1932 Southern Conference football season

1932 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 17, 1932 through December 17, 1932
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Tennessee Auburn LSU
Football seasons
← 1931  →

1932 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tennessee +	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Auburn +	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
LSU +	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
VPI	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
NC State	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	2
Alabama	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Duke	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Maryland	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
South Carolina	1	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
VMI	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Florida	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1932 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1932 college football season. The season began on September 17.

This is the last season before many teams leave to form the Southeastern Conference, which still exists today.

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 17	Middle Tennessee State	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 12–0
September 17	King George	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	W 6–0

Week Two[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 23	Birmingham–Southern	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	W 61–0
September 23	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 13–0
September 24	Rhodes	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 45–6
September 24	Davidson	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	W 13–0
September 24	VMI	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 23–0
September 24	TCU	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	T 3–3
September 24	Southern Miss	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 49–0
September 24	Appalachian State	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 38–0
September 24	Sewanee	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 7–3
September 24	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee	W 13–0
September 24	Mercer	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 20–7
September 24	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	W 32–0
September 24	Roanoke	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	W 32–7
September 24	George Washington	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	L 18–0
September 25	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 63–0

Week Three[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 1	Mississippi State	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 53–0
October 1	Erskine	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 77–0
October 1	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 32–14
October 1	Duke	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	DUKE 44–0
October 1	Virginia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	VT 7–6
October 1	Sewanee	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 18–0
October 1	LSU	Rice	Houston, Texas	L 10–8
October 1	North Carolina	Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	W 9–0
October 1	Maryland	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 7–6
October 1	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 33–0
October 1	Texas A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 26–14
October 1	Vanderbilt	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	VAN 39–7
October 1	Washington & Lee	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	L 7–0

Week Four[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 8	Alabama	George Washington	Griffith Stadium • Washington, D. C.	W 28–6
October 8	Duke	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 18–7
October 8	Clemson	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	NCST 13–0
October 8	Sewanee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 19–0
October 8	Kentucky	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	UK 12–6
October 8	Spring Hill	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 80–0
October 8	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	VT 23–0
October 8	Howard	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 26–6
October 8	Mississippi College	Mississippi State	Jackson, Mississippi	W 18–7
October 8	South Carolina	Wake Forest	Charlotte, North Carolina	L 6–0
October 8	North Carolina	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 20–7
October 8	Georgia	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 34–25
October 8	Western Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee	W 26–0
October 8	Roanoke	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	W 12–0
October 8	Washington & Lee	Navy	Annapolis, Maryland	L 33–0

Week Five[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 19–0
October 14	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 19–0
October 15	Tennessee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	TENN 7–3
October 15	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	AUB 6–0
October 15	The Citadel	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 27–7
October 15	Georgia	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	T 6–6
October 15	Ole Miss	Centenary	Shreveport, Louisiana	L 13–6
October 15	Mississippi State	LSU	Monroe, Louisiana	LSU 24–0
October 15	Maryland	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	DUKE 34–0
October 15	North Carolina State	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, North Carolina	T 0–0
October 15	Sewanee	Rhodes	Memphis, Tennessee	W 8–6
October 15	Tulane	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 6–6
October 15	Virginia	Columbia		L 22–6
October 15	Davidson	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	L 12–0
October 15	William & Mary	Virginia Tech	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia	W 7–0
October 15	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 53–7

Week Six[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 20	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 14–0
October 21	Wake Forest	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	W 9–0
October 22	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 24–13
October 22	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	AUB 19–7
October 22	North Carolina State	Florida	Tampa, Florida	NCST 17–6
October 22	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 12–6
October 22	Georgia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	GT 43–14
October 22	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	W 14–0
October 22	St. John's	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 24–7
October 22	Millsaps	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	W 9–8
October 22	Sewanee	Tennessee Tech		T 0–0
October 22	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 60–0
October 22	Virginia	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	VMI 6–4
October 22	Kentucky	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	VT 7–0
October 22	Washington & Lee	William & Mary	Norfolk, Virginia	L 7–0

