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1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 27, 1902
through November 29, 1902
Number of teams20
Regular Season
Season championsClemson
Vanderbilt
Football seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
LSU + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Texas 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Nashville 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Alabama 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Tulane 0 – 3 – 2 1 – 4 – 2
Furman 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 4
Georgia Tech 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 6 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • + LSU claims a co-championship[1]

The 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 27.

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 27 Vanderbilt Cumberland Lebanon, TN VAN 45–0
September 27 Mooney Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 39–0
September 27 Oak Ridge Davidson Davidson, NC W 28–5
September 27 Q & C Railroad Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 22–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Furman Bingham W 12–0
October 4 North Carolina A&M Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 11–5
October 4 Oklahoma Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–6
October 4 Miami (OH) Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 11–5
October 6 North Carolina A&M Furman Greenville, SC T 0–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Birmingham High Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 57–0
October 10 Furman Davidson Davidson, NC FUR 6–0
October 10 Sewanee Texas Dallas, TX TEX 11–0
October 11 Auburn Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 18–6
October 11 Virginia Nashville Nashville, TN L 27–0
October 11 King Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 12–0
October 11 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 29–0
October 13 Marion Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 81–0
October 13 Furman North Carolina A&M Raleigh, NC W 5–2
October 13 Kentucky State Centre Danville, KY L 5–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 16 LSU Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, LA W 42–0
October 17 Cumberland Mississippi A&M Starkville, MS CUM 15–6
October 18 Cumberland Ole Miss Oxford, MS MISS 38–0
October 18 Auburn Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL AUB 23–0
October 18 Clemson Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA CLEM 44–5
October 18 Furman Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 11–0
October 18 LSU Texas San Antonio, TX LSU 5–0
October 18 Georgetown (KY) Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 28–0
October 18 Central (KY) Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 6–0
October 18 Davidson North Carolina Charlotte, NC L 27–0
October 18 Tulane Alumni Tulane New Orleans, LA W 26–0
October 18 Vanderbilt Centre Danville, KY W 24–17

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 21 Maryville Tennessee Knoxville, TN W 34–0
October 24 Clemson Furman Greenville, SC CLEM 28–0
October 25 Bingham Davidson Davidson, NC L 16–6
October 25 Kentucky State Nashville Nashville, TN NASH 11–0
October 25 Georgia Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA T 0–0
October 25 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS MISS 21–0
October 25 Sewanee Washington (MO) St. Louis, MO W 22–6
October 25 Texas Texas A&M San Antonio, TX T 0–0
October 25 Vanderbilt Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN VAN 12–5
October 27 Auburn LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 5–0
October 27 Kentucky State Mooney Murfreesboro, TN L 23–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 30 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC L 12–6
November 1 Georgia Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL UGA 5–0
November 1 Georgia Tech Furman Greenville, SC T 0–0
November 1 Memphis University School Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 42–0
November 1 Mississippi A&M Tulane New Orleans, LA T 11–11
November 1 Sewanee Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 6–0
November 1 Trinity Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 27–0
November 1 Washington (MO) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–12
November 1 Davidson Virginia Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA L 35–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Sewanee Auburn West End Park • Birmingham, AL SEW 6–0
November 7 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 27–0
November 7 Tennessee Nashville Nashville, TN TENN 10–0
November 8 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 27–0
November 8 Georgia Clemson Clemson, SC CLEM 36–0 [2]
November 8 Ole Miss LSU New Orleans, LA LSU 6–0
November 8 St. Albans Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 17–0
November 8 Tulane Texas A&M College Station, TX L 17–5
November 8 Kentucky State Louisville YMCA Louisville, KY L 17–0
November 8 Kentucky University Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 16–5
November 8 Haskell Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 12–0
November 10 St. Albans Furman Greenville, SC T 0–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 Sewanee Georgia Atlanta, GA SEW 11–0
November 13 Davidson Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA DAV 7–6
November 14 South Carolina Furman Greenville, SC W 10–0
November 15 Cincinnati Kentucky State Lexington, KY T 6–6
November 15 Clemson Auburn Auburn, AL CLEM 16–0
November 15 Mississippi A&M Howard Birmingham, AL W 26–0
November 15 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 22–0
November 15 Ole Miss Tennessee Memphis, TN TENN 11–10
November 15 Texas Nashville Nashville, TN TEX 11–5
November 15 Vanderbilt Tulane New Orleans, LA VAN 23–5
November 17 Vanderbilt LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA VAN 27–5

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 19 Texas Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL TEX 10–0
November 22 North Carolina A&M Davidson Greensboro, NC W 5–0
November 22 Tennessee Georgia Tech Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA TENN 10–6
November 24 Texas Tulane New Orleans, LA TEX 6–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 27 Georgia Tech Alabama West End Park • Birmingham, AL ALA 26–0
November 27 Clemson Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field •Knoxville, TN CLEM 11–0
November 27 Furman Charleston Charleston, SC T 5–5
November 27 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 12–5
November 27 Davidson Guilford Greensboro, NC T 0–0
November 27 LSU Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS LSU 6–0
November 27 Ole Miss Tulane New Orleans, LA MISS 10–0
November 27 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN SEW 11–5
November 27 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX L 12–0
November 27 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 6–5
November 29 LSU Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL LSU 11–0

All-Southern team

Main article: 1902 College Football All-Southern Team

Walker Reynolds Tichenor's All-Southern team:[3]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB John Maxwell Jr. Clemson
HB Marvin Dickinson Jr. Savannah, Georgia Georgia
FB Jock Hanvey Jr. Abbeville Co., South Carolina Clemson
E Carl Sitton 5'10" 170 So. Pendleton, South Carolina Clemson
E Frank Ridley 170 So. La Grange, Georgia Georgia
G Henry D. Phillips 6'4" 185 Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sewanee
G James C. Elmer 230 Fr. Biloxi, Mississippi Auburn
C Harold Ketron Jr. Clarkesville, Georgia Georgia
G Sandy Beaver Augusta, Georgia Georgia
T Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith 156 Jr. Sewanee, Tennessee Sewanee
E Hope Sadler 154 Jr. Rock Hill, South Carolina Clemson

References

  1. ^ "2017 LSU Tigers Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana State Athletics. p. 107. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Crackers Make A Brave Fight But Are Fairly Bested". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved July 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
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