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Sports season
The 1922 Southern Conference football season began on September 23. Conference play began on October 7 with Washington & Lee defeating North Carolina State 14–6 in Lexington . This was the conference's inaugural season, featuring former members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA). Amongst others, conference co-champion Vanderbilt was still a co-member of the SIAA.
Though North Carolina posted the best conference record, most sources listed either Vanderbilt or Georgia Tech as champion.[1] Auburn 's upset of Centre opened the door for the SoCon champion to claim a championship of the South. Vanderbilt fought Michigan to a scoreless tie at the inaugural game at Dudley Field , the first football stadium in the south in the style of the Eastern schools. Alabama upset John Heisman 's Penn Quakers 9–7 .
Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar and Georgia Tech halfback Red Barron were unanimous All-Southern selections and second-team Walter Camp All-Americans.
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
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
September 29
Erskine South Carolina Columbia, SC W 13–0
September 30
Marion Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 110–0
September 30
Auburn Howard Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 72–0
September 30
Centre Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC L 21–0
September 30
Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 41–0
September 30
Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 31–6
September 30
Marshall Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 16–0
September 30
Northwestern State LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–0
September 30
3rd Army Corps
Maryland Baltimore, MD W 7–0
September 30
Wake Forest North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 62–3
September 30
Randolph-Macon
North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 20–2
September 30
Union Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS T 0–0
September 30
Carson-Newman
Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–7
September 30
3:00 p. m.
Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 38–0
September 30
George Washington Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
W 34–0
September 30
King Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 25–0
September 30
Emory & Henry
Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA
W 85–0
Week Three
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 7
Oglethorpe Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 41–0
October 7
Spring Hill Auburn Montgomery, AL W 19–6
October 7
Ole Miss Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY
L 55–0
October 7
Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 57–0
October 7
Furman Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL
L 7–6
October 7
Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–0
October 7
Cincinnati Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 15–0
October 7
Loyola
LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 7–0
October 7
Maryland Richmond Richmond, VA T 0–0
October 7
Birmingham-Southern Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 14–60
October 7
Presbyterian
South Carolina Columbia, SC W 6–0
October 7
Maryvile Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 21–0
October 7
Mississippi College Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
W 30–0
October 7
Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0
October 7
Virginia Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 5–0
October 7
North Carolina State Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA
W&L 14–6
October 7
William & Mary Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 20–6
Week Four
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 12
Duke North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC W 20–0
October 13
Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 13–0
October 14
Auburn Army Parade Ground • West Point, NY
L 19–6
October 14
Florida Rollins Orlando, FL W 19–0
October 14
Georgia Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC
W 7–0
October 14
Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–7
October 14
Louisville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 73–0
October 14
Maryland Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 12–0
October 14
Rhodes Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 23–0
October 14
Mississippi A&M Howard T 0–0
October 14
South Carolina North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 10–7
October 14
Roanoke
North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 13–0
October 14
Tennessee Fort Benning Columbus, GA W 15–0
October 14
Spring Hill Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
W 30–10
October 14
2:15 p. m.
Michigan Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–016,000
[2]
October 14
Richmond Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–6
October 14
Centre Virginia Tech Richmond, VA L 10–6
October 14
Carson-Newman
Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA
W 13–0
Week Five
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 19
North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC UNC 14–9
October 20
Wofford South Carolina Columbia, SC W 20–0
October 20
LSU Texas A&M College Station, TX L 46–0
October 21
Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL T 7–7
October 21
Mercer Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 50–6
October 21
American Legion
Florida Tampa, FL W 14–0
October 21
Tennessee Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 7–3
October 21
Georgia Tech Navy Worden Field • Annapolis, MD L 13–0
October 21
Kentucky Georgetown (KY)Georgetown, KY W 40–6
October 21
Maryland Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 26–0
October 21
Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Jackson, MS MSA&M 19–13
October 21
Fort Benning Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
W 18–0
October 21
3:00 p. m.
Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX
W 20–1011,000
[3]
October 21
VMI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
L 14–0
October 21
Virginia Tech Davidson Davidson, NC T 7–7
October 21
Washington & Lee West Virginia Laidley Field • Charleston, WV T 12–12
Week Six
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 26
Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 3–0
October 28
Fort Benning Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 30–0
October 28
Howard Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL
W 57–0
October 28
Oglethorpe Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 26–6
October 28
Notre Dame Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 13–3
October 28
Sewanee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 7–0
October 28
Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA L 40–6
October 28
Maryland North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 27–3
October 28
Ole Miss Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 49–0
October 29
Mississippi A&M Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
TUL 26–0
October 29
Mercer Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 25–0
October 28
Virginia Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD W 19–0
October 28
Catholic
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 73–0
October 28
Lynchburg
Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA
W 53–0
Week Seven
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 2
Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 25–7
November 4
Alabama Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 9–7
November 4
Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA AUB 7–3
November 4
Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 21–7
November 4
Florida Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA L 24–0
November 4
Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY L 27–3
November 4
Maryland Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT 21–0
November 4
Birmingham-Southern Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 6–0
November 4
North Carolina Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
UNC 19–12
November 4
Davidson North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 15–0
November 4
Ouachita
Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS T 7–7
November 4
Sewanee South Carolina Columbia, SC L 7–6
November 4
Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN VAN 14–67,000
November 4
Washington & Lee Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 22–6
Week Eight
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 7
LSU Rutgers New York, NY L 25–0
November 10
LSU Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 47–3
November 11
Tulane Auburn Montgomery, AL AUB 19–0
November 11
Clemson The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 18–0
November 11
Mississippi College Florida Tampa, FL W 58–0
November 11
Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
T 6–6
November 11
Georgetown Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–7
November 11
Hendrix
Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 13–7
November 11
North Carolina VMI Richmond, VA W 9–7
November 11
North Carolina State Virginia Tech Norfolk, VA VT 24–0
November 11
Mississippi A&M Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 31–3
November 11
Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 9–012,000
November 11
Washington & Lee Centre Louisville, KY L 27–6
Week Nine
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 16
The Citadel South Carolina County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC
W 13–0
November 18
Centre Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 6–0
November 18
Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 52–0
November 18
Alabama Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 6–0
November 18
Florida Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA
FLA 27–6
November 18
North Carolina State Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 17–0
November 18
Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD W 3–0
November 18
Ole Miss Tennessee Medical College
Memphis, TN L 32–0
November 18
Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MSA&M 7–0
November 18
Davidson North Carolina Charlotte, NC W 20–6
November 18
Sewanee Tennessee Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN W 18–7
November 18
3:00 p. m.
Vanderbilt Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA VAN 12–0[4]
November 18
Virginia West Virginia WVU Athletic Field • Morgantown, WV
L 13–0
November 18
Virginia Tech Washington & Lee Lynchburg, VA VT 41–6
Week Ten Week Eleven
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 30
Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 59–0
November 30
Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 14–6
November 30
Tulane LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 25–14
November 30
Maryland North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC MD 7–6
November 30
Ole Miss Millsaps Jackson, MS W 19–7
November 30
North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA
UNC 10–7
November 30
Kentucky Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 14–7
November 30
VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, VA W 7–3
November 30
Washington & Lee Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD W 14–0
December 2
Clemson Florida Jacksonville, FL FLA 47–14
Awards and honors All-Americans All-Southern team The composite All-Southern team compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South, each of whom received trophies from the Atlanta Journal included:[6]
See also References
^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation" . Retrieved July 23, 2015 .^ Sam S. Greene (October 15, 1922). "Michigan and Vanderbilt play to Scoreless Tie In Commodores' Stadium: Southerns Spring Surprise on Rivals" . Detroit Free Press .^ "Big Gains Are Made On Punts And Wide Runs In Dallas Game." Fort Worth Star Telegram 22 Oct. 1922: 14.
^ "Vanderbilt Defeats the University of Georgia." Charlotte Sunday Observer 19 Nov. 1922: 2.
^ "Sewanee Loses To Vanderbilt, 26-0" . The Sewanee Purple . December 14, 1922.^ Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Covington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked" . Atlanta Constitution . p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
Teams Former teams Championships & awards Seasons
Sam S. Greene (October 15, 1922). "Michigan and Vanderbilt play to Scoreless Tie In Commodores' Stadium: Southerns Spring Surprise on Rivals". Detroit Free Press.
