1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1920 through January 1, 1921
Number of teams	26
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech Georgia Tulane

1920 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia +	8	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Tulane +	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Furman	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Centre	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Transylvania	1	–	2	–	0	1	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi College	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Howard	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Millsaps	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23 with conference member Auburn hosting the Marion Military Institute.

Georgia and Georgia Tech both claim conference championships with undefeated records, as would Tulane. Clyde Berryman retroactively selected Georgia as a national champion.

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 23	Marion	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 27–0
September 24	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 26–0
September 24	Howard	Morgan		T 0–0
September 25	Southern Military Academy	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 59–0
September 25	Elon	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 33–0
September 25	Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 44–0
September 25	Emory & Henry	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 45–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 1	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 81–0
October 1	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	T 7–7
October 2	Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 49–0
October 2	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 88–0
October 2	Morris-Harvey	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 66–0
October 2	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 26–6
October 2	Erskine	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 41–0
October 2	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 40–0
October 2	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 55–0
October 2	Rhodes	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 62–0
October 2	Northwestern St.	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 34–0
October 2	Lanier	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 59–0
October 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 27–0
October 2	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 10–0
October 2	Bryson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 7–0
October 2	Maryville	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 34–0
October 2	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 6–0
October 2	Birmingham-Southern	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 54–0
October 2	Tusculum	Chattanooga	Knoxville, TN	W 21–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 9	Birmingham-Southern	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 45–0
October 9	Fort Benning	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 14–2
October 9	Howard	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 120–0
October 9	Wofford	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 13–7
October 9	Furman	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	FUR 21–6
October 9	Georgia	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	UGA 37–0
October 9	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 66–0
October 9	Newberry	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 21–0
October 9	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 31–0
October 9	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 29–0
October 9	Chattanooga	Oglethorpe		T 14–14
October 9	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0
October 9	Mercer	Stetson	DeLand, FL	W 19–6
October 9	Georgetown	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 54–0
October 9	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	VAN 20–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 13	Georgia	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	UGA 7–0
October 15	Auburn	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	AUB 21–0
October 15	Wofford	Newberry	• Newberry, SC	L 9–7
October 16	Mississippi College	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 57–0
October 16	Ole Miss	Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham, AL	L 27–6
October 16	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	GT 44–0	^[1]
October 16	Centre	Transylvania	• Lexington, KY	CEN 55–0
October 16	Mercer	Howard		HOW 33–13
October 16	Sewanee	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, GA	W 21–13
October 16	Texas A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	T 0–0
October 16	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	TENN 35–0
October 16	Southern Military Academy	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 14–13
October 16	Kentucky	Miami	Oxford, OH	L 14–0
October 16	South Carolina	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–0
October 16	Tulane	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	T 0–0
October 16	The Citadel	VMI	Lynchburg, VA	L 35–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 21	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Augusta, GA	W 14–0
October 23	Howard	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 33–0
October 23	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 56–6
October 23	Mercer	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	CHATT 20–0
October 23	Wofford	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CIT 19–0
October 23	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 13–0
October 23	Wake Forest	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 17–0
October 23	Georgia	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, GA	W 27–3
October 23	Centre	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 31–14
October 23	Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	MSA&M 12–7
October 23	Ouachita	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 6–0
October 23	Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 10–3
October 23	Kentucky	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 6–6
October 23	Clemson	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 26–0
October 23	Tulane	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	TUL 32–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 28	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 3–0
October 29	Marion	Howard		W 21–6
October 29	Mercer	Florida	Valdosta, Georgia	FLA 30–0
October 29	Furman	Newberry	Newberry, SC	W 42–0
October 29	Wofford	Oglethorpe	Brookhaven, GA	OGLE 14–0
October 30	Carson-Newman	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 83–0
October 30	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 7–0
October 30	Centre	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 24–0
October 30	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 21–0
October 30	Tulane	Michigan	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–0
October 30	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 41–9
October 30	Tennessee	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 13–7
October 30	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 20–0
October 30	The Citadel	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 27–13

