1928 Southern Conference football season

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1928 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 22, 1928
through January 1, 1929
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsGeorgia Tech
Football seasons
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1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Florida 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
VPI 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Alabama 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Clemson 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Tulane 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Maryland 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
VMI 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NC State 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Mississippi A&M 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 2
Virginia 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
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The 1928 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1928 college football season. The season began on September 22.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, Georgia Tech defeated the California Golden Bears by a score of 8–7. The game was notable for a play by California All-American Roy Riegels in which he scooped up a Georgia Tech fumble and ran towards his own goal line. The two-point safety on the ensuing punt proved to be the margin of victory.[1] Georgia Tech thus claims a national championship.

The Florida Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, but had their undefeated campaign derailed in the final game by the South's biggest upset that season,[2] a controversial loss to Tennessee.

Tulane back Bill Banker led the conference in individual scoring with 128 points, tying a school record set by Peggy Flournoy in 1925 which was unbroken until 2007 by Matt Forte.

Season overview[]

Results and team statistics[]

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Georgia Tech William Alexander 10–0 7–0 22.1 4.7
2 Tennessee Robert Neyland 9–0–1 6–0–1 24.9 5.1
3 Florida Charlie Bachman 8–1 6–1 37.3 4.9
4 VPI Andy Gustafson 7–2 4–1 22.0 10.2
5 (tie) Alabama Wallace Wade 6–3 6–2 20.8 8.3
5 (tie) LSU Mike Donahue 6–2–1 3–1–1 20.0 5.0
7 (tie) Clemson Josh Cody 8–3 4–2 17.5 7.0
7 (tie) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 8–2 4–2 15.2 5.7
9 (tie) Tulane Bernie Bierman 6–3��1 3–3–1 26.4 7.6
9 (tie) Ole Miss Homer Hazel 5–4 3–3 17.3 13.4
9 (tie) North Carolina Chuck Collins 5–3–2 2–2–2 18.6 11.5
9 (tie) Kentucky Harry Gamage 4–3–1 2–2–1 12.5 5.1
9 (tie) South Carolina Billy Laval 6–2–2 2–2–1 9.6 7.0
14 (tie) Maryland Curley Byrd 6–3–1 2–3–1 13.2 7.0
14 (tie) VMI W. C. Raftery 5–3–2 2–3–1 9.5 7.5
16 Georgia Harry Mehre 4–5 2–4 13.6 12.6
17 NC State Gus Tebell 4–5–1 1–3–1 15.7 10.0
18 Mississippi A&M John W. Hancock 2–4–2 1–4 8.8 20.8
19 (tie) Virginia Greasy Neale 2–6–1 1–6 13.4 15.8
19 (tie) Washington and Lee Pat Herron 2–8 1–6 13.9 18.4
21 Sewanee M. S. Bennett 2–7 0–5 9.9 31.9
22 Auburn George Bohler 1–8 0–7 4.1 17.1

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game[3]

PAG = Average of points allowed per game[3]

Regular season[]

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 22 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 30–0
September 22 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 19–0
September 22 Hampden-Sydney VMI Lexington, Virginia W 14–7

Week Two[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 28 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama L 6–0
September 29 Davidson Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 6–0
September 29 Washington (MD) Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 31–0
September 29 Arkansas Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 25–0
September 29 Ouachita Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi W 20–6
September 29 Wake Forest North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 65–0
September 29 Elon North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 57–0
September 29 Bryson Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 14–0
September 29 South Carolina Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago W 6–0
September 29 Maryville Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–0
September 29 Tulane Northwestern State Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 65–0
September 29 Vanderbilt Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee W 20–0
September 29 Randolph-Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 66–0
September 29 Roanoke Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 34–7
September 29 Lynchburg Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 56–0

Week Three[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 6 Ole Miss Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 27–0
October 6 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama CLEM 33–6
October 6 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 26–0
October 6 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 52–0
October 6 VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 13–0
October 6 Carson-Newman Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 61–0
October 6 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 46–0
October 6 North Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland UNC 26–19
October 6 Tulane Mississippi A&M Jackson, Mississippi TUL 51–6
October 6 Sewanee Texas A&M Dallas, Texas L 69–0
October 6 Centre Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–7
October 6 Colgate Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 12–7
October 6 South Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia SCAR 24–13
October 6 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 32–7
October 6 North Carolina State Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W&L 38–6

Week Four[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 North Carolina State Clemson Florence, South Carolina CLEM 7–0
October 13 Alabama Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ALA 46–0
October 13 Auburn Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida FLA 27–0
October 13 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana GT 12–0
October 13 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 21–6
October 13 Maryland South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 21–7
October 13 Louisiana College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 41–0
October 13 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 13–12
October 13 North Carolina Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, Massachusetts L 20–0
October 13 Transylvania Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee L 14–13
October 13 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas W 13–12
October 13 Virginia Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey T 0–0
October 13 Roanoke VMI Lexington, Virginia W 31–13
October 13 Virginia Tech Colgate Hamilton, New York L 35–14
October 13 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 6–0

