1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 28, 1912; through December 25, 1912
Number of teams	19
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt
Football seasons
	← 1911 1913 →

1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Texas A&M	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State	1	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Mercer	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Florida	0	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Central University	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1912 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 1912 college football season. The season began on September 28.

Ole Miss was suspended at year's end.^[1]

Conference champion Vanderbilt suffered its only loss to national champion Harvard. The 1912 season saw the NCAA implement several rule changes to increase scoring. These included: the number of downs allowed to advance the ball at least 10 yards was increased from three to four, the value of a touchdown increased from 5 points to 6, the length of the field was reduced to 100 yards, 10-yard end zones were added, the onside kick was eliminated, and unlimited use of the forward pass was introduced.^[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
September 28	Marion	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 52–0
September 28	Fort Moultrie	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 1–0^[a]
September 28	11th Cavalry	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
September 28	Mercer	Stetson	DeLand, FL	W 6–0
September 28	Maryville	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 34–0
September 28	Vicksburg A. C.	Mississippi College		W 44–0
September 28	Jacksonville State	Howard		W 8–0
September 28	Bethel	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 105–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 4	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 19–0
October 5	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 62–0
October 5	Auburn	Mercer	Columbus, GA	AUB 56–0
October 5	K. M. I.	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 12–0
October 5	Clemson	Howard	Homewood, AL	CLEM 59–0
October 5	Chattanooga	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 33–0
October 5	Georgia Tech	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	GT 20–16
October 5	Marshall	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 13–6
October 5	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 85–3
October 5	Memphis H. S.	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 34–0
October 5	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 34–0
October 5	King	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
October 5	Maryville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 100–3

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 8	Jefferson	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 37–0
October 11	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 45–0
October 12	Florida	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 27–13
October 12	Morris-Harvey	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	L 53–7
October 12	Riverside	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 26–0
October 12	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 33–0
October 12	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 20–3
October 12	Miami (OH)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 13–8
October 12	Howard	Mercer	Macon, GA	MERC 36–0
October 12	Castle Heights	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 1–0^[b]
October 12	Tennessee Medical College	Mississippi A&M		W 32–0
October 12	Northern Alabama	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 101–0
October 12	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 95–0
October 12	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 54–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 17	Centre	Louisville	Louisville, KY	L 23–6
October 18	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Aberdeen, MS	MSA&M 7–0
October 18	Marion	Howard		L 57–0
October 19	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 27–6
October 19	Porter Military	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 66–0
October 19	South Carolina	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 10–6
October 19	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 16–6
October 19	Kentucky State	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 19–13
October 19	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	MISS 10–7
October 19	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 27–0
October 19	Tennessee	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	W 62–0
October 19	Mississippi College	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 19–6
October 19	Vanderbilt	Georgia	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	VAN 46–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 7–0
October 26	Alabama	Georgia	Driving Park • Columbus, GA	UGA 13–9
October 26	Chattanooga	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 7–6
October 26	The Citadel	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 52–14
October 26	Georgia Tech	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	GT 14–7
October 26	Mercer	Gordon		W 29–6
October 26	Tennessee	Sewanee	Chattanooga, TN	SEW 33–6
October 26	Howard	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 35–0
October 26	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 24–0
October 28	Louisville	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 41–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 31	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 22–7
November 1	Mississippi College	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	MISS 12–0
November 2	Alabama	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ALA 7–0
November 2	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	AUB 27–7
November 2	VMI	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 3–2
November 2	Columbia College	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 71–0
November 2	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	MSA&M 7–0
November 2	Sewanee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	T 13–13
November 2	Centre	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 67–0
November 2	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 13–0
November 4	Charleston	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 78–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 9	Ole Miss	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 10–9
November 9	LSU	Auburn	Mobile, AL	AUB 7–0
November 9	Kentucky School for the Deaf	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 13–7
November 9	Charleston	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 40–0
November 9	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	UGA 27–6
November 9	Hanover College	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 64–0
November 9	Tennessee	Mercer	Macon, GA	MERC 27–14
November 9	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 14–13
November 9	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	SEW 7–0
November 9	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 27–14
November 9	Vanderbilt	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 9–3

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 13	Ole Miss	Texas	Houston, TX	L 53–14
November 15	Stetson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 23–7
November 16	Clemson	Mercer	Macon, GA	CLEM 22–13
November 16	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 20–0
November 16	Kentucky State	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	UK 13–6
November 16	LSU	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR	W 7–6
November 16	Ole Miss	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	W 47–6
November 16	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	T 6–6
November 16	Mississippi A&M	Texas A&M	Houston, TX	L 41–7
November 16	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 23–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 19	Tulane	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 41–0
November 21	Centre	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown, KY	L 34–13
November 22	Birmingham	Howard		L 13–6
November 23	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	T 7–7

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 28	Tennessee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 7–0
November 28	Auburn	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 12–6
November 28	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	W 13–7
November 28	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 23–0
November 28	Kentucky State	Cincinnati YMI	Cincinnati, OH	W 56–0
November 28	LSU	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	LSU 21–3
November 28	Mercer	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	T 0–0
November 28	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 26–2
November 28	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 16–0
November 29	Howard	Mississippi College	Hattiesburg, MS	MSCOLL 20–0

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Week Fourteen

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 21	Florida	Tampa A. C.	Tampa, FL	W 44–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
December 25, 1912	Bacardi Bowl	Havana, Cuba	Florida	Vedado A. C.	FLA 27–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

HB - Lew Hardage, Vanderbilt (WC-3)

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern team formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison included:^[3]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Lee Tolley	C	Sewanee
HB	Lew Hardage	C	Vanderbilt
HB	Bob McWhorter	C	Georgia
FB	Ammie Sikes	C	Vanderbilt
E	Enoch Brown	C	Vanderbilt
T	Tom Brown	C	Vanderbilt
G	Rube Barker	C	Mississippi
C	Hugh Morgan	C	Vanderbilt
G	David Peacock	C	Georgia
T	B. J. Lamb	C	Auburn
E	Jenks Gillem	C	Sewanee

References

^ The Citadel won by forfeit
^ Ole Miss won by forfeit

^ ""Ole Miss" Suspended". The Houston Post. December 15, 1912. p. 20. Retrieved April 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Spick Hall (September 15, 1912). "Commodores Face The Hardest Schedule For Many Long Years". The Tennessean. p. 19. Retrieved June 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] The Citadel won by forfeit

[4] Ole Miss won by forfeit

[1] ""Ole Miss" Suspended". The Houston Post. December 15, 1912. p. 20. Retrieved April 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Spick Hall (September 15, 1912). "Commodores Face The Hardest Schedule For Many Long Years". The Tennessean. p. 19. Retrieved June 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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