1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1900 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 1900 college football season. The season began on September 29.

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 29, 1900 through December 5, 1900
Number of teams	21
Regular Season
Season champions	Clemson
Football seasons
← 1899 1901 →

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Auburn	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Tulane	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	0	–	0
Texas	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Sewanee +	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	0	–	1			4	–	1	–	3
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Alabama	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Nashville	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
LSU	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The season saw the rise of Clemson's football program, the return of Alabama football, and the first season of play for Henry D. Phillips.^[1]

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Conf. record	Win Pct.	Overall record	PPG	PAG
1 (tie)	Auburn	Billy Watkins	4–0–0	1.000.	4–0–0	37.0	1.3
1 (tie)	Tulane	H. T. Summersgill	3–0–0	1.000	5–0–0	21.0	0.0
1 (tie)	Clemson	John Heisman	2–0–0	1.000	6–0–0	37.0	1.7
1 (tie)	Texas	S. H. Thompson	1–0–0	1.000	6–0–0	18.8	2.2
5	Sewanee	Billy Suter	5–0–1	.917	6–1–1	16.8	3.4
6	North Carolina	Billy Reynolds	3–0–1	.875	4–1–3	20.4	2.7
7	Vanderbilt	J. L. Crane	2–3–1	.417	4–4–1	9.2	10.2
8 (tie)	Alabama	Malcolm Griffin	1–3–0	.250	2–3–0	10.4	19.8
8 (tie)	Nashville	Charley Moran	1–3–0	.250	2–3–0	5.8	11.5
10	Georgia	E. E. Jones	1–4–0	.200	2–4–0	4.7	26.5
11	Tennessee	J. A. Pierce	0–2–1	.167	3–2–1	11.2	8.5
12 (tie)	Cumberland (TN)	E. D. Kuykendall	0–1–0	.000	0–1–0	0.0	18.0
12 (tie)	LSU	Edmond Chavanne	0–1–0	.000	2–2–0	21.3	8.8
12 (tie)	Kentucky State	W. H. Kiler	0–2–0	.000	4–6–0	5.9	6.3
12 (tie)	Ole Miss	Z. N. Estes	0–3–0	.000	0–3–0	1.7	10.0
12 (tie)	Georgia Tech	Harris T. Collier	0–4–0	.000	0–4–0	1.5	26.8

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	Attendance	Reference
September 29	Kentucky State	Cincinnati	Union Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH	L 6–20		^[2]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 6	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 6–0		^[3]
October 6	Louisville YMCA	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–6		^[4]
October 6	Deaf & Dumb Institute	North Carolina	Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 38–0		^[5]
October 10	King	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 22–0		^[6]
October 10	Oklahoma	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 28–2		^[7]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 12–0		^[8]
October 13	Vanderbilt	Texas	Dallas Fair Grounds • Dallas, TX	TEX 22–0		^[9]
October 13	Bethel (TN)	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 33–0
October 13	Kentucky State	Centre	Danville, KY	L 0–5		^[10]
October 17	Cumberland (TN)	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 18–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 19	Davidson	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 64–0		^[11]
October 20	Kentucky All-Stars	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 0–5
October 20	South Carolina	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens GA	W 5–0		^[12]
October 20	Nashville	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	NASH 23–0		^[13]
October 21	Taylor School	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 35–0		^[14]
October 22	Clemson	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 21–0		^[15]
October 22	Nashville	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 28–0		^[16]
October 22	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0		^[17]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 26	Ole Miss	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 12–5		^[18]
October 27	Sewanee	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	SEW 21–6		^[19]
October 27	Southern Athletic Club	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	W 23–0		^[20]
October 27	Central (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 0–6		^[21]
October 27	VPI	North Carolina	Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0		^[22]
October 27	Texas A&M	Texas	San Antonio Fairgrounds • San Antonio, TX	W 5–0		^[23]
October 27	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–11		^[24]
October 29	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	SEW 34–0		^[25]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 1	Clemson	South Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC	W 51–0	5,000	^[26]
November 1	North Carolina	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	UNC 22–5		^[27]
November 3	Kentucky State	Louisville YMCA	Louisville, KY	W 12–0		^[28]
November 3	North Carolina	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	UNC 48–0		^[29]
November 3	Tulane	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	TUL 6–0		^[30]
November 5	North Carolina	Sewanee	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0		^[31]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Tennessee	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	AUB 23–0		^[32]
November 10	Clemson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	CLEM 39–5		^[33]
November 10	Sewanee	Nashville	Peabody Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 12–0		^[34]
November 10	Millsaps	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	W 35–0		^[35]
November 10	Central (KY)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–0		^[36]
November 10	Avondale AC	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 5–11		^[37]
November 11	Millsaps	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 70–0		^[38]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 17	Alabama	Auburn	Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL	AUB 53–5		^[39]
November 17	Georgia	North Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NC	UNC 55–0	800	^[40]
November 17	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	LSU 29–0		^[41]
November 17	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 11–10		^[42]
November 17	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–0		^[43]
November 17	Missouri	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 17–11		^[44]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Bethel (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 22–0		^[45]
November 24	Clemson	VPI	Latta Park • Charlotte, NC	W 12–5		^[46]
November 24	Kentucky State	Central (KY)	Richmond, KY	L 0–11		^[47]
November 24	Kansas City Medical	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 30–0		^[48]
November 24	North Carolina	Virginia	League Park • Norfolk, VA	L 0–17	6,000	^[49]
November 27	Grant	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 28–0		^[50]
November 29	Auburn	Georgia	Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 44–0		^[51]
November 29	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	TUL 12–0		^[52]
November 29	Clemson	Alabama	North Birmingham Park • Birmingham, AL	CLEM 35–0		^[53]
November 29	Kentucky University	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–0		^[54]
November 29	North Carolina	Georgetown	Georgetown Field • Washington, D.C.	T 0–0	4,000	^[55]
November 29	Texas A&M	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 11–0		^[56]^[57]
November 29	Nashville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 18–0		^[58]
November 29	Sewanee	Virginia	Broad Street Park • Richmond, VA	L 5–17		^[59]
November 30	LSU	Millsaps	Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	L 5–6		^[60]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 1	Georgetown (KY)	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 12–6		^[61]
December 5	LSU Alumni	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–0
December 7	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Augusta, GA	L 6–38	1,000	^[62]

