1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 27, 1913 through November 29, 1913
Number of teams	17
Regular Season
Season champions	Auburn

1913 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Auburn $	8	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi A&M	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Mercer	0	–	4	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	0	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Central	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 27. Conference play began that day with Alabama hosting Howard.

The Auburn Tigers won the conference, posting an undefeated, 8–0 record. The '13 Tigers were retroactively awarded a national championship by several polls. Auburn captain Kirk Newell was later a hero of World War I.

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	Howard	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 27–0
September 27	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 34–0
September 27	11th Cavalry	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 19–0
September 27	Butler	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 21–7
September 27	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 58–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 4	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 81–0
October 4	Mercer	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 53–0
October 4	Louisville Manual Training School	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 19–0
October 4	Davidson	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 6–3
October 4	Alabama Presbyterian	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 108–0
October 4	Georgia Tech	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	GT 47–0
October 4	Kentucky	Illinois	Urbana, IL	L 21–0
October 4	LSU	Louisiana Tech	Ruston, LA	W 20–2
October 4	Howard	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 66–0
October 4	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 28–0
October 4	Athens	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 95–0
October 4	Maryville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 59–0
October 6	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 144–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 8	Ole Miss	VMI	VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA	L 14–0
October 10	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 14–13
October 11	Clemson	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 20–0
October 11	Florida	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 55–0
October 11	Porter Military	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 0–0
October 11	North Georgia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 51–0
October 11	LSU	Louisiana-Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	W 26–0
October 11	10th District A. C.	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 44–0
October 11	Marion County H. S.	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 88–0
October 11	Jefferson	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–0
October 11	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 48–0
October 12	Georgia Tech	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 71–6

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 15	Ole Miss	Virginia Medical	Richmond, VA	W 7–6
October 17	Transylvania	Mississippi A&M	Columbus, MS	W 31–0
October 18	Auburn	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	AUB 20–0
October 18	The Citadel	Charleston	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 72–0
October 18	Maryville	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 39–0
October 18	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	UGA 20–0
October 18	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 33–0
October 18	Ohio Northern	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 21–0
October 18	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 45–6
October 18	Tennessee	Sewanee	Chattanooga, TN	SEW 17–6
October 18	Mississippi College	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	MSCOLL 32–3
October 18	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 23	Baylor	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 50–0
October 23	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 46–0
October 25	Alabama	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ALA 26–0
October 25	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 34–0
October 25	K. M. I.	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 44–0
October 25	Georgia Tech	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	GT 13–3
October 25	Cincinnati	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 27–7
October 25	Mercer	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 7–7
October 25	Sewanee	Texas	Dallas, TX	L 13–7
October 25	Virginia	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	L 13–6
October 25	Davidson	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 9–0
October 25	Michigan	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 33–2

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 30	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 32–0
November 1	Alabama	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	ALA 21–7
November 1	LSU	Auburn	Mobile, AL	AUB 7–0
November 1	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 33–0
November 1	Earlham College	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 28–0
November 1	Alabama Presbyterian	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 33–0
November 1	Louisiana Tech	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 26–0
November 1	Mississippi A&M	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 6–0
November 1	Chattanooga	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 21–0
November 1	Saint Louis	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 12–6
November 1	Vanderbilt	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 34–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 6	Clemson	Georgia	Augusta, GA	UGA 18–15
November 7	Ole Miss	Hendrix	Conway, AR	L 8–6
November 8	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	AUB 20–0
November 8	Centre	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	L 27–18
November 8	Clemson	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CLEM 7–3
November 8	Florida	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 13–0
November 8	Wilmington	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 33–0
November 8	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	W 12–7
November 8	Stetson	Mercer	Macon, GA	L 13–6
November 8	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	MSA&M 32–0
November 8	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 7–6
November 9	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	SEW 10–7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 14	Tennessee	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 6–0
November 15	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 14–6
November 15	The Citadel	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 18–13
November 15	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	UGA 14–0
November 15	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field • Starkville, MS	T 0–0
November 15	Ole Miss	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR	W 21–10
November 15	Southwestern (TX)	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 31–9
November 17	Clemson	Mercer	Macon, GA	CLEM 52–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 20	Georgetown (KY)	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	L 19–6
November 22	Auburn	Georgia	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 21–7
November 22	Kentucky	Louisville	Louisville, KY	W 20–0
November 22	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 40–0
November 22	Ole Miss	Cumberland	Memphis, TN	W 7–0
November 22	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 63–13

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 26	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 42–13
November 27	Arkansas	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–0
November 27	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 24–0
November 27	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	L 6–0
November 27	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 34–0
November 27	Tennessee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	TENN 13–7
November 27	Ole Miss	Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, MS	W 13–7
November 27	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	MSA&M 7–0
November 27	LSU	Texas A&M	Houston, TX	T 7–7
November 29	Ole Miss	Ouachita	Arkadelphia, AR	T 0–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1913 College Football All-America Team

HB - Bob McWhorter, Georgia (PHD-1)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1913 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 18 sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution included:^[1]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	David Paddock		152	So.	Brooklyn, New York	Georgia
HB	Bob McWhorter	5'10"	180	Sr.	Lexington, Georgia	Georgia
HB	Kirk Newell		150	Sr.	Dadeville, Alabama	Auburn
FB	Red Harris		148	Jr.		Auburn
E	Enoch Brown	5'8"	180	Sr.	Franklin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
T	Tom Brown	6'2"	180	Sr.	Gallatin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
G	Big Thigpen		200	So.		Auburn
C	Boozer Pitts		190	Jr.	Pittsview, Alabama	Auburn
G	R. N. MacCallum	5'9"	191	Sr.	New York, New York	Sewanee
T	Paul Turner					Georgia
E	Robbie Robinson		170	Jr.	Brooklyn, Alabama	Auburn

References

↑ "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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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