1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 23, 1920
through January 1, 1921
Number of teams25
Regular Season
Season championsGeorgia Tech
Georgia
Tulane
Football seasons
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1921 →
1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia + 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Centre 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Furman 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Sewanee 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Transylvania 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Howard (AL) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Florida 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
LSU 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
The Citadel 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Millsaps 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Mercer 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Wofford 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1920 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 1920 college football season. The season began on September 23 with conference member Auburn hosting the Marion Military Institute.

Georgia and Georgia Tech both claim conference championships with undefeated records, as would Tulane. Clyde Berryman retroactively selected Georgia as a national champion.

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 Marion Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 27–0
September 24 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 26–0
September 24 Howard Morgan T 0–0
September 25 Southern Military Academy Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 59–0
September 25 Elon Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 33–0
September 25 Wake Forest Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 44–0
September 25 Emory & Henry Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 45–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 1 Jefferson LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 81–0
October 1 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina T 7–7
October 2 Marion Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 49–0
October 2 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama AUB 88–0 [1]
October 2 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 26–6 [1]
October 2 Erskine Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 41–0
October 2 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 40–0 [1]
October 2 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 55–0 [1]
October 2 Rhodes Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 62–0
October 2 Northwestern St. LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 34–0
October 2 Lanier Mercer Macon, Georgia W 59–0
October 2 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi MSA&M 27–0
October 2 Wofford South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 10–0
October 2 Bryson Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 7–0
October 2 Maryville Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–0
October 2 Louisiana-Lafayette Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 6–0
October 2 Birmingham–Southern Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 54–0
October 2 Tusculum Chattanooga Knoxville, Tennessee W 21–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9 Birmingham–Southern Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 45–0
October 9 Fort Benning Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 14–2
October 9 Howard Centre Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky L 120–0 [2]
October 9 Wofford Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina CLEM 13–7 [3]
October 9 Furman The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina FUR 21–6
October 9 Georgia South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina UGA 37–0 [4]
October 9 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 66–0 [4]
October 9 Newberry Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 21–0
October 9 Maryville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 31–0
October 9 Mississippi College Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 29–0 [3]
October 9 Chattanooga Oglethorpe T 14–14
October 9 Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 40–0
October 9 Mercer Stetson DeLand, Florida W 19–6
October 9 Georgetown Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee SEW 54–0
October 9 Vanderbilt Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee VAN 20–0 [1]

