Sports season
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration October 1, 1898 through December 14, 1898 Number of teams 14 Season champions Sewanee
The 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1898 college football season
The season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated.[1]
Season overview [ ]
Results and team statistics [ ]
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
October 1
Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 18–0
Week Two [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 8
Kentucky State
Georgetown
Georgetown, KY
W 28–0
October 8
Clemson
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
UGA 20–8
Week Three [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 15
Company H-8th Massachusetts
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 59–0
October 15
Atlanta A. C.
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
W 14–0
October 15
Texas
TCU
Waco, TX
W 16–0
October 15
Nashville
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 10–0
October 20
Bingham
Clemson
Calhoun, SC
W 55–0
Week Four [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 22
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
L 10–0
October 22
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
UGA 15–0
October 22
Texas A&M
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
W 48–0
Week Five [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 29
Kentucky State
Louisville YMCA
Louisville, KY
W 16–0
October 29
Galveston H. S.
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
W 17–0
October 29
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Atlanta, GA
UGA 4–0
Week Six [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 5
Centre
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 6–0
November 5
TCU
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
W 29–0
November 5
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Auburn, AL
AUB 29–6
November 5
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 5–0
November 10
Sewanee
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
SEW 4–0
[2]
Week Seven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 12
Sewanee
Southern A. C.
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
W 21–0
[3]
November 12
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Louisville, KY
L 18–0
November 12
160th Indiana
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 17–0
November 12
North Carolina
Georgia
Macon, GA
L 53–0
November 14
North Carolina
Auburn
Auburn, AL
L 29–0
November 17
Clemson
South Carolina
Columbia, SC
W 24–0
Week Eight [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 19
New Castle A. C.
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 36–0
Week Nine [ ]
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 24
Auburn
Georgia
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
AUB 18–17
November 24
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Augusta, GA
CLEM 23–0
November 24
Dallas
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
W 26–0
November 25
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
SEW 19–4
Week Ten [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 12
Mississippi
Tulane
New Orleans, LA
TUL 14–9
December 14
LSU
Tulane
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 37–0
December 15
St. Thomas Hall
Mississippi
Oxford, MS
W 9–2
All-Southern team [ ]
W. A. Lambeth 's All-Southern team:[4]
References [ ]
Championships & awards Seasons