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 6	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 14–7
November 6	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 49–0
November 6	Centre	DePauw	Indianapolis, IN	W 34–0
November 6	Newberry	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 35–10
November 6	South Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 27–0
November 6	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 7–0
November 6	Georgia	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	T 0–0
November 6	Oglethorpe	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 42–3
November 6	Gordon	Mercer	Macon, GA	L 14–0
November 6	Cincinnati	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 7–6
November 6	Arkansas	LSU	Shreveport, LA	W 3–0
November 6	Howard	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	MSCOLL 21–7
November 6	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Greenwood, MS	MSA&M 20–0
November 6	Wofford	Presbyterian	Clinton, SC	L 13–0
November 6	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 33–0
November 6	Tulane	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, FL	TUL 14–0
November 6	Transylvania	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 49–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 11	Clemson	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	CLEM 26–0
November 11	Florida	Stetson	Palatka, FL	W 26–0
November 12	Chattanooga	Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham, AL	L 27–0
November 13	Millsaps	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	MSCOLL 60–0
November 13	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	CEN 49–0
November 13	Washington & Lee	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 77–0
November 13	Furman	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	FUR 69–0
November 13	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 35–6
November 13	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 56–0
November 13	Millsaps	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	MSCOLL 56–0
November 13	LSU	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 21–0
November 13	Oglethorpe	Mercer	Macon, GA	OGLE 42–0
November 13	Tennessee	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	TENN 20–0
November 13	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 6–0
November 13	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 20	Birmingham-Southern	Howard		L 14–7
November 20	Stetson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 21–0
November 20	Virginia Tech	Centre	Louisville, KY	W 28–0
November 20	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	FUR 14–0
November 20	Newberry	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 48–0
November 20	Alabama	Georgia	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 21–14
November 20	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 7–7
November 20	Wake Forest Freshmen	Mercer	Macon, GA	L 14–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 25	Georgetown	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	CEN 103–0
November 25	Wofford	Duke	Durham, NC	T 0–0
November 25	Florida	Oglethorpe	Columbus, GA	L 21–0
November 25	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 34–0
November 25	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 24–7
November 25	Davidson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 7–0
November 25	South Carolina	The Citadel	College Park Stadium •Charleston, SC	SCAR 7–6
November 25	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	TUL 21–0
November 25	Kentucky	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 14–7
November 27	Alabama	Case	Cleveland, OH	W 40–0
November 27	Mercer	Erskine	Due West, SC	L 20–6
November 27	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 21–3
November 28	Millsaps	Howard		HOW 42–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 4	Detroit Mercy	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–0

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1921	Fort Worth Classic	Fort Worth, TX	Centre	TCU	CEN 63–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1920 College Football All-America Team

E - Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (WC-1, LP-1 [as T])
G - Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (LP-2)
QB - Bo McMillin, Centre (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 [hb])
HB - Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (UP-3 [hb]; INS-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1920 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included:^[2]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	5'9"	160	Jr.	Prairie Hill, Texas	Centre
HB	Red Barron	5'11"	180	So.	Clarkesville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	Buck Flowers	5'7"	155	Sr.	Sumter, South Carolina	Georgia Tech
FB	Riggs Stephenson	5'10"	180	Sr.	Akron, Alabama	Alabama
E	Owen Reynolds	6'3"	170	Jr.	Douglasville, Georgia	Georgia
T	Bill Fincher	6'0"	182	Sr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Fatty Warren		230	Sr.	Coal City, Alabama	Auburn
C	Bum Day	5'10"	190	Jr.	Nashville, Georgia	Georgia
G	Noah Caton			Jr.	River Falls, Alabama	Auburn
T	Artie Pew		195	Jr.	Damascus, Georgia	Georgia
E	John Staton			Fr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech

References

↑ "Tech Wallops Vanderbilt; Georgia Barely Wins; Yale Beaten; Princeton A Victor". Augusta Chronicle. October 17, 1920.
↑ "All-Southern Grid Eleven Is Named". December 6, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved March 2, 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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