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13 Georgia Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina UGA 7–0 [5]
October 15 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina AUB 21–0
October 15 Wofford Newberry • Newberry, South Carolina L 9–7
October 16 Mississippi College Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 57–0
October 16 Ole Miss Birmingham–Southern Birmingham, Alabama L 27–6
October 16 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee GT 44–0 [6]
October 16 Centre Transylvania • Lexington, Kentucky L 55–0 [7]
October 16 Mercer Howard HOW 33–13
October 16 Sewanee Oglethorpe Brookhaven, Georgia W 21–13 [5]
October 16 Texas A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana T 0–0
October 16 Tennessee Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee TENN 35–0
October 16 South Carolina North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina L 7-0
October 16 Southern Military Academy Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 14–13
October 16 Kentucky Miami Oxford, Ohio L 14–0
October 16 Tulane Rice Rice Field • Houston, Texas T 0–0 [8]
October 16 The Citadel VMI Lynchburg, Virginia L 35–0 [8]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 23 Presbyterian South Carolina Augusta, Georgia W 14–0
October 23 Howard Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 33–0 [9]
October 23 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 56–6 [10]
October 23 Mercer Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee CHAT 20–0 [11]
October 23 Wofford The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina CIT 19–0
October 23 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 13–0
October 23 Wake Forest Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 17–0
October 23 Georgia Oglethorpe Brookhaven, Georgia W 27–3 [12]
October 23 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSA&M 12–7 [10]
October 23 Ouachita Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi W 6–0
October 23 Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania L 10–3 [8]
October 23 Kentucky Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee T 6–6
October 23 Clemson Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 26–0
October 23 Tulane Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi TUL 32–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 3–0
October 29 Marion Howard W 21–6
October 29 Mercer Florida Valdosta, Georgia FLA 30–0 [13]
October 29 Furman Newberry Newberry, South Carolina W 42–0
October 29 Wofford Oglethorpe Brookhaven, Georgia L 14–0
October 30 Carson-Newman Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee W 83–0
October 30 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 7–0 [14]
October 30 Centre Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 24–0 [14]
October 30 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 21–0 [15]
October 30 Tulane Michigan Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, Michigan L 21–0 [16]
October 30 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 41–9 [17]
October 30 Tennessee Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi MSA&M 13–7 [17]
October 30 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 20–0 [17]
October 30 The Citadel Davidson Charlotte, North Carolina L 27–13 [17]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Vanderbilt Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 14–7 [18]
November 6 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Montgomery, Alabama W 49–0 [18]
November 6 Newberry The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 35–10
November 6 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 7–0 [18]
November 6 Georgia Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia T 0–0 [19]
November 6 Oglethorpe Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 42–3 [18]
November 6 Gordon Mercer Macon, Georgia L 14–0
November 6 Cincinnati Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 7–6
November 6 Arkansas LSU Shreveport, Louisiana W 3–0
November 6 Howard Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi MSCOLL 21–7
November 6 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Greenwood, Mississippi MSA&M 20–0
November 6 Wofford Presbyterian Clinton, South Carolina L 13–0
November 6 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee SEW 33–0
November 6 Tulane Florida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida TUL 14–0
November 6 Transylvania Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 49–0
November 6 South Carolina Davidson Davidson, North Carolina L 27-0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 Clemson The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina CLEM 26–0
November 11 Florida Stetson Palatka, Florida W 26–0 [20]
November 12 Chattanooga Birmingham–Southern Birmingham, Alabama L 27–0
November 13 Millsaps Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi MSCOLL 60–0
November 13 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky L 49–0 [7]
November 13 South Carolina Navy Annapolis, Maryland L 63–0
November 13 Washington & Lee Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 77–0 [21]
November 13 Furman Wofford Spartanburg, South Carolina FUR 69–0 [21]
November 13 Georgetown Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 35–6 [22]
November 13 Florida Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 56–0 [23]
November 13 Millsaps Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi MSCOLL 56–0
November 13 LSU Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 21–0
November 13 Oglethorpe Mercer Macon, Georgia L 42–0
November 13 Tennessee Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee TENN 20–0
November 13 Mississippi A&M Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 6–0 [21]
November 13 Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 34–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Birmingham–Southern Howard L 14–7
November 20 Newberry South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 48-0
November 20 Stetson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 21–0 [24]
November 20 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina FUR 14–0 [25]
November 20 Alabama Georgia Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta UGA 21–14 [26]
November 20 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 7–7 [23]
November 20 Wake Forest Freshmen Mercer Macon, Georgia L 14–0
November 20 Wofford NC State Raleigh, North Carolina L 90-7

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 25 Georgetown Centre Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky L 103–0 [7]
November 25 Wofford Duke Durham, North Carolina T 0–0
November 25 Florida Oglethorpe Columbus, Georgia L 21–0 [27]
November 25 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 34–0 [28]
November 25 Clemson Georgia Athens, Georgia UGA 55–0 [27]
November 25 Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 24–7 [27]
November 25 Davidson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 7–0 [27]
November 25 South Carolina The Citadel College Park Stadium •Charleston, South Carolina SCAR 7–6
November 25 Tulane LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana TUL 21–0 [29]
November 25 Kentucky Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 14–7 [27]
November 27 Alabama Case Cleveland, Ohio W 40–0
November 27 Mercer Erskine Due West, South Carolina L 20–6
November 27 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 21–3 [28]
November 28 Millsaps Howard HOW 42–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 4 Detroit Mercy Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans L 7–0 [30]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1920 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1920 College Football All-Southern Team

The following includes the composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.[31]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Bo McMillin C Centre
HB Red Barron C Georgia Tech
HB Buck Flowers C Georgia Tech
FB Riggs Stephenson C Alabama
E Owen Reynolds C Georgia
T Bill Fincher C Georgia Tech
G Fatty Warren C Auburn
C Bum Day C Georgia
G Noah Caton C Auburn
T Artie Pew C Georgia
E John Staton C Georgia Tech

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