Week Five[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 18 Wake Forest North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 37–0
October 19 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 52–0
October 19 Presbyterian South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 13–0
October 20 Tennessee Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama TENN 15–13
October 20 Ole Miss Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama MISS 19–0
October 20 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 73–0
October 20 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 7–0
October 20 Notre Dame Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 13–0
October 20 Kentucky Northwestern Chicago L 7–0
October 20 Mississippi A&M LSU Jackson, Mississippi LSU 31–0
October 20 McDaniel Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 13–6
October 20 Virginia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina VT 16–14
October 20 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 38–0
October 20 Vanderbilt Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans VAN 13–6
October 20 Virginia VMI Lexington, Virginia VMI 9–0
October 20 Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia L 22–0

Week Six[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina CLEM 32–0
October 27 Sewanee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 42–12
October 27 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 25–6
October 27 North Carolina State Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 14–7
October 27 Tulane Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 20–14
October 27 Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina GT 20–7
October 27 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 8–0
October 27 Spring Hill LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 30–7
October 27 Maryland VMI Richmond, Virginia T 0–0
October 27 Ole Miss Loyola New Orleans L 34–14
October 27 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 34–0
October 27 King Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia W 54–0
October 27 Washington & Lee Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 26–7

Week Seven[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 1 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina T 0–0
November 3 Alabama Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin L 15–0
November 3 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 13–0
November 3 Clemson Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi MISS 26–7
November 3 Sewanee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 71–6
November 3 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta W 32–7
November 3 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana L 7–0
November 3 Maryland Virginia Tech Norfolk, Virginia VT 9–6
November 3 Mississippi A&M Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan T 6–6
November 3 North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina T 6–6
November 3 Carson-Newman Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 57–0
November 3 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 14–7
November 3 Washington & Lee Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 20–13

Week Eight[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 10 Kentucky Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama ALA 14–0 7,500
November 10 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 13–12
November 10 Clemson VMI Lynchburg, Virginia CLEM 12–0
November 10 Florida Georgia Savannah, Georgia FLA 26–6
November 10 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 19–7
November 10 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 19–6
November 10 Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut W 6–0
November 10 Centenary Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi T 6–6
November 10 Davidson North Carolina State Greensboro, North Carolina W 14–7
November 10 North Carolina South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina T 0–0
November 10 Sewanee Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 37–0
November 10 Virginia Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia VT 20–0
November 10 Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey L 25–12

Week Nine[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 33–13
November 17 Mississippi A&M Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama MSA&M 13–0
November 17 Clemson Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 27–6
November 17 LSU Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia LSU 13–12
November 17 Virginia Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland MD 18–2
November 17 Ole Miss Rhodes Memphis, Tennessee W 34–2
November 17 North Carolina Davidson Davidson, North Carolina W 30–7
November 17 Furman South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 6–0
November 17 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 41–6
November 17 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee TENN 6–0
November 17 VMI Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 23–12
November 17 Virginia Tech Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia VT 13–7

Week Ten[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Maryland Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia MD 6–0
November 24 North Carolina State Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan L 7–0
November 24 Louisiana College Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans W 47–7
November 24 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 26–0

Week Eleven[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Georgia Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 19–0
November 29 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 27–12
November 29 Washington & Lee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 60–6
November 29 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 51–0
November 29 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee T 0–0
November 29 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans T 0–0
November 29 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore W 26–6
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi MISS 20–19
November 29 North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UNC 24–20
November 29 South Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina NCST 18–7
November 29 VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, Virginia VMI 16–6
December 1 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 13–0

Week Twelve[]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 8 LSU Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 13–0
December 8 Clemson The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina L 12–7
December 8 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta GT 20–6
December 8 Duke North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 14–7
December 8 Florida Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 13–12

Bowl games[]

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1929 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California Georgia Tech California GT 8–7

Awards and honors[]

All-Americans[]

Main article: 1928 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team[]

Main article: 1928 College Football All-Southern Team

The followers players were picked for the composite first All-Southern team of more than one hundred sports writers and coaches compiled by the Associated Press (AP).[4] The United Press (UP) also selected a team:

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Clyde Crabtree AP, UP Florida
HB Warner Mizell AP, UP Georgia Tech
HB Bill Banker AP, UP Tulane
FB Gerald Snyder AP Maryland
E Dale Van Sickel AP, UP Florida
T Frank Speer AP, UP Georgia Tech
G Fred Vaughan AP NC State
C Peter Pund AP, UP Georgia Tech
G Raleigh Drennon AP Georgia Tech
T Jess Tinsley AP LSU
E Dick Abernathy AP Vanderbilt

References[]

  1. ^ "Roy Riegels, 84, Who Took Off In Wrong Direction in Rose Bowl", The New York Times, March 28, 1993. Accessed January 28, 2008.
  2. ^ "Southern Grid Title Goes To Yellow Jackets". The Anniston Star. December 9, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved July 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ a b "1928 Southern Conference Year Summary".
  4. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
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