1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1906 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 1906 college football season. The season began on September 29.

1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 29, 1906
through December 2, 1906
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Clemson
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 4 –0 –08 –1 –0
Clemson + 4 –0 –04 –0 –3
Sewanee 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
Alabama 3 –1 –05 –1 –0
Ole Miss 3 –2 –04 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
Georgia 2 –2 –12 –4 –1
LSU 0 –1 –12 –2 –2
Mississippi A&M 0 –2 –12 –2 –1
Tennessee 0 –3 –11 –6 –2
Mercer 0 –2 –01 –4 –0
Tulane 0 –2 –00 –4 –1
Auburn 0 –5 –01 –5 –1
Cumberland (TN)   –    –  
Nashville   –    –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

At the end of 1905 football looked about to be abolished due to all of the reoccurring violence during games. Football was a sport that had degenerated into dangerous tactics such as: the flying wedge, punching, kicking, piling-on, and elbows to the face. Almost any violent behavior was allowed. Fatalities and injuries mounted during the 1905 season.[n 1]

As a result, the 1906 season was played under a new set of rules.[2] The rules governing intercollegiate football were changed to promote a more open and less dangerous style of play. An intercollegiate conference, which would become the forerunner of the NCAA, approved radical changes including the legalization of the forward pass, allowing the punting team to recover an on-side kick as a live ball, abolishing the dangerous flying wedge, creating a neutral zone between offense and defense, and doubling the first-down distance to 10 yards, to be gained in three downs.[3]

According to Fuzzy Woodruff, Davidson tossed the first legal forward pass in the South in the win over Georgia.[4]

Clemson and Vanderbilt tied for the SIAA title,[5] but few writers chose the Tigers over the vaunted Commodores.[6] Coach Dan McGugin called the Carlisle victory "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."[7] For some, Vanderbilt's eleven was the entire All-Southern team.[8] Running back Owsley Manier was the first Southern player chosen third-team All-American by Walter Camp.

Results and team statistics
Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie)VanderbiltDan McGugin8–14–030.91.8
1 (tie)ClemsonBob Williams4–0–34–0–15.40.6
3SewaneeJ. J. Quill8–15–123.41.8
4AlabamaDoc Pollard5–13–116.213.7
5MississippiThomas S. Hammond4–23–211.810.7
6Georgia TechJohn Heisman6–3–13–38.17.7
7GeorgiaW. S. Whitney2–4–12–2–18.47.1
8LSUDan A. Killian2–2–20–1–16.76.2
9Mississippi A&MDaniel S. Martin2–2–10–2–120.29.0
10 (tie)MercerE. E. Tarr1–40–26.432.6
10 (tie)TulaneJohn Russ0–4–10–20.018.4
12TennesseeJames DePree1–6–20–3–11.714.1
13AuburnMike Donahue1–5–10–53.45.9

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[9]

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
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 29Maryville (TN)Georgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAT 6–6[10]
September 29Howard (AL)Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 30–0[11]
September 29MooneySewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 24–0[12]

Week Two
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 4Maryville (TN)Ole MissOxford, MSW 16–6[13]
October 6Maryville (TN)AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 6–0[14]
October 6North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 11–0[15]
October 6American TemperanceTennesseeBaker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TNW 10–0[16]
October 6Kentucky State CollegeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 28–0[17]
October 8Maryville (TN)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALT 0–0[18]
October 8MercerGordon (GA)Barnesville, GAL 5–28[19]

Week Three
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 10Monroe Athletic ClubLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 5–0[20]
October 13Gordon (GA)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 15–0[21]
October 13Howard (AL)AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 14–0[22]
October 13GrantGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 18–0[23]
October 13DavidsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAL 0–15[24]
October 13Maryville (TN)TennesseeBaker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TNL 0–11[25]
October 13MarionMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 62–0[26]
October 13Southwestern PresbyterianSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 57–0[27]
October 13VPIClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCT 0–0[28]
October 13Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 29–0[29]

Week Four
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 20Central UniversityTennesseeBaker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TNL 0–6[30]
October 20FloridaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 12–0[31]
October 20GeorgiaClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 6–0[32]
October 20Ole MissLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAMISS 9–0[33]
October 20SewaneeGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GASEW 16–0[34]
October 20AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 78–0[35]

Week Five
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 25TennesseeAmerican TemperanceHarriman, TNT 5–5[36]
October 26SewaneeAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALSEW 10–5[37]
October 27DavidsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 4–0[38]
October 27LSUMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MST 0–0[39]
October 27Howard (AL)TulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LAT 0–0[40]
October 27TexasVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 45–0[41]

Week Six
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 3ClemsonDavidsonLatta Park • Charlotte, NCT 0–0[42][43]
November 3AlabamaMississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSALA 16–4[44]
November 3GeorgiaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 55–0[45]
November 3AuburnGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 11–0[46]
November 3VanderbiltMichiganRegents Field • Ann Arbor, MIL 4–1010,000[47]
November 3SewaneeTennesseeBaker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TNSEW 17–0[48]

