1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1917
through November 29, 1917
Number of teams17
Regular Season
Season championsGeorgia Tech
Football seasons
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1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Auburn 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Clemson 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Centre 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wofford 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Furman 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 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 1917 college football season. The season began on September 28. A curtailing of expenses was required for extension into 1918.[1]

John Heisman's Georgia Tech team won the conference and was the South's first consensus national champion. Tech captain Walker Carpenter and halfback Everett Strupper were the first players from the Deep South ever selected for an All-America first-team. Tech quarterback Albert Hill led the nation in scoring. Though Centre did not claim a championship, it also posted an undefeated conference record, beginning the rise of its football program.

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 28 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 13–0 [2]
September 28 Furman Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 25–0 [3]
September 29 Wake Forest Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 33–0 [3]
September 29 Blountsville Aggies Howard (AL) Howard Athletic Field • Birmingham, AL W 19–0 [4]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Second Ambulance Company of Ohio Alabama Soldiers Field • Montgomery, AL W 7–0 [5]
October 5 Marion Mississippi A&M New Athletic Field • Starkville, MS W 18–6 [6]
October 6 Jonesboro Aggies Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS T 0–0 [7]
October 6 8th Ohio Infantry Auburn Soldiers Field • Montgomery, AL W 13–0 2,500 [8]
October 6 Wake Forest Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC W 7–6 [9][10]
October 6 Penn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 41–0 10,000 [11]
October 6 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–6
October 6 Newberry South Carolina Davis Field • Columbia, SC W 38–0 [12]
October 6 Transylvania Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 41–0 [13]
October 6 Charleston Navy The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 19–7
October 6 Guilford Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 20–0 [14]
October 6 Howard (AL) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 42–7 [15]
October 6 Jefferson College (LA) Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 32–0
October 6 Kentucky Military Institute Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 104–0 [16]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 Marion Alabama University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13–0 [17]
October 13 Howard (AL) Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 53–0 [18]
October 13 Vanderbilt Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, IL L 0–48 [19]
October 13 Clemson Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC CLEM 38–0 [20]
October 13 South Carolina Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 21–13 [21]
October 13 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 32–10 [22]
October 13 LSU Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS LSU 52–7 [23]
October 13 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M New Athletic Field • Starkville, MS MSA&M 68–0 [24]
October 13 Transylvania Sewanee Andrews Field • Chattanooga, TN W 76–0 [25]
October 13 Spring Hill Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 28–0
October 13 Presbyterian The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC L 0–7 [26]
October 13 New York Ambulance Corps Wofford Wofford Park • Spartanburg, SC W 21–0 [27]

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC AUB 7–0 [28]
October 20 Newberry Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC W 20–7 [29]
October 20 Washington and Lee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 63–0 [30]
October 20 Sewanee LSU Heinemann Park • New Orleans, LA SEW 3–0 [31]
October 20 Tulane Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL TUL 52–0 [32]
October 20 Vanderbilt Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 5–0 [33]
October 20 Erskine The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 18–7 [34]
October 20 Mississippi College Alabama University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 46–0 [35]
October 20 Presbyterian Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 6–7 [36]
October 20 Marion Howard (AL) Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 12–7 [37]
October 20 Centre DePauw Greencastle, IN L 0–6 [38]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Clemson South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC CLEM 21–13 [39]
October 26 Erskine Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 21–0 [40]
October 26 Ole Miss Alabama University Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 64–0 [41]
October 26 Ouachita Mississippi College Jackson, MS L 0–7 [42]
October 27 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 13–6 [43]
October 27 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 19–7 [44]
October 27 Kentucky Sewanee Andrews Field • Chattanooga, TN W 7–0 [45]
October 27 LSU Texas A&M League Park • San Antonio, TX L 27–0 [46]
October 27 141st Field Artillery Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 19–0 [47]
October 27 Howard (AL) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 69–0 [48]
October 27 Newberry The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 32–7 [49]
October 27 Centre Maryville (TN) Maryville, TN W 34–0 [50]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 1 Clemson Wofford Spartanburg, SC CLEM 27–16 [51]
November 2 Tulane Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 0–35 [52]
November 3 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA L 0–14 [53]
November 3 Florida Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 68–0 [54]
November 3 Davidson Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC L 7–28 [55]
November 3 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 83–0 [56]
November 3 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Fair Grounds • Tupelo, MS MSA&M 41–14 1,000 [57]
November 3 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL T 3–3 [58]
November 3 Erskine South Carolina Davis Field • Columbia, SC L 13–14 [59]
November 3 Kentucky Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 3–0 [60]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 8 The Citadel Clemson County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC CLEM 20–0 [61]
November 8 Furman South Carolina Pee Dee Fair • Florence, SC SCAR 26–0 [62]
November 9 Acipco YMCA Howard (AL) Birmingham, AL W 31–0
November 9 Wofford Newberry Newberry, SC W 45–0 [63]
November 9 Centre Kentucky Wesleyan Winchester, KY W 37–0 [64]
November 10 Davidson Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 7–21 [65]
November 10 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA GT 48–0 [66]
November 10 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 34–0 [67]
November 10 Kentucky Mississippi A&M New Athletic Field • Starkville, MS W 14–0 [68]
November 10 Ole Miss Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 69–7 [69]
November 10 Vanderbilt Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL VAN 7–2 [70]

