louisiana College	Mississippi College	Clinton, Mississippi	W 68 - 0
October 8	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Starkville, Mississippi	W 21 - 6
October 8	Oglethorpe	Fort Benning	Columbus, Georgia	W 20 - 12
October 8	Bryson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 102 - 0
October 8	Chattanooga	Tennessee		TENN 21 - 0
October 8	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 41 - 0
October 8	Mercer	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 42 - 0		^[4]
October 8	Rollins	Florida	Orlando, Florida	W 33 - 0		^[5]
October 10	Carlstrom Field	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	L 19 - 0		^[6]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	Clemson	Auburn		AUB 56–0
October 15	Bryson	Alabama		W 95–0
October 15	The Citadel	Presbyterian		CIT 20–0
October 15	Furman	Georgia Tech		GT 69–0
October 15	Tennessee			L 14–3
October 15	Georgia			L 10–7		^[7]
October 15		LSU		W 6–0
October 15	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	VAN 21 - 14	5,000	^[8]
October 15	Mississippi A&M	Mississippi College	Clinton, Mississippi	MSA&M 14 - 13
October 15	Millsaps	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 49 - 0
October 15	Oglethorpe	Sewanee		SEW 21 - 0
October 15	Tulane	Rice	Rice Field • Houston	W 7 - 6
October 15	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	FLA 7 - 0
October 15	Georgetown	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee	CHATT 31 - 0
October 15	Elon	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 20 - 7
October 15	North Carolina	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	T 7-7

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	Clemson	Furman		T 0–0
October 21	Vanderbilt			W 20–0	15,000	^[9]
October 22		Auburn		W 14 - 7
October 22	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	SEW 17 - 0
October 22	Centre	Transylvania		L 98–0		^[10]
October 22	Howard	Chattanooga		CHATT 26–3
October 22	Oglethorpe	Georgia		UGA 14 - 0
October 22	Rutgers	Georgia Tech		W 48–14
October 22	Georgetown	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 33 - 0
October 22	Hanover	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	W 19-8
October 22	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 48-0
October 22	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 41 - 0
October 22	Birmingham–Southern	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	W 20 - 0
October 22	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 35 - 0
October 22	Union (TN)	Mississippi College	Clinton, Mississippi	W 35 - 0
October 22	Florida	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 9 - 0
October 22	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 7 - 0
October 22	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 48 - 0
October 22	Wofford	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	L 87 - 0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 27	Clemson	South Carolina		SCAR 21–0
October 29	Alabama	LSU		T 7–7
October 29	Florida	Howard		FLA 34–0
October 29	Tennessee	Vanderbilt		VAN 14 - 0		^[11]
October 29	Auburn	Georgia		UGA 7–0
October 29	Erskine	Presbyterian	Clinton, South Carolina	L 19 - 7
October 29	The Citadel	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	FUR 42 - 0
October 29	Chattanooga	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, Georgia	OGLE 7 - 0
October 29	Georgia Tech	Penn State	New York	L 28 - 7
October 29	Sewanee	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	SEW 6 - 0
October 29	Tulane	Detroit Mercy	Detroit, Michigan	L 14 - 0
October 29	Louisville	Bethel (KY)	Russellville, Kentucky	T 0-0
October 29	Stetson	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	W 41 - 0
October 29	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 33 - 21

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 3	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 19 - 6
November 5	Auburn	Tulane		AUB 14–0
November 5	Howard			L 16–14
November 5	Kentucky	Centre		L 55–0
November 5	Louisville	Transylvania		TRAN 7–0
November 5	Mercer	Furman		FUR 37–0
November 5	Clemson	Georgia Tech		GT 48–7
November 5	Mississippi College	Ole Miss		MSCOLL 27–7
November 5	Vanderbilt	Alabama		VAN 14–0		^[12]
November 5	Sewanee	Chattanooga		SEW 47–0
November 5	South Carolina	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, Florida	T 7 - 7
November 5	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee	TENN 14 - 7
November 5	Stetson	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, Georgia	W 41 - 0
November 6	Virginia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 21 - 0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Clemson	The Citadel		T 7–7
November 11	Chattanooga			L 14–7
November 11	Florida	Alabama		FLA 9–2	5,000
November 11	Mississippi A&M			L 54–7
November 11	Transylvania	Franklin (Ind.)	Franklin, Indiana	L 35 - 0
November 12	Centre	Auburn		L 21–0
November 12	Spring Hill	Howard		L 7–0
November 12	South Carolina	Furman		FUR 7–0
November 12	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 21 - 0
November 12	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 21 - 0
November 12	VMI	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	W 14 - 7
November 12	Millsaps	Mississippi College	Clinton, Mississippi	MSCOLL 56 - 0
November 12	Oglethorpe	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	OGLE 7 - 6
November 12	Wofford	Presbyterian		PRES 27 - 0
November 12	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 21 - 0
November 13	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 7 - 7		^[13]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 18	Erskine	Clemson		L 13–0
November 18	Mississippi College	Florida		T 7–7		^[14]
November 18	Kentucky Wesleyan	Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	W 30 - 0		^[15]
November 19	Wofford	Furman		FUR 62–0
November 19	Alabama	Georgia		UGA 22–0
November 19	Chattanooga	Mercer		MERC 18–0
November 19	Presbyterian	Newberry	Newberry, South Carolina	L 16 - 7
November 19	Howard	Marion	Marion, Alabama	W 21 - 0
November 19	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 13 - 0
November 19	LSU	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 21 - 0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Centre	Tulane		L 21–0
November 24	Mississippi A&M	Alabama		T 7–7
November 24	The Citadel	South Carolina		SC 13-0
November 24	Auburn	Georgia Tech		GT 14–0
November 24	Mississippi A&M	Alabama		T 7–7
November 24		Furman		W 28–0
November 24	Chattanooga	Maryville		L 34–0
November 24	Howard	Millsaps	Jackson, Mississippi	HOW 45–0
November 24	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	T 0 - 0
November 24	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 9 - 0		^[16]
November 25	Clemson	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 28 - 0
November 25	Duke	Wofford	Spartanburg, South Carolina	L 68 - 0
November 25	Translyvania	Georgetown	Georgetown, Kentucky	TRANS 14 - 6
November 26	Mississippi College	Spring Hill	Mobile, Alabama	W 28 - 7
November 26	Louisville	Marshall	Huntington, West Virginia	L 13 - 0
November 27	Dartmouth	Georgia	Atlanta	L 7 - 0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 3	Alabama	Tulane		TUL 14–7
December 3	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	LSU 17–14
December 3		Florida		L 14–10
December 3	Mississippi College		Dallas, Texas	L 24–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score	Reference
December 26, 1921			Centre		CEN 38–0
January 2, 1922			Centre		TXA&M 22–14

