1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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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
Football seasons
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1907 →
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 3
Sewanee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
LSU 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
Mercer 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
Tulane 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 1
Auburn 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
Cumberland (TN)   –     –  
Nashville   –     –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

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.

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) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 8–1 4–0 30.9 1.8
1 (tie) Clemson Bob Williams 4–0–3 4–0–1 5.4 0.6
3 Sewanee J. J. Quill 8–1 5–1 23.4 1.8
4 Alabama Doc Pollard 5–1 3–1 16.2 13.7
5 Mississippi Thomas S. Hammond 4–2 3–2 11.8 10.7
6 Georgia Tech John Heisman 6–3–1 3–3 8.1 7.7
7 Georgia W. S. Whitney 2–4–1 2–2–1 8.4 7.1
8 LSU Dan A. Killian 2–2–2 0–1–1 6.7 6.2
9 Mississippi A&M Daniel S. Martin 2–2–1 0–2–1 20.2 9.0
10 (tie) Mercer E. E. Tarr 1–4 0–2 6.4 32.6
10 (tie) Tulane John Russ 0–4–1 0–2 0.0 18.4
12 Tennessee James DePree 1–6–2 0–3–1 1.7 14.1
13 Auburn Mike Donahue 1–5–1 0–5 3.4 5.9

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

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 29 Maryville (TN) Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA T 6–6 [10]
September 29 Howard (AL) Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS W 30–0 [11]
September 29 Mooney Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 24–0 [12]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 4 Maryville (TN) Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 16–6 [13]
October 6 Maryville (TN) Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–0 [14]
October 6 North Georgia Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 11–0 [15]
October 6 American Temperance Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN W 10–0 [16]
October 6 Kentucky State College Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–0 [17]
October 8 Maryville (TN) Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL T 0–0 [18]
October 8 Mercer Gordon (GA) Barnesville, GA L 5–28 [19]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Monroe Athletic Club LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–0 [20]
October 13 Gordon (GA) Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL W 15–0 [21]
October 13 Howard (AL) Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14–0 [22]
October 13 Grant Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 18–0 [23]
October 13 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 0–15 [24]
October 13 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN L 0–11 [25]
October 13 Marion Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS W 62–0 [26]
October 13 Southwestern Presbyterian Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 57–0 [27]
October 13 VPI Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0 [28]
October 13 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 29–0 [29]

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Central University Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN L 0–6 [30]
October 20 Georgia Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–0 [31]
October 20 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MISS 9–0 [32]
October 20 Sewanee Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA SEW 16–0 [33]
October 20 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 78–0 [34]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Tennessee American Harriman, TN T 5–5
October 26 Sewanee Auburn Birmingham, AL SEW 10–5
October 27 Davidson Georgia Tech • Atlanta, GA W 4–0
October 27 LSU Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS T 0–0
October 27 Howard Tulane New Orleans, LA T 0–0
October 27 Texas Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 45–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 3 Clemson Davidson Davidson, NC T 0–0
November 3 Alabama Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS ALA 16–4
November 3 Georgia Mercer Macon, GA UGA 55–0
November 3 Auburn Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA GT 11–0
November 3 Vanderbilt Michigan Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 10–4
November 3 Sewanee Tennessee Waite Field • Knoxville, TN SEW 17–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Louisiana Tech LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–0
November 10 Auburn Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–4
November 10 Georgia Tech Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA GT 17–0
November 10 Mercer The Citadel Charleston, SC L 10–0
November 10 Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY L 21–0
November 10 Sewanee Tulane New Orleans, LA SEW 35–0
November 10 Rose-Hulman Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0
November 12 Ole Miss Sewanee Memphis, TN SEW 24–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16 Florida Mercer Macon, GA W 12–0
November 17 Auburn Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 10–0
November 17 Maryville Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 28–0
November 17 Texas A&M Tulane New Orleans, LA L 18–0
November 17 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA VAN 37–6
November 19 Tennessee Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 16–0
November 19 Texas A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 22–12

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 21 Tennessee Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA T 0–0
November 24 Arkansas Tulane New Orleans, LA L 22–0
November 24 Georgia Tech Mercer Macon, GA GT 61–0
November 24 Carlisle Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 4–0 [35]

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Tennessee Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 51–0
November 29 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA T 6–6
November 29 Clemson Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA CLEM 10–0
November 29 Auburn Georgia Macon, GA UGA 4–0
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MISS 29–5
November 29 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 20–0
December 2 Georgia Savannah A. C. Savannah, GA L 12–0

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

  1. ^ "Football Year's Death Harvest: Record Shows That Nineteen Football Players Have been Killed in 1905". November 26, 1905. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Vanderbilt University (1907). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 7. p. 49.
  3. ^ "Football Rules Made At Last". Salt Lake Herald. April 2, 1906. p. 7.
  4. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 187
  5. ^ "Clemson Vault: A Measure of Success".[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "David Wilson's Homepage".
  7. ^ Dan McGugin (1907). "Football In Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 49.
  8. ^ "Daniel Earle McGugin". Coach & Athlete. 28: 42. 1965 – via Google books. Open access icon
  9. ^ "1906 Independent Year Summary | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
  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.
  21. ^ "Auburn beats Gordon eleven". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  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.
  24. ^ "Davidson downed Georgia at Athens". The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Maryville wins, defeats Tennessee by score of 11 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "A.&M. beat M.M.I." The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Sewanee 57, S.W.P.U. 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 13, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Clemson and V.P.I. fail to score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  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. ^ "Clemson defeats Georgia". The State. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "The Tigers are downed". Jackson Sunday News. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "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.
  34. ^ "Vanderbilt walks all over Alabama". The Birmingham Age-Herald. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "Vanderbilt The Winner". The InterOcean. November 23, 1906. p. 4. Retrieved March 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 1.
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