1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 25, 1909; through January 1, 1910
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Season champions	Sewanee
Football seasons
	← 1908 1910 →

1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Sewanee $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	2
LSU	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Howard (AL)	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	4	–	2
The Citadel	0	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	2

$ – Conference champion

The 1909 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 1909 college football season. The season began on September 25.

Under head coach Harris G. Cope, Sewanee won its last conference title in major college football. Sewanee gave Vanderbilt its first loss to a Southern team in six years, and was the first Sewanee squad to win a title since the 1899 Iron Men.

When the Kentucky team was welcomed home after the upset win over Illinois, Philip Carbusier said that they had "fought like wildcats", a nickname that stuck.^[1]

President Taft showed up for the Sewanee-LSU game. LSU was led by Hall of Fame quarterback Doc Fenton.

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Sewanee	Harris Cope	6–1	4–0	22.9	6.0
2 (tie)	LSU	Joe Pritchard	6–2	3–1	23.5	4.6
2 (tie)	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	7–3	3–1	21.0	3.2
4	Alabama	Doc Pollard	5–1–2	4–1–2	8.5	2.1
5 (tie)	Auburn	Mike Donahue	5–2	5–2	16.7	5.6
5 (tie)	Georgia Tech	John Heisman	7–2	5–2	24.1	5.0
7	Mississippi	Nathan Stauffer	4–3–2	2–2	11.0	5.4
8	Clemson	Bob Williams	6–3	1–2	10.3	4.8
9	Mississippi A&M	W. D. Chadwick	5–4	1–3	17.0	4.9
10	Georgia	James Coulter/Frank Dobson	1–4–2	1–4	2.0	6.9
11	The Citadel	Sam Costen	4–3–2	0–1–1
12	Mercer	Frank Blake	3–5	0–3	8.0	3.9
13	Tennessee	George Levene	1–6–2	0–5	1.2	12.6

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game^[2]

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 25	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 52–0
September 27	Gordon	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 26–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 2	Centre	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
October 2	The Citadel	Charleston	Charleston, SC	W 36–0
October 2	Union (TN)	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 16–0
October 2	Howard	Auburn		AUB 11–0
October 2	Gordon	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 18–6
October 2	Memphis University School	Mississippi	Oxford, MS	W 18–0
October 2	Clemson	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	L 6–0
October 2	Jackson Barracks-New Orleans	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 70–0
October 2	Mercer	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 32–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 5	Tennessee Medical College	Mississippi	Oxford, MS	W 15–0
October 9	Howard	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 14–0
October 9	Gordon	Auburn	Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL	W 46–0
October 9	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	W 17–5
October 9	Georgia	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 0–0
October 9	Mooney	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 35–6
October 9	Cumberland	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 34–6
October 9	Mississippi	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 10–0
October 9	Rhodes	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 64–0
October 9	North Carolina	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	L 3–0
October 9	New Orleans Gym Club	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 12–0
October 9	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 28–3

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 15	Jacksonville State	Howard		W 33–0
October 16	Auburn	Mercer	Macon, GA	AUB 23–5
October 16	Clemson	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 3–0
October 16	The Citadel	Porter Military	Charleston, SC	W 99–0
October 16	Davidson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	T 0–0
October 16	South Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 59–0
October 16	Sewanee	Princeton	University Field • Princeton, NJ	L 20–0
October 16	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 15–0
October 16	Kentucky State	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	KEN 17–0
October 16	Vanderbilt Alumni	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 3–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 22	Rhodes	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	W 31–0
October 23	Alabama	Mississippi	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	T 0–0
October 23	Charleston	The Citadel	Charleston, SC	W 21–5
October 23	Port Royal	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 19–0
October 23	Centre	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	L 6–0
October 23	Georgia	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	UGA 3–0
October 23	Howard	Mercer	Macon, GA	HOW 6–5
October 23	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 15–0
October 23	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 30	Alabama	Georgia	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	ALA 14–0
October 30	Georgia Tech	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	GT 29–0
October 30	Sewanee	LSU	New Orleans, LA	SEW 15–6
October 30	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 2–0
October 30	Mississippi	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–0
October 30	Howard	Chattanooga		T 0–0
October 30	West End Amateurs	The Citadel	Charleston, SC	W 31–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 2	Union (TN)	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	W 25–0
November 4	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 6–0
November 4	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Alexandria, LA	W 23–0
November 4	Chattanooga	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 10–2
November 6	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	AUB 9–0
November 6	Davidson	The Citadel	Orangeburg, SC	T 0–0
November 6	Castle Heights	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 38–0
November 6	Cincinnati	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 6–0
November 6	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 51–0
November 8	Mississippi A&M	Howard	Birmingham, AL	HOW 6–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	CLEM 5–0
November 13	Alabama	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 10–0
November 13	Arkansas	LSU	Memphis, TN	L 16–0
November 13	Clemson	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CLEM 17–0
November 13	Georgia Tech	Mercer	Macon, GA	GT 35–0
November 13	Henderson-Brown	Mississippi	Oxford, MS	T 12–12
November 13	Chattanooga	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 37–6
November 13	Sewanee	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	SEW 12–11
November 13	Vanderbilt	Ohio State	University Park • Columbus, OH	L 5–0
November 13	Texas	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 10–10

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	Transylvania	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 52–0
November 18	Union (TN)	Mississippi	Oxford, MS	W 45–0
November 20	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 12–6
November 20	Tulane	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	T 5–5
November 20	The Citadel	Parris Island Marines	Parris Island, SC	L 17–5
November 20	South Carolina	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 5–3
November 20	Birmingham-Southern	Howard		W 26–0
November 20	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
November 20	Vanderbilt	Washington (MO)	St. Louis, MO	W 12–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 25	LSU	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	LSU 12–6
November 25	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 29–3
November 25	Georgia	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	AUB 17–5
November 25	Mississippi	Mississippi A&M	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	MISS 9–5
November 25	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 16–5
November 25	South Carolina	The Citadel	Charleston, SC	L 11–5
November 25	Southwestern (TX)	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–0
November 25	Transylvania	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 11–0
November 25	Georgetown (KY)	Howard		W 11–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1910	Bacardi Bowl	Havana, Cuba	Tulane	Havana University	HAV 11–0

Awards and honors

All-Southern team

John Heisman's All-Southern team included:^[3]

Position	Name	Team
QB	Doc Fenton	LSU
HB	Aubrey Lanier	Sewanee
HB	Ray Morrison	Vanderbilt
FB	Will Metzger	Vanderbilt
E	Silas Williams	Sewanee
T	Harry Esslinger	Auburn
G	Eric Cheape	Sewanee
C	J. E. Lucas	Georgia
G	T. C. Locke	Auburn
T	Malvern Griffin	Vanderbilt
E	Ewing Y. Freeland	Vanderbilt

References

^ Michael Leo Donovan, Yankees to Fighting Irish : What's Behind Your Favorite Team's Name (Taylor Trade Publications, 2004), p107
^ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1909.html
^ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Michael Leo Donovan, Yankees to Fighting Irish : What's Behind Your Favorite Team's Name (Taylor Trade Publications, 2004), p107

[2] ttp://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1909.html

[3] "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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