1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 27, 1902 through November 29, 1902
Number of teams	20
Regular Season
Season champions	Clemson Vanderbilt

1902 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Clemson +	6	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Texas	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Sewanee	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Alabama	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	4
Nashville	1	–	2	–	0	1	–	3	–	0
Davidson	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Cumberland	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	1	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Tulane	0	–	4	–	2	1	–	4	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	5	–	2	0	–	6	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 27.

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 27	Vanderbilt	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	VAN 45–0
September 27	Mooney	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 39–0
September 27	Oak Ridge	Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 28–5
September 27	Q & C Railroad	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 22–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Furman	Bingham		W 12–0
October 4	North Carolina A&M	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 11–5
October 4	Oklahoma	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 22–6
October 4	Miami (OH)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 11–5
October 6	North Carolina A&M	Furman	Greenville, SC	T 0–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 10	Birmingham High	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 57–0
October 10	Furman	Davidson	Davidson, NC	FUR 6–0
October 10	Sewanee	Texas	Dallas, TX	TEX 11–0
October 11	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 18–6
October 11	Virginia	Nashville	Nashville, TN	L 27–0
October 11	King	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 12–0
October 11	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 29–0
October 13	Marion	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 81–0
October 13	Furman	North Carolina A&M	Raleigh, NC	W 5–2
October 13	Kentucky State	Centre	Danville, KY	L 5–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 16	LSU	Louisiana-Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	W 42–0
October 17	Cumberland	Mississippi A&M	Starkville, MS	CUM 15–6
October 18	Cumberland	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	MISS 38–0
October 18	Auburn	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	AUB 23–0
October 18	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	CLEM 44–5
October 18	Furman	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 11–0
October 18	LSU	Texas	San Antonio, TX	LSU 5–0
October 18	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 28–0
October 18	Central (KY)	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 6–0
October 18	Davidson	North Carolina	Charlotte, NC	L 27–0
October 18	Tulane Alumni	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 26–0
October 18	Vanderbilt	Centre	Danville, KY	W 24–17

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 21	Maryville	Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	W 34–0
October 24	Clemson	Furman	Greenville, SC	CLEM 28–0
October 25	Bingham	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 16–6
October 25	Kentucky State	Nashville	Nashville, TN	NASH 11–0
October 25	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS	MISS 21–0
October 25	Sewanee	Washington (MO)	St. Louis, MO	W 22–6
October 25	Texas	Texas A&M	San Antonio, TX	T 0–0
October 25	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	VAN 12–5
October 27	Auburn	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 5–0
October 27	Kentucky State	Mooney	Murfreesboro, TN	L 23–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 30	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 12–6
November 1	Georgia	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	UGA 5–0
November 1	Georgia Tech	Furman	Greenville, SC	T 0–0
November 1	Memphis University School	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 42–0
November 1	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	T 11–11
November 1	Sewanee	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 6–0
November 1	Trinity	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 27–0
November 1	Washington (MO)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–12
November 1	Davidson	Virginia	Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 35–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 6	Sewanee	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	SEW 6–0
November 7	Davidson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 27–0
November 7	Tennessee	Nashville	Nashville, TN	TENN 10–0
November 8	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 27–0
November 8	Georgia	Clemson	Clemson, SC	CLEM 36–0	^[1]
November 8	Ole Miss	LSU	New Orleans, LA	LSU 6–0
November 8	St. Albans	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 17–0
November 8	Tulane	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 17–5
November 8	Kentucky State	Louisville YMCA	Louisville, KY	L 17–0
November 8	Kentucky University	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 16–5
November 8	Haskell	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 12–0
November 10	St. Albans	Furman	Greenville, SC	T 0–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 11	Sewanee	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	SEW 11–0
November 13	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	DAV 7–6
November 14	South Carolina	Furman	Greenville, SC	W 10–0
November 15	Cincinnati	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	T 6–6
November 15	Clemson	Auburn	Auburn, AL	CLEM 16–0
November 15	Mississippi A&M	Howard	Birmingham, AL	W 26–0
November 15	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 22–0
November 15	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	TENN 11–10
November 15	Texas	Nashville	Nashville, TN	TEX 11–5
November 15	Vanderbilt	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	VAN 23–5
November 17	Vanderbilt	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	VAN 27–5

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 19	Texas	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	TEX 10–0
November 22	North Carolina A&M	Davidson	Greensboro, NC	W 5–0
November 22	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	TENN 10–6
November 24	Texas	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TEX 6–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 27	Georgia Tech	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	ALA 26–0
November 27	Clemson	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field •Knoxville, TN	CLEM 11–0
November 27	Furman	Charleston	Charleston, SC	T 5–5
November 27	Auburn	Georgia	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 12–5
November 27	Davidson	Guilford	Greensboro, NC	T 0–0
November 27	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS	LSU 6–0
November 27	Ole Miss	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	MISS 10–0
November 27	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 11–5
November 27	Texas A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 12–0
November 27	Kentucky University	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 6–5
November 29	LSU	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	LSU 11–0

All-Southern team

Main article: 1902 College Football All-Southern Team

Walker Reynolds Tichenor's All-Southern team:^[2]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	John Maxwell			Jr.		Clemson
HB	Marvin Dickinson			Jr.	Savannah, Georgia	Georgia
FB	Jock Hanvey			Jr.	Abbeville Co., South Carolina	Clemson
E	Carl Sitton	5'10"	170	So.	Pendleton, South Carolina	Clemson
E	Frank Ridley		170	So.	La Grange, Georgia	Georgia
G	Henry D. Phillips	6'4"	185	Jr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Sewanee
G	James C. Elmer		230	Fr.	Biloxi, Mississippi	Auburn
C	Harold Ketron			Jr.	Clarkesville, Georgia	Georgia
G	Sandy Beaver				Augusta, Georgia	Georgia
T	Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith		156	Jr.	Sewanee, Tennessee	Sewanee
E	Hope Sadler		154	Jr.	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Clemson

References

↑ "Crackers Make A Brave Fight But Are Fairly Bested". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved July 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football

Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917) ? (1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)

Former teams	Former SIAA teams

Championships & awards	SIAA football champions All-time standings All-Southern team

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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