Sports season
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration October 6, 1899 through December 25, 1899 Number of teams 17 Season champions Sewanee
The 1899 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 1899 college football season .
The season began on October 6, 1899 with Vanderbilt visiting Cumberland .
Sewanee won the conference with 11 conference victories. With just 13 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M ; Texas ; Tulane ; LSU ; and Ole Miss . Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[1] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."[2]
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 6
Vanderbilt
Cumberland
Lebanon, TN
VAN 32–0
October 7
Clemson
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
UGA 11–0
October 7
Kentucky University
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 23–6
October 7
North Carolina A&M
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–0
October 11
King
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 11–5
October 12
Oak Ridge
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
W 16–0
Week Two [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 14
SW Presbyterian
Mooney School
W 45–0
October 14
Nashville
Cumberland
Lebanon, TN
NASH 18–0
October 14
Miami (OH)
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 12–0
October 14
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Auburn, AL
AUB 63–0
October 14
Davidson
Clemson
Rock Hill, SC
W 10–0
October 14
Guilford
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
W 45–0
October 18
Miami (OH)
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 18–5
Week Three [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 20
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
L 6–0
October 21
Kentucky State
Centre
Danville, KY
T 11–11
October 21
Texas
Dallas
Dallas, TX
W 11–6
October 21
Tuscaloosa A. C.
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 16–5
October 21
Montgomery A. C.
Auburn
Auburn, AL
W 41–0
October 21
Sewanee
Georgia
Atlanta, GA
SEW 12–0
October 21
Davidson
North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
W 10–0
October 21
VPI
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
L 5–0
October 23
Sewanee
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
SEW 32–0
October 23
Horner's School
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
W 46–0
Week Four [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 27
Ole Miss
Central
Memphis, TN
MISS 13–6
October 28
Nashville
Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
NASH 11–0
October 28
Tennessee
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 46–0
October 28
Indiana
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
L 22–0
October 28
Clemson
Auburn
Auburn, AL
AUB 34–0
October 28
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
UGA 33–0
October 28
North Carolina
North Carolina A&M
Raleigh, NC
T 11–11
October 31
San Antonio
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
W 28–0
October 31
Old Maryland
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
W 6–0
Week Five [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 3
SW Presbyterian
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 54–0
November 3
LSU
Ole Miss
Meridian, MS
MISS 11–0
November 4
North Carolina
Navy
Annapolis, MD
L 0–12
November 4
Kentucky State
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
TENN 12–0
November 4
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Memphis, TN
VAN 11–0
November 4
Texas A&M
Texas
San Antonio, TX
W 6–0
November 8
North Carolina
Princeton
Princeton, NJ
L 0–30
November 9
Clemson
South Carolina
Columbia, SC
W 34–0
November 9
Sewanee
Texas
Athletic Field • Austin, TX
SEW 12–0
Week Six [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 10
Sewanee
Texas A&M
Herald Park • Houston, TX
W 10–0
November 10
LSU
Lake Charles H. S.
Lake Charles, LA
W 48–0
November 11
Sewanee
Tulane
New Orleans, LA
SEW 23–0
November 11
Central
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
CENT 5–0
November 11
Montgomery A. C.
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 16–0
November 11
Georgia
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
TENN 5–0
November 11
Nashville
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
NASH 15–0
November 11
Bethel College
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 22–0
November 13
Sewanee
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
SEW 34–0
November 13
Sewanee
Ole Miss
Memphis, TN
SEW 12–0
Week Seven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 18
North Carolina A&M
Clemson
Rock Hill, SC
W 24–0
November 18
Auburn
Georgia
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
T 0–0
November 18
Texas
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 6–0
November 20
Texas
Tulane
New Orleans, LA
TEX 11–0
November 20
Cumberland
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 71–0
November 21
Washington & Lee
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
T 0–0
November 22
Washington & Lee
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 6–0
November 23
Washington & Lee
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 11–0
Week Eight [ ]
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 24
Alabama
Ole Miss
State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS
ALA 7–5
November 25
Alabama
New Orleans A. C.
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
L 21–0
November 25
Central
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 21–16
November 25
Tulane
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
TEX 32–0
November 27
Tulane
Texas A&M
Herald Park • Houston, TX
L 22–0
November 30
2:50 p. m.
Sewanee
Auburn
Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL
SEW 11–10
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November 30
Kentucky Alumni
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 6–5
November 30
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Greenville, SC
CLEM 41–5
November 30
North Carolina
Georgia
Atlanta, GA
UNC 5–0
November 30
LSU
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
TEX 29–0
November 30
Ole Miss
Tulane
New Orleans, LA
MISS 15–0
November 30
Kentucky University
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 41–0
November 30
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 5–0
Week Nine [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 2
North Carolina
Sewanee
Atlanta, GA
SEW 5–0
December 2
LSU
Texas A&M
College Station, TX
L 42–0
Week Ten [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 8
Tulane
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 38–0
Week Twelve [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 25
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
W 6–0
All-Southern team [ ]
W. A. Lambeth 's All-Southern team:
References [ ]
Championships & awards Seasons