1929 Southern Conference football season

1929 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 21, 1929 through December 7, 1929
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Tulane

1929 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Tulane $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Duke	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	2			1	–	6	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Sewanee	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
NC State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1929 college football season. The season began on September 21. Led by captain Bill Banker, the Tulane Green Wave posted a 9–0, undefeated record.

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 21	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 68–0
September 21	Hampden-Sydney	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 19–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 27	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 7–0
September 27	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 34–7
September 27	Henderson-Brown	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 7–0
September 28	Mississippi College	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 55–0	6,000
September 28	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	W 32–14
September 28	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 54–0
September 28	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	L 13–6
September 28	Louisiana College	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 58–0
September 28	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 48–0
September 28	Tennessee Tech	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 46–0
September 28	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 26–7
September 28	Centre	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 40–0
September 28	Northwestern State	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 40–6
September 28	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 19–7
September 28	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 27–6
September 28	VMI	Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 40–0
September 28	Roanoke	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 19–0
September 28	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 64–6

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 4	Washington & Lee	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W&L 27–6
October 5	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 22–7	12,000
October 5	Auburn	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 26–7
October 5	VMI	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, FL	FLA 12–7
October 5	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 27–0
October 5	Mississippi A&M	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 27–13
October 5	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 40–0
October 5	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 58–0
October 5	North Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	UNC 43–0
October 5	Transylvania	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 6–6
October 5	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 20–0
October 5	Ouachita	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 26–6
October 5	Virginia	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	UVA 6–0
October 5	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 37–6

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 11	North Carolina State	Clemson	Florence, SC	CLEM 26–0
October 11	Florida	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	FLA 19–0
October 12	Chattanooga	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 46–0	5,000
October 12	Yale	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 15–0
October 12	South Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	SCAR 26–6
October 12	Sewanee	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 27–14
October 12	North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	UNC 18–7
October 12	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 52–7
October 12	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 34–0
October 12	Vanderbilt	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 15–6
October 12	Swarthmore	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 12–7
October 12	The Citadel	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 13–7
October 12	Virginia Tech	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 14–8
October 12	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 20–6

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 17	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 8–6
October 18	Clemson	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 30–0
October 18	Ole Miss	Loyola	New Orleans, LA	W 26–24
October 18	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 41–0
October 19	Alabama	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 6–0
October 19	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	VAN 41–2
October 19	Florida	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 19–6
October 19	Georgia	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UGA 19–12
October 19	Mississippi A&M	LSU	Jackson, MS	LSU 31–6
October 19	Gallaudet	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 13–6
October 19	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 33–6
October 19	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 60–0
October 19	VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	VMI 20–7
October 19	William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Richmond, VA	W 25–14
October 19	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 26–6

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 24	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 21–14
October 26	Sewanee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 35–7
October 26	Howard	Auburn		W 6–0
October 26	Georgia	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 18–6
October 26	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 20–14
October 26	Kentucky	Centre	Danville, KY	W 33–0
October 26	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 53–7
October 26	Maryland	VMI	Richmond, VA	VMI 7–6
October 26	Ole Miss	SMU	Dallas, TX	L 52–0
October 26	Virginia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 38–13
October 26	North Carolina State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 40–6
October 26	Maryville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–0
October 26	St. John's	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 32–7
October 26	Tennessee	Washington & Lee	Maher Field • Roanoke, VA	TENN 39–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 31	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 27–14
November 2	Auburn	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 27–0
November 2	Clemson	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 44–6
November 2	Florida	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 14–0
November 2	Notre Dame	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 26–6
November 2	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 32–0
November 2	Virginia	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	T 13–13
November 2	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	T 6–6
November 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 6–0
November 2	North Carolina State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 32–0
November 2	Tulane	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	TUL 21–15
November 2	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 13–0	15,000
November 2	VMI	Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 12–6
November 2	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, VA	VT 36–6

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 9	Kentucky	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 24–13
November 9	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 52–0
November 9	Clemson	VMI	Norfolk, VA	VMI 12–0
November 9	Georgia	NYU	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY	L 27–19
November 9	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 23–7
November 9	LSU	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 32–6
November 9	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	T 13–13
November 9	Ole Miss	Purdue	Lafayette, IN	L 27–7
November 9	Michigan State	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	L 33–19
November 9	Davidson	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 13–0
November 9	North Carolina	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	UNC 40–0
November 9	Sewanee	Rhodes	Memphis, TN	L 9–0
November 9	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 73–0
November 9	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	VT 32–12
November 9	St. John's	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 18–6

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 16	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	ALA 14–0
November 16	Auburn	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	UGA 24–0
November 16	Clemson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 13–7
November 16	Kentucky	VMI	Lexington, VA	UK 23–12
November 16	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 13–6
November 16	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Norfolk, VA	MD 24–0
November 16	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	T 0–0
November 16	Davidson	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 26–7
November 16	North Carolina State	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 19–12
November 16	South Carolina	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 2–0
November 16	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 18–0
November 16	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 13–0
November 16	Virginia	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	T 13–13

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	The Citadel	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 13–0
November 23	Florida	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	FLA 20–7
November 23	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 26–6

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 28	Georgia	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	UGA 12–0	25,000
November 28	Furman	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 7–6
November 28	Washington & Lee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 25–7
November 28	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 19–6
November 28	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 6–6
November 28	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	TUL 21–0
November 28	Johns Hopkins	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 39–8
November 28	Mississippi A&M	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	T 7–7
November 28	Virginia	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 41–7
November 28	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	VMI 16–6
November 30	South Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	SCAR 20–6

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 7	Oregon	Florida	Madison Square Garden Stadium • Miami, FL	W 20–6
December 7	Georgia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	UGA 12–6
December 7	Maryland	McDaniel	Baltimore, MD	L 12–0
December 7	North Carolina	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 48–7
December 7	South Carolina	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 54–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1929 College Football All-America Team

• E - Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Georgia (AP-2; NEA-3)
• E - Dale Van Sickel, Florida (CP-2)
• T - Fred Sington, Alabama (AP-3; UP-2 [g]; INS-2 [g]; NYP-1; DW-2 [g])
• G - Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2)
• G - Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1)
• HB - Gene McEver, Tennessee (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3)
• HB - Bill Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1)
• FB - Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1929 College Football All-Southern Team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team of more than 50 coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press.

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Bobby Dodd	AP, UP, AJ	Tennessee
HB	Gene McEver	AP, UP, AJ, CP	Tennessee
HB	Bill Banker	AP, UP, AJ, CP	Tulane
FB	Tony Holm	AP, UP, AJ, CP	Alabama
E	Vernon "Catfish" Smith	AP, UP	Georgia
T	Fred Sington	AP, AJ, CP	Alabama
G	Ray Farris	AP, UP, AJ	North Carolina
C	Lloyd Roberts	AP, UP, AJ	Tulane
G	Bull Brown	AP, AJ	Vanderbilt
T	Dick Abernathy	AP	Vanderbilt
E	Dale Van Sickel	AP, CP	Florida