1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	October 6, 1899; through December 25, 1899
Number of teams	17
Regular Season
Season champions	Sewanee
Football seasons
	← 1898 1900 →

1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Sewanee $	11	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	1	–	0	–	0	3	–	1	–	0
Nashville	4	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	1	–	1
Texas	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	0
Central (KY)	1	–	2	–	0	1	–	2	–	0
LSU	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
SW Presbyterian	0	–	1	–	0	1	–	1	–	0
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1899 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 1899 college football season.

The season began on October 6, 1899 with Vanderbilt visiting Cumberland.

Sewanee won the conference with 11 conference victories. With just 13 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M; Texas; Tulane; LSU; and Ole Miss. Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."^[1] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."^[2]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Sewanee	Billy Suter	12–0	11–0	26.8	0.8
2	Vanderbilt	J. L. Crane	7–2	5–0	12.1	4.8
3	Alabama	W. A. Martin	3–1	1–0	9.7	7.7
4	Nashville		3–1	3–1
5	Tennessee	J. A. Pierce	6–2	2–1	10.7	7.6
6	Auburn	John Heisman	3–1–1	2–1–1	29.6	2.2
7	Texas	Maurice Gordon Clarke	6–2	3–2	14.6	3.0
8	North Carolina	William A. Reynolds	7–3	1–1	15.7	5.3
9	Mississippi	W. H. Lyon	3–4	3–4	6.3	6.7
10	Georgia	Gordon Saussy	2–3–1	2–3–1	7.3	3.7
11	Clemson	Walter Riggs	4–2	1–2	18.2	8.3
12	Central		1–2	1–2
13	LSU	John P. Gregg	1–4	1–3	7.6	25.2
14 (tie)	Kentucky State	W. R. Bass	5–2–2	0–1	10.9	4.9
14 (tie)	Southwestern Presbyterian		1–1	0–1	22.5	27
16	Cumberland	E. D. Kuykendall	0–3	0–3	0.0	40.3
17 (tie)	Georgia Tech	Rufus B. Nalley	0–5	0–5	1.0	33.8
17 (tie)	Tulane	Harris T. Collier	0–6–1	0–5	0.0	20.1

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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
October 6	Vanderbilt	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	VAN 32–0
October 7	Clemson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 11–0
October 7	Kentucky University	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 23–6
October 7	North Carolina A&M	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–0
October 11	King	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 11–5
October 12	Oak Ridge	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 16–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 14	SW Presbyterian	Mooney School		W 45–0
October 14	Nashville	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	NASH 18–0
October 14	Miami (OH)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 12–0
October 14	Georgia Tech	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 63–0
October 14	Davidson	Clemson	Rock Hill, SC	W 10–0
October 14	Guilford	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 45–0
October 18	Miami (OH)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 18–5

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Cincinnati	Vanderbilt		L 6–0
October 21	Kentucky State	Centre	Danville, KY	T 11–11
October 21	Texas	Dallas	Dallas, TX	W 11–6
October 21	Tuscaloosa A. C.	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 16–5
October 21	Montgomery A. C.	Auburn	Auburn, AL	W 41–0
October 21	Sewanee	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	SEW 12–0
October 21	Davidson	North Carolina	Charlotte, NC	W 10–0
October 21	VPI	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	L 5–0
October 23	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	SEW 32–0
October 23	Horner's School	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 46–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 27	Ole Miss	Central	Memphis, TN	MISS 13–6
October 28	Nashville	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	NASH 11–0
October 28	Tennessee	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 46–0
October 28	Indiana	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 22–0
October 28	Clemson	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 34–0
October 28	Georgia Tech	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 33–0
October 28	North Carolina	North Carolina A&M	Raleigh, NC	T 11–11
October 31	San Antonio	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 28–0
October 31	Old Maryland	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 6–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	SW Presbyterian	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 54–0
November 3	LSU	Ole Miss	Meridian, MS	MISS 11–0
November 4	North Carolina	Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 0–12
November 4	Kentucky State	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 12–0
November 4	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Memphis, TN	VAN 11–0
November 4	Texas A&M	Texas	San Antonio, TX	W 6–0
November 8	North Carolina	Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–30
November 9	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 34–0
November 9	Sewanee	Texas	Athletic Field • Austin, TX	SEW 12–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Herald Park • Houston, TX	W 10–0
November 10	LSU	Lake Charles H. S.	Lake Charles, LA	W 48–0
November 11	Sewanee	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	SEW 23–0
November 11	Central	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	CENT 5–0
November 11	Montgomery A. C.	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 16–0
November 11	Georgia	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 5–0
November 11	Nashville	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	NASH 15–0
November 11	Bethel College	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 22–0
November 13	Sewanee	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	SEW 34–0
November 13	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Memphis, TN	SEW 12–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	North Carolina A&M	Clemson	Rock Hill, SC	W 24–0
November 18	Auburn	Georgia	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
November 18	Texas	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 6–0
November 20	Texas	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TEX 11–0
November 20	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 71–0
November 21	Washington & Lee	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	T 0–0
November 22	Washington & Lee	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 6–0
November 23	Washington & Lee	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 11–0

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 24		Alabama	Ole Miss	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	ALA 7–5
November 25		Alabama	New Orleans A. C.	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	L 21–0
November 25		Central	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 21–16
November 25		Tulane	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	TEX 32–0
November 27		Tulane	Texas A&M	Herald Park • Houston, TX	L 22–0
November 30	2:50 p. m.	Sewanee	Auburn	Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL	SEW 11–10	^[3]
November 30		Kentucky Alumni	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 6–5
November 30		Georgia Tech	Clemson	Greenville, SC	CLEM 41–5
November 30		North Carolina	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	UNC 5–0
November 30		LSU	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	TEX 29–0
November 30		Ole Miss	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	MISS 15–0
November 30		Kentucky University	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 41–0
November 30		Nashville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 5–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 2	North Carolina	Sewanee	Atlanta, GA	SEW 5–0
December 2	LSU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 42–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 8	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 38–0

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 25	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 6–0

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:

Position	Name	Team
QB	Warbler Wilson	Sewanee
HB	Arthur Feagin	Auburn
HB	Harry Gerstle	Virginia
FB	Robert M. Coleman	Virginia
E	Bart Sims	Sewanee
T	W. Hamilton	Georgia
G	William Choice	VPI
C	Carlos A. Long	Georgetown
G	Wallace Crutchfield	Vanderbilt
T	John Loyd	Virginia
E	Herman Koehler	North Carolina

References

^ "Grantland Rice". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1941.
^ Patrick Dorsey (September 23, 2011). "Sewanee, long-lost member of the SEC". Archived from the original on January 11, 2016.
^ W. R. Tichenor (December 1, 1899). "Sewanee Wins From Auburn". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Grantland Rice". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1941.

[2] Patrick Dorsey (September 23, 2011). "Sewanee, long-lost member of the SEC". Archived from the original on January 11, 2016.

[3] W. R. Tichenor (December 1, 1899). "Sewanee Wins From Auburn". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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