1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 27, 1919 through November 27, 1919
Number of teams	24
Regular Season
Season champions	Auburn Centre

1919 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Centre +	3	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Mississippi A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	2	4	–	2	–	3
Furman	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
LSU	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	3	–	2	3	–	3	–	3
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Transylvania	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Howard	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 27.

Auburn was widely regarded as the SIAA champion, though Centre was undefeated in all its games. Both claim titles.

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 20	Camp Logan	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 48–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 27	Marion	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 37–0
September 27	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 53–0
September 27	Furman	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 74–0
September 27	Chamberlain Hunt	Mississippi College		W 57–0
September 27	Howard	Morgan		W 31–0
September 27	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 6–0
September 27	Tusculum	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 29–6

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 7–0
October 3	Maryville	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 32–2
October 4	Birmingham-Southern	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 27–0
October 4	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 19–6
October 4	Centre	Indiana	Bloomington, IN	W 12–3
October 4	North Georgia	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 33–2
October 4	Oglethorpe	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 41–0
October 4	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 28–0
October 4	Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 14–0
October 4	Georgetown	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 12–0
October 4	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 39–0
October 4	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 32–0
October 4	Hendrix	Mississippi College		L 15–12
October 4	Spring Hill	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 12–6
October 4	Wofford	Guilford	Greensboro, NC	T 6–6
October 4	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 7–0
October 4	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 6–0
October 4	Jefferson	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 27–0
October 4	Union (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 41–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 11	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 49–0
October 11	Wofford	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 7–6
October 11	Presbyterian	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 12–7
October 11	South Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 14–0
October 11	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 28–0
October 11	Indiana	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	L 24–0
October 11	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 56–7
October 11	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0
October 11	Howard	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 18–0
October 11	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 3–3
October 11	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 73–0
October 12	Camp Gordon	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 25–13

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 17	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 7–0
October 18	Howard	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 48–0
October 18	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 48–0
October 18	Davidson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 7–0
October 18	Presbyterian	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 6–0
October 18	Ole Miss	LSU	Birmingham, AL	LSU 13–0
October 18	Jefferson	Mississippi College		W 6–0
October 18	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	GT 20–0
October 16	Centre	Transylvania	• Lexington, KY	CEN 55–0
October 16	Mercer	Howard		HOW 33–13
October 18	Sewanee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 13–0
October 18	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 35–0
October 18	Kentucky	Ohio State	Ohio Field • Columbus, OH	L 49–0
October 18	South Carolina	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–0
October 18	Tulane	Spring Hill	Mobile, AL	W 21–0
October 18	The Citadel	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	WOF 12–6

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 24	Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 61–0
October 25	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	CEN 69–0
October 23	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	VAN 7–6
October 25	Tennessee	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 14–0
October 25	USS Mercy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 13–12
October 25	Wake Forest	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 39–7
October 25	Georgia	Florida	Tampa, FL	UGA 16–0
October 25	Arkansas	LSU	Shreveport, LA	W 20–0
October 25	Howard	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 39–0
October 25	Mercer	Oglethorpe		L 75–0
October 25	Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 16–6
October 25	Kentucky	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	UK 6–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 27–12
October 25	Wofford	Newberry	Newberry, SC	W 27–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 30	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 19–6
October 30	Hamilton A. C.	Howard		T 7–7
October 31	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 25–6
November 1	Florida Southern	Florida	St. Petersburg, FL	L 7–0
November 1	The Citadel	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 21–6
November 1	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 7–0
November 1	Centre	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 49–7
November 1	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 24–0
November 1	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 40–0
November 1	Mississippi College	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 49–0
November 1	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 6–0
November 1	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0
November 1	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 19–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 7	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field •Charlottesville, VA	T 7–7
November 7	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 19–7
November 8	Auburn	Spring Hill	Mobile, AL	W 10–0
November 8	Centre	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	W 14–6
November 8	The Citadel	Newberry	Newberry, SC	W 41–0
November 8	Birmingham-Southern	Howard		W 2–0
November 8	Kentucky	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	L 7–0
November 8	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 24–0
November 8	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Clarksdale, MS	MSA&M 33–0
November 8	Oglethorpe	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 21–0
November 8	Florida	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 14–2
November 8	South Carolina	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	T 6–6
November 8	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 16–12
November 8	Washington & Lee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 3–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 13	Clemson	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	CLEM 33–0
November 14	Marion	Howard		L 12–0
November 15	Alabama	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	ALA 23–0
November 15	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 7–0
November 15	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	CEN 56–0
November 15	Stetson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 64–0
November 15	Erskine	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 41–0
November 15	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 27–0
November 15	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 30–0
November 15	Cincinnati	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 33–12
November 15	Sewanee	Rice	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	L 19–7
November 15	Tulane	Georgia	Augusta, GA	T 7–7
November 15	Vanderbilt	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 10–6
November 15	South Carolina	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	L 26–0
November 15	Presbyterian	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 14–6
November 17	Mississippi College	Southern Miss		W 19–7

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	Sewanee	Baylor	Waco, TX	L 21–7
November 18	Oglethorpe	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	T 0–0
November 21	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	T 7–7
November 21	Hamilton A. C.	Howard		W 82–0
November 22	Alabama	Georgia	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 21–14
November 22	DePauw	Centre	Louisville, KY	W 56–0
November 22	Florida	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	FLA 13–0
November 22	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 27–6

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 26	Spring Hill	Howard		T 6–6
November 25	Georgetown	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 103–0
November 25	Wofford	Duke	Durham, NC	T 0–0
November 27	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	AUB 14–7
November 27	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 14–6
November 27	Centre	Georgetown	Georgetown, KY	CEN 77–7
November 27	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CIT 14–7
November 27	Clemson	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	T 0–0
November 27	Furman	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 41–14
November 27	Oglethorpe	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 14–7
November 25	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	TUL 21–0
November 27	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 13–0
November 27	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	MISS 6–0
November 27	Washington & Lee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–0
November 27	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 33–21

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team

E - Red Roberts, Centre (WC-3)
T - Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3; DJ-1)
C - Red Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)
C - Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)
C - Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2)
QB - Bo McMillin, Centre (WC-1; DJ-2)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1919 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at the University of Georgia, for Spalding's Football Guide included:^[1]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	5'9"	160	Jr.	Prairie Hill, Texas	Centre
HB	Buck Flowers	5'7"	155	Jr.	Sumter, South Carolina	Georgia Tech
HB	Mullie Lenoir		144	Jr.	Marlin, Texas	Alabama
FB	Judy Harlan	5'11"	182	So.	Ottumwa, Iowa	Georgia Tech
E	Alfred T. Adams		175	Sr.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
T	Josh Cody	6'4"	225	Sr.	Franklin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
G	Fatty Warren		230	Jr.	Coal City, Alabama	Auburn
C	Bum Day	5'10"	190	So.	Nashville, Georgia	Georgia
T	Pete Bonner	6'2"	183	Sr.	Clay Co., Alabama	Auburn
T	Artie Pew		195	Jr.	Damascus, Georgia	Georgia
E	Bill Fincher	6'0"	182	Jr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech

References

↑ "All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. 1920. pp. 41, 69; 27, 67.

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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