Week Seven
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 9Louisiana IndustrialLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 17–0[49]
November 10AuburnClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 6–4[50]
November 10GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAGT 17–0[51]
November 10MercerThe CitadelHampton Park • Charleston, SCL 0–10[52]
November 10TennesseeKentucky State CollegeLexington, KYL 0–21[53]
November 10SewaneeTulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LASEW 35–0[54]
November 10Rose PolytechnicVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0[55]
November 12Ole MissSewaneeRed Elm Park • Memphis, TNSEW 24–0[56]

Week Eight
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 17AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 10–0[57]
November 17Maryville (TN)SewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 28–0[58]
November 17Texas A&MTulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LAL 0–18[59]
November 17VanderbiltGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAVAN 37–65,000[60]
November 19TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 16–0[61]
November 19Texas A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAL 12–22[62]

Week Nine
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 21TennesseeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAT 0–0[63]
November 24ArkansasTulaneAthletic Park • New Orleans, LAL 0–22[64]
November 24Georgia TechMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAGT 61–0[65]
November 24CarlisleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 4–0[66]

Week Ten
DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 29TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 51–0[67]
November 29ArkansasLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAT 6–6[68]
November 29ClemsonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GACLEM 10–0[69]
November 29AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 4–0[70]
November 29Ole MissMississippi A&MState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MSMISS 29–5[71]
November 29SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 20–06,000[72]
December 1GeorgiaSavannah A. C.Savannah, GAL 0–12[73]

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1906 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team
Main article: 1906 College Football 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:

Position Name Team
QB Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Joe Pritchard Vanderbilt
G Walter K. Chorn Vanderbilt
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Clyde R. Conner Mississippi
T Lex Stone Sewanee
E Lob Brown Georgia Tech

Notes
  1. Union College halfback Harold Moore died of a cerebral hemorrhage after being kicked in the head while attempting to tackle an NYU runner. The Chicago Tribune referred to the 1905 football season as a "death harvest", as it resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries.[1]

References
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  3. "Football Rules Made At Last". Salt Lake Herald. April 2, 1906. p. 7.
  4. Woodruff 1928, p. 187
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  10. "Maryville's fine showing". The Journal and Tribune. September 30, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "First for A&M, Howard College of Birmingham is beaten 30 to 0 in game without mishap of any kind". The Commercial Appeal. September 30, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Sewanee wins from Mooney". Nashville Banner. October 1, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Mississippians beat Maryville". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Alabama a winner". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Yellowjackets sting N.G.A.'s to a lurid fare-you-well". The Atlanta Journal. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Tennessee University 10, American University 0". The Journal and Tribune. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Vanderbilt victorious; Defeats Kentucky football team 28 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Maryville ties Auburn's team". The Commercial Appeal. October 9, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Gordon bests Mercer eleven". The Atlanta Constitution. October 9, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. "L.S.U. won; Defeated Monroe A.C. in opening game of season". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  22. "Alabama won from Howard but it took brilliant playing in the last half". The Tuscaloosa News. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. "Old-fashioned game". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  29. "Vanderbilt wins again; Mississippians suffer defeat this time". The Times-Democrat. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. "Kentucky beats Tennessee". The Courier-Journal. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. "Mercer wins from Florida". The Atlanta Constitution. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. "Clemson defeats Georgia". The State. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  34. "Sewanee beats the Yellowjackets in hard fought game; Invaders stronger than rivals". The Atlanta Journal. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. "Vanderbilt walks all over Alabama". The Birmingham Age-Herald. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. "Harriman football game broke up in a big row". The Journal and Tribune. October 26, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. "Ten to five with Sewanee on top". The Birmingham News. October 27, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. "Georgia Tech wins". The Courier-Journal. October 28, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  39. "Hot game at Columbus ends in a tie score". The Birmingham News. October 27, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. "Howard breaks even with Tulane". The Birmingham News. October 29, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  41. "Vanderbilt defeats Texas". The Atlanta Journal. October 28, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. "Football this afternoon". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 3, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. "Clemson-Davidson were unable to score". The State. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. "Alabama 16; Miss. A. and M., 0". The Birmingham News. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ""Ancient Athens" hit Mercer stunning blow". The Macon Daily Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. "Tech captured game from Auburn team". The Macon Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  47. "Michigan knows there was a fight". The Minneapolis Journal. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  48. "The Sewanee Tigers defeat Tennessee". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  49. "L.S.U. victorious; Ruston walloped by the score of 17 to 0". The Times-Democrat. November 10, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  50. "Clemson Tigers win from Auburn". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  51. "Georgia Tech eleven defeats University". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  52. "The Citadel eleven defeats Mercer". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  54. "Sewanee had an easy game; Beat Tulane 35 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  55. "Vanderbilt 33, Rose Poly 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  56. "Mississippi trimmed 24–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 13, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  57. "Alabama downs Auburn in hard-fought battle". The Birmingham News. November 18, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  58. "Tigers have an easy time". Nashville Banner. November 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  73. "University beaten by Savannah team". The Atlanta Journal. December 2, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 1.
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