1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 26, 1908 through November 29, 1908
Number of teams	19
Regular Season
Season champions	LSU Auburn

1908 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	1	–	1	4	–	1	–	3
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Dahlonega	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Memphis U. School	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Gordon	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Nashville			–					–

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 26. LSU won the SIAA championship, but amidst fears of many players being ineligible under SIAA rules most sportswriters did not include them for consideration.^[1] LSU is recognized as national champions by the National Championship Foundation for this season; however, LSU does not officially recognize this season as a national championship season and it was clouded by accusations of professionalism from Grantland Rice and rival school Tulane which was also undefeated in southern play. The SIAA eventually cleared LSU of any wrongdoing.^[2] Auburn and Vanderbilt were among those listed as alternative SIAA champions.

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.

Unknown

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
?	The Citadel	Mercer		W 10–0

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 26	Gordon	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 15–0
September 26	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 11–5

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Tennessee-Memphis	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 30–0
October 3	Mooney	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 29–0
October 3	Wetumpka	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 27–0
October 3	Howard	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	W 18–0
October 3	Dahlonega	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 16–0
October 3	Gordon	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 32–0
October 3	Locust Grove	Mercer		W 56–0
October 3	North Carolina	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 12–0
October 3	New Orleans Gym Club	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 41–0
October 3	Maryville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 10	Howard	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 17–0
October 10	Gordon	Auburn	Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 42–0
October 10	Castle-Heights	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 35–2
October 10	Florida	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 24–0
October 10	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 47–0
October 10	Ole Miss	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	L 33–0
October 10	Mooney	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 30–0
October 10	Maryville	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 39–5
October 10	New Orleans Gym Club	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 11–0
October 10	Virginia Tech	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	L 6–0
October 10	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–0
October 11	Jackson Barracks-New Orleans	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 81–5

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 17	Auburn	Mercer	Macon, GA	AUB 23–0
October 17	Cincinnati	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	W 16–0
October 17	Mississippi A&M	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 23–0
October 17	South Carolina	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 29–6
October 17	Sewanee	Virginia	Norfolk, VA	T 0–0
October 17	Texas A&M	LSU	New Orleans, LA	LSU 26–0
October 17	Kentucky	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 7–0
October 17	Clemson	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 41–0

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 23		Louisiana-Lafayette	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	W 6–0
October 24	12:00 p. m.	Sewanee	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	AUB 6–0
October 24		Georgia	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 10–0
October 24		Alabama	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 11–6
October 24		Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 29–0
October 24		Centre	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 10–0
October 26		Rhodes	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 55–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 28	Davidson	Clemson	Columbia, SC	L 13–0
October 29	Mississippi College	Ole Miss	Jackson, MS	W 41–0
October 31	Chattanooga	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 23–6
October 31	Mercer	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	UGA 11–0
October 31	LSU	Auburn	Auburn Athletic Field • Auburn, AL	LSU 10–2
October 31	Vanderbilt	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	L 24–6
October 31	Kentucky University	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	W 12–5
October 31	Sewanee	Kentucky		W 12–0
October 31	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	TENN 6–5
October 31	Ole Miss	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 10–0
October 31	TCU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 13–10

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 5	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	UGA 8–0
November 7	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 44–0
November 7	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 50–0
November 7	Saint Louis	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 6–6
November 7	Baylor	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 10–2
November 7	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 16–9
November 9	Texas A&M	Texas	West End Park • Houston, TX	W 24–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Baylor	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 89–0
November 10	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	L 9–5
November 13	Haskell	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 23–0
November 14	Georgia	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	T 6–6
November 14	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	SEW 6–0
November 14	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 23–0
November 14	Ohio State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 17–6
November 14	Clemson	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 6–5
November 16	Haskell	LSU	New Orleans, LA	W 33–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	Tulane	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 28–15
November 19	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 16–6
November 20	Haskell	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 9–8
November 21	Tulane	Baylor	Waco, TX	L 6–0
November 21	Davidson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 2–0
November 21	Chattanooga	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 35–0
November 21	Southwestern (TX)	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 32–0
November 21	Washington (MO)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 28–0
November 23	LSU	Louisiana Tech	Ruston, LA	W 22–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 26	Tennessee	Alabama	State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	ALA 4–0
November 26	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 30–6
November 26	Georgia	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	AUB 23–0
November 26	LSU	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR	W 36–4
?	Howard	Mercer		W 45–0
November 26	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	MSA&M 44–6
November 26	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 6–6
November 26	Washington (MO)	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 11–0
November 29	Texas A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 28–12

Awards and honors

All-Southern team

Main article: 1908 College Football All-Southern Team

The consensus All-Southern team:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Tom McLure			Sr.	Jacksonville, Alabama	Auburn
HB	Walker Leach			Sr.		Tennessee
HB	Lew Hardage			Fr.	Madison, Alabama	Auburn
FB	Lawrence Markley	5'10"	165	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Sewanee
E	Vaughn Blake		160	Sr.	Cuero, Texas	Vanderbilt
T	Frank Faulkinberry	6'4"	198	So.	Fayetteville, Tennessee	Sewanee
G	Louis Hasslock		173	Sr.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
C	Fatty McLain		196	Sr.	Arkansas	Vanderbilt
G	Nathan Dougherty	6'2"	185	Jr.	Hales Mill, Virginia	Tennessee
T	J. R. Davis		200	Jr.	Williamsburg, Virginia	Georgia Tech
E	Silas Williams	5'9"	150	Jr.	Greenville, South Carolina	Sewanee

References

↑ Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.
↑ "From 'The LSU Football Vault': The 1908 Season".

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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