1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 28, 1901
through December 5, 1901
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Football seasons
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1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Clemson 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
LSU 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Alabama 2 – 1 – 2 2 – 1 – 2
Auburn 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Mississippi A&M 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 1
Georgia 0 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Texas 0 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1901 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 1901 college football season. The season began on September 28.

Amidst charges of professionalism, Georgia Tech and Nashville were blacklisted.[1][2][3] The 1901 game of LSU versus Tulane eventually ended up as a forfeiture. Tulane forfeited the game the November 16 due to a ruling from the SIAA. The 1901 edition of the Battle for the Flag against LSU was originally a 22-0 victory for Tulane. It was later forfeited after a petition to the SIAA, and was recorded as a 0-11 loss for Tulane. After the game, LSU protested to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and alleged that Tulane had used a professional player during the game. Several months later, the SIAA ruled the game an 11-0 forfeit in favor of LSU.[4]

The 1901 team was likely the best football team in Nashville's history. Coached by Charley Moran, though they lost to southern power Vanderbilt, they "mopped up with about everything else."[5]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Conf. record Winning Pct. Overall record PPG PAG
1 Vanderbilt Billy Watkins 4–0–0 1.000 6–1–1 22.3 1.5
2 Clemson John Heisman 2–0–1 .833 3–1–1 38.0 7.6
3 (tie) LSU W. S. Borland 2–1–0 .667 5–1–0
3 (tie) North Carolina Charles Jenkins 2–1–0 .667 7–2–0
3 (tie) Tulane H. T. Summersgill 2–1–0 .667 4–2–0
6 Alabama M. S. Harvey 2–1–2 .600 2–1–2
7 (tie) Auburn Billy Watkins 2–2–1 .500 2–3–1
7 (tie) Tennessee George Kelley 1–1–2 .500 3–3–2
9 Mississippi A&M L. B. Harvey 1–2–0 .333 2–2–1
10 Georgia E. E. Jones 0–3–2 .250 1–5–2
11 (tie) Cumberland J. S. Kuykendall 0–1–0 .000 0–1–0
11 (tie) Kentucky State W. H. Kiler 0–2–0 .000 2–6–1
11 (tie) Mississippi William Shibley 0–4–0 .000 2–4–0
– Texas S. H. Thompson 0–0–0 – 8–2–1

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.

Unknown

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
Mooney Cumberland ?
Clarksville Cumberland ?

Week One

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 5 Kentucky State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 22–0
October 5 Guilford Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 122–0
October 7 Houston Town Team Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 32–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 Cincinnati Kentucky State Lexington, KY T 0–0
October 12 Oak Ridge Military Academy North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W 28–0
October 12 South Carolina Georgia Augusta, GA W 10–5
October 12 King Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 8–0
October 12 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 25–0
October 16 North Carolina A&M North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W 42–0
October 16 Tulane Meridian A. C. Meridian, MS W 15–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 19 Memphis University School Mississippi Oxford, MS W 6–0
October 19 Kentucky State Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY W 17–0
October 19 Guilford North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W 42–0
October 19 Oklahoma Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–6
October 19 Nashville Auburn Birmingham, AL NASH 23–5
October 19 Clemson Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN T 6–6
October 19 Georgia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 47–0
October 21 Georgia Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 47–0
October 25 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 44–5

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26 Mississippi Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 41–0
October 26 Vanderbilt Auburn Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL VAN 41–0 [6]
October 26 Mississippi A&M Christian Brothers Memphis, TN T 0–0
October 26 North Carolina Davidson Davidson, NC W 6–0
October 26 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA CLEM 28–0
October 26 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 27–0
October 26 Texas A&M Texas San Antonio, TX W 17–0
October 26 Tennessee Nashville Nashville, TN NASH 16–5
October 26 Tulane Mobile YMCA Mobile, AL L 2–0
October 28 LSU Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA W 57–0
October 28 Mississippi Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS MSA&M 17–0
October 29 Texas Baylor Waco, TX W 23–0
October 31 VPI Clemson Columbia, SC L 17–11

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 2 Mississippi A&M Meridian A. C. Meridian, MS W 11–5
November 2 Southwest Baptist Mississippi Oxford, MS W 17–0
November 2 New Orleans YMCA Tulane New Orleans, LA W 23–0
November 2 Kentucky University Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 6–0
November 2 Washington (MO) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 12–11
November 2 Kentucky State Avondale A. C. Cincinnati, OH L 17–6
November 2 North Carolina Georgia Atlanta, GA UNC 27–0
November 4 North Carolina Auburn Auburn, AL UNC 10–0
November 7 Mississippi LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 46–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Dallas A. C. Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–0
November 9 Georgia Alabama Highland Park • Montgomery, AL T 0–0
November 9 Mississippi A&M Tulane New Orleans, LA TUL 24–6
November 9 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 22–0
November 9 Louisville YMCA Kentucky State Louisville, KY L 11–0
November 15 Auburn Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 17–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16 Centre Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 5–0
November 16 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 45–0
November 16 Texas Missouri Columbia, MO W 11–0
November 16 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 16–6
November 16 LSU Tulane New Orleans, LA LSU 11–0 5,000
November 16 Georgetown Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN W 12–0
November 16 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0
November 19 North Carolina North Carolina A&M Raleigh, NC W 30–0
November 19 Texas Kirksville Osteopaths Kirksville, MO L 48–0
November 20 Auburn LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA AUB 28–0

Week Eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 23 North Carolina Virginia Norfolk, VA L 6–23
November 23 Texas Kansas Lawrence, KS L 12–0
November 23 Kentucky State Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 5–0
November 25 Texas Oklahoma Norman, OK W 11–0
November 28 Cincinnati JV Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 16–0
November 28 Tennessee Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL T 6–6
November 28 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA T 0–0
November 28 New Orleans YMCA LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 38–0
November 28 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 32–0
November 28 Clemson North Carolina Charlotte, NC CLEM 22–10
November 28 Mississippi Tulane New Orleans, LA TUL 25–11
November 28 2:00 p. m. Nashville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 10–0 4,000 [7]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 5 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–0

Awards and honors

All-Southerns

Main article: 1901 College Football All-Southern Team

References

  1. ^ "Will Meet At Chapel Hill". Asheville Citizen. December 11, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Athletic Blacklist Has Widespread Effect". The Charlotte News. December 14, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Fight Is Against Professionalism". Atlanta Constitution. December 22, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Tulane Football History". Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Vanderbilt 41, Auburn 0". Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Dixie Championship Goes To Vanderbilt". Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved July 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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