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Alabama Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 27–0 [71]
November 17 Auburn Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN AUB 31–7 [72]
November 17 Centre Sewanee Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN CEN 28–0 [73]
November 17 Clemson Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL CLEM 55–7 [74]
November 17 Carlisle Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 98–0 [75]
November 17 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MSA&M 9–0 [76]
November 17 Presbyterian Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC L 7–14 [77]
November 17 Rice Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 0–16 [78]
November 17 South Carolina Wofford Spartanburg Fairgrounds • Spartanburg, SC WOFF 20–0 [79]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Ohio State Auburn Soldiers Field • Montgomery, AL T 0–0 10,000 [80]
November 24 Presbyterian South Carolina Davis Field • Columbia, SC L 14–20 [81]
November 24 Wofford Davidson Sprunt Field • Davidson, NC L 0–62 [82]
November 24 Centre Transylvania Thomas Field • Lexington, KY W 28–0 [83]

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Camp Gordon Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 6–19 [84]
November 29 Clemson Davidson Wearn Field • Charlotte, NC L 9–21 [85]
November 29 Wofford Furman Riverside Park • Greenville, SC FUR 18–3 [86]
November 29 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 68–7 20,000 [87]
November 29 Florida Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY L 0–52 [88]
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi College State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MISS 21–0 [89]
November 29 Haskell Mississippi A&M Russwood Park • Memphis, TN W 7–6 [90]
November 29 The Citadel South Carolina Davis Field • Columbia, SC SCAR 20–0 [91]
November 29 Tulane LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA TUL 28–6 [92]
November 29 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 13–6 [93]
November 29 Howard (AL) Spring Hill Monroe Field • Mobile, AL L 7–12 [94]
November 29 Georgetown (KY) Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 13–0 [95]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1917 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1917 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 7 coaches and sporting writers included:[96][97]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Albert Hill 5'7" 164 Sr. Washington, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Everett Strupper 5'7" 148 Sr. Columbus, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Buck Flowers 5'7" 140 Fr. Sumter, South Carolina Davidson
FB Joe Guyon 5'11" 186 Jr. Magdalena, New Mexico Georgia Tech
E Moon Ducote 5'10" 187 Jr. Cottonport, Louisiana Auburn
T Walker Carpenter 6'2" 184 Sr. Newnan, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Pete Bonner 6'2" 183 So. Clay Co., Alabama Auburn
C Pup Phillips 6'0" 182 Jr. Carnesville, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Tram Sessions So. Birmingham, Alabama Alabama
T Bill Fincher 6'0" 182 So. Atlanta Georgia Tech
E Alfred T. Adams 175 So. Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt

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