1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 26, 1914
through December 5, 1914
Number of teams19
Regular Season
Season championsTennessee
Auburn
Football seasons
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1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Auburn + 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Texas A&M 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Florida 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Georgia 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Alabama 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
LSU 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Wofford 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Centre 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 3 – 1
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tulane 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1914 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 1914 college football season. The season began on September 26.

Tennessee and Auburn both claim conference championships. It was the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Vanderbilt no longer dominated the South by 1914.[1]

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 26 Marion Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 39–0
September 26 North Georgia Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 81–0
September 26 Wilmington Kentucky Lexington, KY W 87–0
September 26 Carson–Newman Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 89–0
September 27 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 54–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 2 Mississippi State Normal Mississippi College Clinton, MS W 40–0 [2]
October 3 Howard Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13–0
October 3 Northern Alabama A. C. Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 60–0
October 3 K. M. I Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 18–6
October 3 Davidson Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0
October 3 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 13–0
October 3 Maryville Kentucky Lexington, KY W 80–0
October 3 Louisiana Tech LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 60–0
October 3 Arkansas State Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 20–0
October 3 Marion Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 54–0
October 3 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 59–0
October 3 King Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 55–3
October 3 Austin Texas A&M College Station, TX W 32–0
October 3 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 42–6
October 3 Riverside Wofford Spartanburg, SC T 0–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Birmingham Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 54–0
October 10 Auburn Florida Jacksonville, FL AUB 20–0
October 10 Porter Military The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 12–0
October 10 Georgia Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN UGA 7–6
October 10 Mercer Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 105–0
October 10 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 14–0
October 10 Rhodes Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 14–0
October 10 Cumberland Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 77–0
October 10 Vanderbilt Michigan Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 23–3
October 10 Wofford Furman Greenville, SC L 19–12

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 17 Georgia Tech Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 13–0
October 17 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 28–0
October 17 King Florida Gainesville, FL W 36–0
October 17 Mississippi A&M Kentucky Lexington, KY UK 19–13
October 17 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MISS 21–0
October 17 North Carolina Georgia Atlanta, GA L 41–6
October 17 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 46–3
October 17 Tennessee Louisville Louisville, KY W 66–0
October 17 TCU Texas A&M College Station, TX W 40–0
October 17 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 33–0
October 17 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 59–0
October 17 Wofford Davidson Davidson, NC L 81–5
October 17 Jefferson (LA) Mississippi College Clinton, MS W 25–0 [3]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Clemson Furman Greenville, SC W 57–0
October 23 Haskell Texas A&M Fort Worth, TX L 10–0
October 24 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 19–0
October 24 The Citadel Davidson Charlotte, NC L 16–0
October 24 Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 28–0
October 24 Earlham Kentucky Lexington, KY W 81–3
October 24 Jefferson LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–13
October 24 Sewanee Florida Jacksonville, FL SEW 26–0
October 24 Centenary Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 82–0
October 24 Alabama Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 17–7
October 24 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 10–9
October 24 Presbyterian Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 7–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26 Ole Miss Mississippi College Mississippi State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS T 7–7 [4]
October 27 Jefferson Tulane New Orleans, LA W 24–7
October 29 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 29–6
October 31 Clemson The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC CLEM 14–0
October 31 Tulane Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 58–0
October 31 Florida Southern Florida Tampa, FL W 59–0
October 31 Sewanee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 20–0
October 31 Mississippi A&M Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA MSA&M 9–0
October 31 Kentucky Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH L 14–7
October 31 LSU Texas A&M Dallas, TX TXA&M 63–9
October 31 Ole Miss Ouachita Memphis, TN L 7–0
October 31 Chattanooga Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 67–0
October 31 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 20–7
October 31 Wofford Newberry Newberry, SC L 36–0
October 31 Louisiana Industrial Mississippi College Mississippi State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS W 38–8 [5]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 4 South Carolina Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 25–0
November 7 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 14–0
November 7 Kentucky Wesleyan Centre Danville, KY T 6–6
November 7 The Citadel Newberry Newberry, SC W 14–13
November 7 Clemson Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA CLEM 35–13
November 7 Wofford Florida Gainesville, FL FLA 66–0
November 7 Kentucky Purdue West Lafayette, IN L 40–6
November 7 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA L 20–12
November 7 Mercer Mississippi A&M MSA&M 66–0
November 7 Ole Miss Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA MISS 21–6
November 7 Christian Brothers Mississippi College Memphis, TN L 62–0 [6]
November 8 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN TENN 16–14
November 9 Texas A&M Rice Houston, TX W 32–7

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 13 Chattanooga Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 63–0
November 13 Ouachita Baptist Mississippi College Clinton, MS L 19–0 [7]
November 14 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 6–0
November 14 Clemson VMI Richmond, VA W 27–23
November 14 The Citadel Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 7–0
November 14 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 7–0
November 14 Louisville Kentucky Lexington, KY W 42–0
November 14 Haskell LSU New Orleans, LA L 31–0
November 14 Ole Miss Arkansas Little Rock, AR W 13–7
November 14 Tulane Mississippi A&M Jackson, MS MSA&M 61–0
November 14 Sewanee Tennessee Chattanooga, TN TENN 14–7

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Ole Miss Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 66–7
November 17 Ole Miss Southwestern (TX) Georgetown, TX L 18–0
November 20 Centre Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY L 67–0
November 21 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA T 0–0
November 21 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN SEW 14–13
November 21 Oklahoma State Texas A&M College Station, TX W 24–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 The Citadel South Carolina Columbia, SC L 7–6
November 26 Centre Transylvania Lexington, KY L 53–3
November 26 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 26–6
November 26 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 14–0
November 26 Kentucky Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 23–6
November 26 Ole Miss Texas A&M Beaumont, TX TXA&M 14–7
November 26 Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL MSA&M 9–0
November 26 LSU Tulane New Orleans, LA T 0–0
November 26 Howard (AL) Mississippi College Mississippi State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS W 27–6 [8]
November 28 Newberry Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 15–7

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 2 Carlisle Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 20–3
December 5 Carlisle Auburn Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 7–0
December 5 Wofford Wake Forest Wake Forest, NC L 41–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1914 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1914 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger, University of Tennessee athletic director included:[9]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB David Paddock ZC, C Georgia
HB Hunter Kimball ZC, C Mississippi A&M
HB Rabbit Curry ZC, C Vanderbilt
FB Rus Lindsay ZC, C Tennessee
E Alonzo Carroll ZC, C Tennessee
T Farmer Kelly ZC, C Tennessee
G Big Thigpen ZC, C Auburn
C Boozer Pitts ZC, C Auburn
G Mush Kerr ZC, C Tennessee
T Bully Van de Graaff ZC, C Alabama
E Bull Kearley ZC, C Auburn

References

  1. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 5
  2. ^ "Was easy victory". Jackson Daily News. October 3, 1914. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Miss. College Wins". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. October 18, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ ""Ole Miss" And Miss. College Tie". Jackson Daily News. Jackson, Mississippi. October 27, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Mississippi College Downs Louisianans". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. November 1, 1914. p. 14. Retrieved July 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Wilson, Al (November 8, 1914). "St. Louis Machine Swamps Mississippi". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. 20. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Ouachita 19, Miss. College 0". Natchez Democrat. Natchez, Mississippi. November 14, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Mississippi College Won Game In Rain". Jackson Daily News. Jackson, Mississippi. November 27, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Composite Pick of All S.I.A.A. Teams". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1914. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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