Sports season
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration September 30, 1905 through December 3, 1905 Number of teams 16 Season champions Vanderbilt
The 1905 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 1905 college football season . The season began on September 30.
One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech ."[1]
Season overview [ ]
Results and team statistics [ ]
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]
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 30
Tennessee Deaf School
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 16–6
September 30
Maryville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 97–0
Week Two [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 3
Maryville
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama
W 17–0
[3]
October 3
Cumberland
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
CUM 39–10
October 6
Cumberland
VPI
Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA
L 12–0
October 7
North Georgia
Georgia Tech
The Flats • Atlanta, GA
W 54–0
October 7
American Temperance
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 104–0
October 7
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 34–0
Week Three [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 14
Mississippi A&M
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
ALA 34–0
October 14
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI
L 18–0
October 14
Mooney
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
W 42–0
October 14
Tennessee
Clemson
Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC
T 5–5
October 14
Texas A&M
Baylor
Carroll Field • Waco, TX
W 42–0
Week Four [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 20
Davidson
Auburn
Birmingham, AL
L 6–0
October 20
Mississippi A&M
Marion
Marion, AL
W 38–0
October 21
Clemson
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
CLEM 35–0
October 21
Alabama
Georgia Tech
Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA
GT 12–5
October 21
Cumberland
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 9–0
October 21
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
VAN 45–0
Week Five [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 25
Alabama
Clemson
State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC
CLEM 25–0
October 27
Auburn
Mississippi A&M
Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS
AUB 18–0
October 28
Cumberland
Georgia Tech
The Flats • Atlanta, GA
GT 18–0
October 28
Tennessee
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 11–6
October 28
Texas
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 33–0
Week Six [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 31
Cumberland
Grant
Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN
W 11–6
November 4
Georgia
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
ALA 36–0
November 4
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
The Flats • Atlanta, GA
GT 45–0
November 4
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 54–0
Week Seven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 9
Centre
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 21–0
November 11
Clemson
Auburn
Auburn, AL
CLEM 6–0
November 11
Howard
Mississippi A&M
Hardy Field • Starkville, MS
W 44–0
November 11
Cumberland
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
L 12–0
November 11
North Georgia
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
W 16–12
November 11
Georgia Tech
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
T 18–18
Week Eight [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 17
Sewanee
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
L 17–10
November 18
Auburn
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
ALA 30–0
4,000
[4]
November 18
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
GT 46–0
November 18
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 16–0
November 18
Centre
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 31–5
November 18
Clemson
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 41–0
November 18
Cumberland
Mississippi A&M
Hardy Field • Starkville, MS
CUM 27–5
Week Nine [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 20
Cumberland
Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
CUM 18–0
November 23
Sewanee
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
SEW 42–6
November 25
LSU
Tulane
New Orleans, LA
LSU 5–0
Week Ten [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 30
Tennessee
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
ALA 29–0
November 30
Auburn
Georgia
Macon, GA
AUB 20–0
November 30
Clemson
Georgia Tech
The Flats • Atlanta, GA
GT 17–10
November 30
Mississippi A&M
Ole Miss
State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS
MSA&M 11–0
November 30
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 68–4
December 1
Mississippi A&M
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 15–0
Week Eleven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 3
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
W 5–0
All-Southern team [ ]
The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff 's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:
References [ ]
Championships & awards Seasons