From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sports season
1928 Southern Conference football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration September 22, 1928 through January 1, 1929 Number of teams 22 Season champions Georgia Tech
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
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
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
Week Eleven
Week Twelve
Bowl games
Awards and honors
All-Americans
E - Dale Van Sickel , Florida (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
E – Dick Abernathy , Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
T – Frank Speer , Georgia Tech (AP-1)
T – Jimmy Steele , Florida (NEA-2)
G – Bull Brown , Vanderbilt (UP-2)
G – Bill McRae , Florida (UP-2)
C – Peter Pund , Georgia Tech (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
HB – Warner Mizell , Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, INS, NANA, NEA-2, UP-2)
HB – Clyde Crabtree , Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
HB – Bill Banker , Tulane (UP-2)
FB – Gerald Snyder , Maryland (AP-3)
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:
References
Teams Former teams Championships & awards Seasons