List of independent southern football champions
This is a list of yearly claims to an Independent Southern football championship from 1889 to 1932 (those not in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1895–1921, those not in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1912–1921, and those not in the Southern Conference from 1922–1932), prior to the creation of the Southeastern Conference in 1933.[1][better source needed]
- 1889 – Virginia
- 1890 – Virginia
- 1891 – Trinity[2]
- 1892 – Virginia[3] or North Carolina[4]
- 1893 – Virginia[3]
- 1894 – Virginia[3]
- 1895 – Virginia[3][5]
- 1896 – Virginia[3]
- 1897 – Virginia
- 1898 – North Carolina[6]
- 1900 – Virginia[7]
- 1901 – Virginia[8]
- 1902 – Virginia
- 1903 – Kentucky University[9] or Georgetown[10]
- 1904 – Georgetown[11]
- 1905 – VPI[12]
- 1908 – Virginia or George Washington[13]
- 1909 – VPI[14]
- 1915 – Georgia Tech[15]
- 1924 – Centre[16]
- 1926 – William & Mary[17]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "David Wilson's Homepage".
- ^ Jim L. Sumner (1990). "John Franklin Crowell, Methodism, and the Football Controversy at Trinity College, 1887-1894" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 17 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "The Virginians Are Still Champions". The Times-Picayune. November 27, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved August 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern Crack-A-Jacks". The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1895. p. 2.
- ^ Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 55. ISBN 9780313284045.
- ^ "Virginia Wins Decisive Victory". The Times. November 30, 1900.
- ^ "Orange and Blue Win; Hold Pennant Still". The Times. Vol. 16. November 24, 1901.
- ^ "Kentucky University Won". The Evening Bulletin. November 27, 1903. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgetown's Boston Backfield". Boston Post. November 24, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved June 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Records of Leading Teams". The Washington Times. November 27, 1904. Retrieved July 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football in the South". New York Times. December 24, 1905.
- ^ "As The Northern Writer Sees It". Times Dispatch. December 7, 1908.
- ^ e. g. "VPI Southern Champions".
- ^ "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rob Robertson. "The Centre College Football Team's Amazing Run, Climaxed By Winning the "Southern Championship" in 1924" (PDF).
- ^ The official 2009 William & Mary football media guide provides a list of yearly results. It mentions that W&M claimed a "Southern Title" in 1926.