Week Seven[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 27	Mississippi State	Indiana	Bloomington, Indiana	L 19–0
October 29	Alabama	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	ALA 12–7
October 29	Ole Miss	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	AUB 14–7
October 29	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	T 7–7
October 29	Duke	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 16–13
October 29	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	UGA 33–12
October 29	Sewanee	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 38–0
October 29	Maryland	VMI	Richmond, Virginia	MD 12–7
October 29	North Carolina State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 13–0
October 29	South Carolina	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 6–0
October 29	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 12–0
October 29	St. John's	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	W 20–6
October 29	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lexington, Virginia	VT 32–6

Week Eight[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 2	Sewanee	Penn State		L 18–6
November 4	Florida	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 18–13
November 5	Virginia Tech	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 9–6
November 5	Howard	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	W 25–0
November 5	Clemson	The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	W 18–6
November 5	Georgia	NYU	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York	L 13–7
November 5	Kentucky	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	DUKE 13–0
November 5	LSU	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	LSU 6–0
November 5	Ole Miss	Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 26–0
November 5	Davidson	North Carolina State	Charlotte, North Carolina	W 7–3
November 5	Mississippi State	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 31–0
November 5	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	TUL 20–14
November 5	Vanderbilt	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	VAN 13–0
November 5	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	W&L 7–0
November 5	VMI	William & Mary	Richmond, Virginia	L 20–7

Week Nine[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 11	Georgia	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	UGA 32–18
November 12	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 6–0
November 12	Florida	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	AUB 21–6
November 12	LSU	Centenary	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana	L 6–0
November 12	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 27–6
November 12	Rhodes	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	W 6–0
November 12	Maryland	Navy	Baltimore	L 28–7
November 12	North Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	W 12–0
November 12	Duke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	NCST 6–0
November 12	South Carolina	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 14–0
November 12	Tulane	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	TUL 6–3
November 12	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field v Knoxville, Tennessee	T 0–0
November 12	VMI	Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	L 7–0
November 12	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	VT 13–0
November 14	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, West Virginia	L 19–0

Week Ten[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 19	Auburn	Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	AUB 14–7
November 19	Georgia Tech	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	GT 6–0
November 19	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	DUKE 7–0
November 19	Washington & Lee	Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	MD 6–0
November 19	Ole Miss	Rhodes	Memphis, Tennessee	W 7–0
November 19	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 19–0
November 19	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 26–0

Week Eleven[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 20–0
November 24	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 7–0
November 24	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	W 23–0
November 24	Ole Miss	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	MISS 13–0
November 24	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	T 7–7
November 24	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 26–0
November 24	North Carolina	Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 14–7
November 24	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, Virginia	VT 26–0
November 24	Washington & Lee	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	DUKE 13–0
November 26	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	T 0–0
November 26	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU 14–0

Week Twelve[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 3	South Carolina	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	T 20–20
December 3	Tennessee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	TENN 32–13
December 3	McDaniel	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	L 39–7
December 3	Ole Miss	Tulsa		L 26–0
December 5	Alabama	Saint Mary's	Kezar Stadium • San Francisco	W 6–0

Week Fourteen[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 17	Georgia Tech	California	Berkeley, California	L 27–7
December 17	UCLA	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 12–2
December 17	Oregon	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	L 12–0

Awards and honors[]

All-Americans[]

• E – David Ariail, Auburn (NEA-2; CP-1)
• E – Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee (NYS-2)
• T – Fred Crawford, Duke (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3)
• G – Thomas Hupke, Alabama (CP-2)
• C – Pete Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1, CP-3; LIB; PD)
• HB – Jimmy Hitchcock, Auburn (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; TR-1; PD; PM)
• HB – Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP-1 [fb]; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; INS-2; CP-1; LIB; NYT-1)
• FB – Johnny Cain, Alabama (NEA-3 [as qb], INS-2 [as hb])

All-Southern team[]

The following includes the composite All-Southern team of coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press.^[1]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Jimmy Hitchcock	AP	Auburn
HB	Don Zimmerman	AP	Tulane
HB	Beattie Feathers	AP	Tennessee
FB	Johnny Cain	AP	Alabama
E	Virgil Rayburn	AP	Tennessee
T	Tex Leyendecker	AP	Vanderbilt
G	Thomas Hupke	AP	Alabama
C	Pete Gracey	AP	Vanderbilt
G	John Scafide	AP	Tulane
T	Fred Crawford	AP	Duke
E	David Ariail	AP	Auburn

References[]