1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration October 1, 1898
through December 14, 1898
Number of teams 18
Regular Season
Season champions North Carolina
Sewanee
1898 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
North Carolina + 3 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0
Sewanee + 3 – 0 – 0     4 – 0 – 0
LSU 1 – 0 – 0     1 – 0 – 0
Auburn 2 – 1 – 0     2 – 1 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 2 – 0
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0     3 – 1 – 0
Tulane 1 – 1 – 0     1 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 2 – 0     1 – 5 – 0
Texas 0 – 1 – 0     5 – 1 – 0
VPI 0 – 1 – 0     3 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 1 – 0     1 – 1 – 0
Nashville 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 3 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 0 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated.[1]

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
October 1Eastern KentuckyKentucky StateLexington, KY W 18–0
October 1GuilfordNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NCW 18–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 8Kentucky StateGeorgetown Georgetown, KYW 28–0
October 8ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 20–8

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15Company H-8th MassachusettsKentucky State Lexington, KYW 59–0
October 15Atlanta A. C.GeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 14–0
October 15North Carolina A&MNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NCW 34–0
October 15TexasTCUWaco, TXW 16–0
October 15NashvilleSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 10–0
October 20BinghamClemsonCalhoun, SCW 55–0
October 20Greensboro A. A.North CarolinaChapel Hill, NCW 11–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22CincinnatiVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 10–0
October 22Georgia TechGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 15–0
October 22Texas A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 48–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 29Kentucky StateLouisville YMCA Louisville, KY W 16–0
October 29Galveston H. S.TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 17–0
October 29 Oak RidgeNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NCW 11–0
October 29VanderbiltGeorgiaAtlanta, GAUGA 4–0
November 4Virginia TechNorth CarolinaWinston-Salem, NCUNC 28–6

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 5North CarolinaDavidsonCharlotte, NCW 11–0
November 5CentreKentucky StateLexington, KY W 6–0
November 5TCUTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 29–0
November 5Georgia TechAuburnAuburn, ALAUB 29–6
November 5NashvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 5–0
November 10 SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXSEW 4–0 [2]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 12 SewaneeSouthern A. C. Athletic Park • New Orleans, LAW 21–0 [3]
November 12VanderbiltVirginiaLouisville, KYL 18–0
November 12160th IndianaKentucky StateLexington, KY W 17–0
November 12North CarolinaGeorgiaMacon, GAUNC 53–0
November 14North CarolinaAuburnAuburn, ALUNC 29–0
November 17ClemsonSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCW 24–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 19New Castle A. C.Kentucky StateLexington, KY W 36–0

Week Nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 18–17
November 24ClemsonGeorgia TechAugusta, GACLEM 23–0
November 24DallasTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 26–0
November 24North CarolinaVirginiaRichmond, VAW 6–2
November 25SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNSEW 19–4

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 12Ole MissTulaneNew Orleans, LATUL 14–9
December 14LSUTulaneState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 37–0
December 15St. Thomas HallOle MissOxford, MSW 9–2

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:[4]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Frank O. Rogers 160 Sr. Salisbury, North Carolina North Carolina
HB Jim MacRae Fayetteville, North Carolina North Carolina
HB Jack Dye Sr. Vanderbilt
FB A. Clarence Jones Jr. Georgia
E H. T. Summersgill Jr. Vermont Virginia
T John Loyd 5'11" 180 So. Bedford Co., Virginia Virginia
G William S. Fitzgerald Vanderbilt
C John L. Templeman Jr. Axminster, England Virginia
G James Davis Virginia
T Frank Bennett 6'0" 173 Jr. Wadesboro, North Carolina North Carolina
E Herman Koehler 160 Jr. Upper Montclair, New Jersey North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "The Football Teams of the South". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved August 14, 2008 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Sewanee Makes the Score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 33: 527.
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