Awards and honors

All-Americans

See main article: 1921 College Football All-America Team.

• E – Red Roberts, Centre (WC-1; FW-2 [g]; JV-3; MM-2)
• E – Owen Reynolds, Georgia (FW-3)
• G – Puss Whelchel, Georgia (WC-3)
• QB – Bo McMillin, Centre (FW-1; WC-2; LP-1 [hb]; BE-2; JV-2; MM-1; NB-1)
• HB – Red Barron, Georgia Tech (JV-3)
• FB – Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (WC-3; FW-3)

All-Southern team

See main article: 1921 College Football All-Southern Team. The following includes the composite All-Southern eleven awarded gold badges and formed by 30 sports writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	C	Centre
HB	Red Barron	C	Georgia Tech
HB	Goat Hale	C	Mississippi College
FB	Judy Harlan	C	Georgia Tech
E	Owen Reynolds	C	Georgia
T	Artie Pew	C	Georgia
G	Puss Whelchel	C	Georgia
C	Bum Day	C	Georgia
G	Noah Caton	C	Auburn
T	Albert Staton	C	Georgia Tech
E	Red Roberts	C	Centre

See also

• 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game

References

• Book: Woodruff, Fuzzy. A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. 1928. 2.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football recaps . 2017-02-12 . 2013-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227104249/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/21-m-footbl-recaps.pdf . dead .
2. News: Vanderbilt Downs Middle Tennessee. Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1921.
3. News: 'Gator Machine With Perfect Team Works Triumph Over Camp Benning In a 6 to 0 Hard Fought Battle. Florida Alligator. October 7, 1921.
4. News: Vandy's Eleven Tears Loose In Second Quarter. The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 9, 1921.
5. News: 'Gators Smother Rollins 33 to 0. Florida Alligator. October 14, 1921.
6. News: Arcadia Flyers Defeat Florida. Florida Alligator. October 14, 1921.
7. Web site: Harvard 10, Georgia 7. Howard N. Mead. December 5, 1980.
8. News: Cats Lose Stubborn Scrap To Vanderbilt. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810092449/http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt74f47gr08f_7. dead. August 10, 2014. Kentucky Kernel. October 21, 1921.
9. News: Commodores Defeat Texas Longhorns before Crowded Stadium, 20 to 0. Dallas Morning News. October 23, 1921.
10. Web site: Centre College Football Record (1920-1929) . library.centre.edu . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142425/http://library.centre.edu/sc/digital/football_1920.html . 2 April 2015 . dead.
11. News: Vanderbilt Wins from Tennessee. Columbus Daily Enquirer. October 30, 1921.
12. News: Vandy Trims U of Alabama. Atlanta Constitution. 2. November 6, 1921. Newspapers.com.
13. News: Atlanta Constitution. Fuzzy Woodruff. Fuzzy Woodruff. November 13, 1921. Onside Kick In Final Quarter Ties Struggle For Commodores. 3. March 2, 2015. Newspapers.com.
14. News: 'Goat' Hale Ties Florida. November 19, 1921. Atlanta Constitution. 10. August 31, 2015. Newspapers.com.
15. News: Captain Kirk Stars. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 11. October 19, 1921. July 10, 2015. Newspapers.com.
16. News: Charlotte Observer. Final Period Rally Wins for Old Vandy. November 25, 1921.