Awards and honors

All-Southerns

Main article: 1900 College Football All-Southern Team

• E - Frank M. Osborne, North Carolina (O)
• T - Frank Bennett, North Carolina (O, WH)
• G - Big Sam, Texas (O)
• C - William Poole, Sewanee (O)
• HB - Henry Seibels, Sewanee (O)
• FB - Ormond Simkins, Sewanee (O, WH [as end])

References

1. Woodruff 1928, p. 103
2. "Cincinnati 15, Kentucky State 6". The Courier-Journal. September 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Victory for Vanderbilt". The Journal and Tribune. October 7, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Y.M.C.A. team's bad luck". The Courier-Journal. October 7, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Football at Chapel Hill". The Morning Post. October 7, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Opponents too light, King's College couldn't score against Tennessee". The Journal and Tribune. October 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Practice game yesterday, 'Varsity football team, have a still practice game with Oklahoma". Austin Daily Statesman. October 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Georgia boys defeat Tech on gridiron by a score of 12 to 0 in Ratcher commonplace game". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Texas University wins, an easy victory over Vanderbilt in football game". Fort Worth Record Morning Register. October 14, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "State College lost; Centre won the football game with one touchdown". The Lexington Herald. October 14, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Clemson sixty-four, Davidson College zero; The biggest score ever made in the South". The State. October 22, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Carolinians quit". The Times-Democrat. October 21, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Techs couldn't score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Something about the Taylor game". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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16. "Auburn Defeats Nashville". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Tie game, both teams failed to score in interesting game". The Knoxville Sentinel. October 23, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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19. "University of the South, 21: University of Georgia, 6". New York Tribune. October 28, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Tulane takes the first football game, beating the Southern Athletic Club eleven badly". The Daily Picayune. October 28, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
21. "Big fight at Lexington". The Courier-Journal. October 28, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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25. "Sewanee 34, Georgia Techs 0". The Times-Democrat. October 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
26. "51 to 0, the score of the Carolina-Clemson football game". The Greenville News. November 2, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
27. "The Tar Heels win from Tennessee". The News and Observer. November 2, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
28. "Y.M.C.A. eleven's colors again lowered by college team". The Courier-Journal. November 4, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
29. "Tarheels beat Vanderbilt". The Atlanta Constitution. November 4, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
30. "Tulane is on top at Tuscaloosa". The Daily Picayune. November 4, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
31. "Carolina and Sewanee teams play a tie game; Fastest football seen in the South this year". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
32. "Line was impregnable, Auburn men stood like a stone wall". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
33. "Athens has it rubbed in - Clemson rolls up a big score". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
34. "Sewanee wins". The Journal and Tribune. November 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
35. "Millsaps defeated, Football game with Tulane resulted in score of 35 to 0". The Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 12, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
36. "Vanderbilt 27, Central University 0". The Courier-Journal. November 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
37. "Avondale defeats Kentucky State College eleven". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 11, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
38. "The Millsaps College team badly beaten". The Daily Picayune. November 13, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
39. "Auburnites win from Tuscaloosa". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 18, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
40. "North Carolina downs Georgia". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 18, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
41. "Tulane defeats L.S.U." The Times-Democrat. November 18, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
42. "Vanderbilt's heroic battle, loses game after gaining the victory". Nashville Banner. November 19, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
43. "It was easy; The State College team made monkeys of the Georgetown boys". Lexington Leader. November 18, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
44. "Texas 17, Missouri 11 - Boys from University at Austin stood the heat better than Tigers". The St. Louis Republic. November 18, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
45. "Vanderbilt beats Bethel College". The Courier-Journal. November 25, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
46. "Clemson Defeats Blacksburg". Charlotte Daily Observer. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 25, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
47. "Central won game in mud". The Lexington Herald. November 25, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
48. "Texas 30, Kansas City 0". The Shreveport Times. November 25, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
49. "Virginia defeats the ' Varsity boys from "Down Home"". Virginian-Pilot. November 25, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
50. "Grant University defeated". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 27, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
51. "Georgia's team utterly demolished". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
52. "The University of Mississippi proves hard to down". The Times-Picayune. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
53. "Clemson won out with ease from University team". The Birmingham News. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
54. "Touchdowns in the dark". The Lexington Herald. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
55. "Battle without victory, Both Georgetown and North Carolina fight hard, but neither score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
56. "Texas played football in the rain". Natchez Democrat. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
57. "University Texas 11, A. and M. 0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
58. "Decisive victory gained by Vanderbilt University, score at the finish, 18 to 5". Nashville Banner. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
59. "Virginia triumphs over Sewanee's splendid eleven". The Norfolk Landmark. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
60. "Millsaps team was victorious". The Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
61. "Georgetown College lost to Tennesseeans". The Courier-Journal. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
62. "Davidson 38, Techs 6". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1900. Retrieved April 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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