Sports season
1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration September 23, 1911 through January 1, 1912 Number of teams 17 Season champions Vanderbilt
The 1911 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 1911 college football season . The season began on September 23.
Edwin Pope 's Football's Greatest Coaches notes: "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage , Wilson Collins , Ammie Sikes , and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9–8 loss to Michigan ." The Atlanta Constitution voted Vanderbilt's the best backfield in the South. Morrison is considered one of the best quarterbacks in Vanderbilt's long history
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 23
Locust Grove
Mercer
Macon, GA
W 25–0
September 23
Sewanee Medical
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
W 16–0
Week Two [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
September 29
Mississippi College
Mississippi A&M
MSA&M 27–6
September 30
Howard
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
ALA 24–0
September 30
Alabama Presbyterian
Georgia
Sanford Field • Athens, GA
W 51–0
September 30
11th Cavalry
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
W 22–5
September 30
Maryville
Kentucky State
W 13–0
September 30
Memphis H. S.
Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
W 42–0
September 30
Middle Tennessee State
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
W 20–0
September 30
Birmingham
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 23–0
Week Three [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 5
Rhodes
Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
W 41–0
October 7
Rhodes
Mississippi A&M
W 30–0
October 7
Birmingham
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 47–5
October 7
Mercer
Auburn
Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL
AUB 29–0
October 7
The Citadel
Florida
Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL
L 15–3
October 7
South Carolina
Georgia
Sanford Field • Athens, GA
W 38–0
October 7
Georgia Tech
Howard
Atlanta, GA
GT 28–0
October 7
Charleston
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 12–0
October 7
Alabama Southern
Mississippi College
W 5–0
October 7
Morgan
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
T 0–0
October 7
Maryville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 46–0
Week Four [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 12
Mississippi College
Tulane
First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
W 10–0
October 13
Louisiana Tech
Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
W 15–0
October 14
Auburn
Clemson
Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC
AUB 20–0
October 14
The Citadel
Mercer
Macon, GA
CIT 5–0
October 14
Georgia
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
UGA 11–3
October 14
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
GT 24–0
October 14
Howard
Mississippi A&M
MSA&M 48–0
October 14
Kentucky State
Miami (OH)
Oxford, OH
W 12–0
October 14
Castle Heights
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
W 25–0
October 14
Northwestern St.
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 46–0
October 14
Rose-Hulman
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 33–0
Week Five [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 20
Mississippi College
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 40–0
October 21
Alabama
Mississippi A&M
Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS
T 6–6
October 21
Centre
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 45–0
October 21
Howard
Clemson
Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC
CLEM 15–0
October 21
Sewanee
Georgia
Sanford Field • Athens, GA
UGA 12–3
October 21
Mercer
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
GT 17–0
October 21
The Citadel
Charleston
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 21–0
October 21
Lexington HS
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 17–0
October 21
Maryville
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 22–5
October 21
Auburn
Texas A&M
Dallas, TX
L 16–0
Week Six [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 24
Ole Miss
Henderson-Brown
Arkadelphia, AR
W 24–11
October 25
Florida
Clemson
Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC
L 6–5
October 27
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
College Station, TX
L 17–0
October 28
Mississippi A&M
Auburn
Birmingham, AL
AUB 11–5
October 28
Mercer
Georgia
Sanford Field • Athens, GA
UGA 8–5
October 28
Tennessee
North Carolina A&M
Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC
L 16–0
October 28
Rose-Hulman
Centre
Louisville, KY
W 11-5
October 28
Cincinnati
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
L 6–0
October 28
Meteor A. C.
LSU
New Orleans, LA
W 40–0
October 28
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
L 9–8
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October 28
Howard
Tulane
First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
L 10–0
Week Seven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 29
Alabama
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
T 0–0
October 30
Ole Miss
Mississippi College
Jackson, MS
MISS 28–0
November 2
Sewanee
Texas
Austin, TX
W 6–5
November 2
Clemson
South Carolina
Columbia, SC
W 27–0
November 3
Birmingham
Mississippi A&M
W 62–0
November 4
Alabama
Marion
Marion, AL
W 35–0
November 4
Auburn
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
AUB 11–6
November 4
Clemson
The Citadel
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
CLEM 18–0
November 4
Centre
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
T 0–0
November 4
Kentucky State
Georgetown (KY)
Georgetown, KY
W 18–0
November 4
LSU
Baylor
Waco, TX
W 6–0
November 4
Louisiana Tech
Mississippi College
L 24–0
November 4
Ole Miss
Mercer
Macon, GA
MISS 34–0
November 4
Sewanee
Tulane
First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
W 9–3
November 4
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 17–0
Week Eight [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 9
Clemson
Georgia
Augusta, GA
UGA 22–0
November 10
Alabama Southern
Howard
T 0–0
November 11
The Citadel
Charleston
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 21–3
November 11
Sewanee
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
GT 23–0
November 11
Columbia College
Mercer
Valdosta, GA
T 6–6
November 11
Kentucky State
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 18–0
November 11
Tennessee
V. P. I.
Blacksburg, VA
L 36–11
Week Nine [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 12
LSU
Mississippi A&M
Gulfport, MS
MSA&M 6–0
November 17
Howard
Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
W 6–5
November 17
Auburn
Texas
Clark Field • Austin, TX
L 18–5
November 18
Tulane
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 22–0
November 18
Georgetown (KY)
Centre
Danville, KY
W 27-0
November 18
Porter Military
The Citadel
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 6–0
November 18
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
UGA 5–0
November 18
Howard
Mississippi A&M
MSA&M 82–0
November 18
Clemson
Mercer
Columbus, GA
MERC 20–6
November 18
Transylvania
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
L 12–5
November 18
LSU
Southwestern (TX)
Houston, TX
L 17–6
November 18
Rhodes
Tennessee
Waite Field • Knoxville, TN
W 22–0
November 18
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 21–0
Week Ten [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 20
Tulane
Mississippi A&M
Hardy Field • Starkville, MS
TUL 5–4
November 23
Centre
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
KEN 8-5
November 25
Sewanee
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
SEW 3–0
November 25
Tennessee
Tennessee Medical College
Memphis, TN
T 0–0
Week Eleven [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 29
Auburn
Georgia
Savannah, GA
T 0–0
November 30
Davidson
Alabama
State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
W 16–0
November 30
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
GT 32–0
November 30
Tennessee
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
KEN 12–0
November 30
Howard
Mercer
MERC 29–0
November 30
Ole Miss
Mississippi A&M
Jackson, MS
MSA&M 6–0
November 30
Centre
Transylvania
Lexington, KY
W 13–7
November 30
South Carolina
The Citadel
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
T 0–0
November 30
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 31–0
December 2
Charleston Navy
The Citadel
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
T 0–0
Week Twelve [ ]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 9
Parris Island Marines
The Citadel
College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 17–10
December 9
Tulane
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 6–0
Bowl games [ ]
Date
Bowl Game
Site
SIAA Team
Opponent
Score
January 1, 1912
Bacardi Bowl
Havana, Cuba
Mississippi A&M
Havana University
MSA&M 12–0
Awards and honors [ ]
All-Americans [ ]
All-Southern team [ ]
John Heisman's All-Southern team:
References [ ]
Championships & awards Seasons