1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 29, 1900
through December 5, 1900
Number of teams21
Regular Season
Season championsClemson
Football seasons
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1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson + 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Auburn 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Tulane 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 0
Texas 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Sewanee + 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 3
Vanderbilt 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Alabama 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Nashville 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Georgia 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
LSU 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1900 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 1900 college football season. The season began on September 29.

The season saw the rise of Clemson's football program, the return of Alabama football, and the first season of play for Henry D. Phillips.[1]

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Conf. record Win Pct. Overall record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Auburn Billy Watkins 4–0–0 1.000. 4–0–0 37.0 1.3
1 (tie) Tulane H. T. Summersgill 3–0–0 1.000 5–0–0 21.0 0.0
1 (tie) Clemson John Heisman 2–0–0 1.000 6–0–0 37.0 1.7
1 (tie) Texas S. H. Thompson 1–0–0 1.000 6–0–0 18.8 2.2
5 Sewanee Billy Suter 5–0–1 .917 6–1–1 16.8 3.4
6 North Carolina Billy Reynolds 3–0–1 .875 4–1–3 20.4 2.7
7 Vanderbilt J. L. Crane 2–3–1 .417 4–4–1 9.2 10.2
8 (tie) Alabama Malcolm Griffin 1–3–0 .250 2–3–0 10.4 19.8
8 (tie) Nashville Charley Moran 1–3–0 .250 2–3–0 5.8 11.5
10 Georgia E. E. Jones 1–4–0 .200 2–4–0 4.7 26.5
11 Tennessee J. A. Pierce 0–2–1 .167 3–2–1 11.2 8.5
12 (tie) Cumberland (TN) E. D. Kuykendall 0–1–0 .000 0–1–0 0.0 18.0
12 (tie) LSU Edmond Chavanne 0–1–0 .000 2–2–0 21.3 8.8
12 (tie) Kentucky State W. H. Kiler 0–2–0 .000 4–6–0 5.9 6.3
12 (tie) Ole Miss Z. N. Estes 0–3–0 .000 0–3–0 1.7 10.0
12 (tie) Georgia Tech Harris T. Collier 0–4–0 .000 0–4–0 1.5 26.8

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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 29 Kentucky State Cincinnati Union Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH L 6–20 [2]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 6 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 6–0 [3]
October 6 Louisville YMCA Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 12–6 [4]
October 6 Deaf & Dumb Institute North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 38–0 [5]
October 10 King Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 22–0 [6]
October 10 Oklahoma Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 28–2 [7]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13 Georgia Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 12–0 [8]
October 13 Vanderbilt Texas Dallas Fair Grounds • Dallas, TX TEX 22–0 [9]
October 13 Bethel (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 33–0
October 13 Kentucky State Centre Danville, KY L 0–5 [10]
October 17 Cumberland (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 18–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19 Davidson Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 64–0 [11]
October 20 Kentucky All-Stars Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–5
October 20 South Carolina Georgia Herty Field • Athens GA W 5–0 [12]
October 20 Nashville Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA NASH 23–0 [13]
October 21 Taylor School Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 35–0 [14]
October 22 Clemson Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 21–0 [15]
October 22 Nashville Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 28–0 [16]
October 22 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0 [17]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26 Ole Miss Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 12–5 [18]
October 27 Sewanee Georgia Atlanta, GA SEW 21–6 [19]
October 27 Southern Athletic Club Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 23–0 [20]
October 27 Central (KY) Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–6 [21]
October 27 VPI North Carolina Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 0–0 [22]
October 27 Texas A&M Texas San Antonio Fairgrounds • San Antonio, TX W 5–0 [23]
October 27 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–11 [24]
October 29 Sewanee Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA SEW 34–0 [25]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 1 Clemson South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC W 51–0 5,000 [26]
November 1 North Carolina Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN UNC 22–5 [27]
November 3 Kentucky State Louisville YMCA Louisville, KY W 12–0 [28]
November 3 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN UNC 48–0 [29]
November 3 Tulane Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL TUL 6–0 [30]
November 5 North Carolina Sewanee Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA T 0–0 [31]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 10 Tennessee Auburn Birmingham, AL AUB 23–0 [32]
November 10 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 39–5 [33]
November 10 Sewanee Nashville Peabody Field • Nashville, TN SEW 12–0 [34]
November 10 Millsaps Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 35–0 [35]
November 10 Central (KY) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 27–0 [36]
November 10 Avondale AC Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 5–11 [37]
November 11 Millsaps LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 70–0 [38]

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Alabama Auburn Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL AUB 53–5 [39]
November 17 Georgia North Carolina State Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NC UNC 55–0 800 [40]
November 17 LSU Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA LSU 29–0 [41]
November 17 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN SEW 11–10 [42]
November 17 Georgetown (KY) Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 12–0 [43]
November 17 Missouri Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 17–11 [44]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Bethel (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 22–0 [45]
November 24 Clemson VPI Latta Park • Charlotte, NC W 12–5 [46]
November 24 Kentucky State Central (KY) Richmond, KY L 0–11 [47]
November 24 Kansas City Medical Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 30–0 [48]
November 24 North Carolina Virginia League Park • Norfolk, VA L 0–17 6,000 [49]
November 27 Grant Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 28–0 [50]
November 29 Auburn Georgia Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 44–0 [51]
November 29 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA TUL 12–0 [52]
November 29 Clemson Alabama North Birmingham Park • Birmingham, AL CLEM 35–0 [53]
November 29 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 12–0 [54]
November 29 North Carolina Georgetown Georgetown Field • Washington, D.C. T 0–0 4,000 [55]
November 29 Texas A&M Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 11–0 [56][57]
November 29 Nashville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 18–0 [58]
November 29 Sewanee Virginia Broad Street Park • Richmond, VA L 5–17 [59]
November 30 LSU Millsaps Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS L 5–6 [60]

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 1 Georgetown (KY) Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 12–6 [61]
December 5 LSU Alumni LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–0
December 7 Davidson Georgia Tech Augusta, GA L 6–38 1,000 [62]

Awards and honors

All-Southerns

Main article: 1900 College Football All-Southern Team

References

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