1922 Southern Conference football season

1922 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1922 through December 2, 1922
Number of teams	20
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt Georgia Tech North Carolina

1922 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt* +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
North Carolina +	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
VPI	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Florida	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	1	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
LSU	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA

The 1922 Southern Conference football season began on September 23. Conference play began on October 7 with Washington & Lee defeating North Carolina State 14–6 in Lexington. This was the conference's inaugural season, featuring former members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA). Amongst others, conference co-champion Vanderbilt was still a co-member of the SIAA.

Though North Carolina posted the best conference record, most sources listed either Vanderbilt or Georgia Tech as champion.^[1] Vanderbilt was the only school to claim a championship and remain undefeated against all opponents. It posted the nation's number one defense as measured by points against per game and was retroactively selected for a national championship by selector Clyde Berryman. Auburn's upset of Centre opened the door for the SoCon champion to claim a championship of the South. Vanderbilt fought Michigan to a scoreless tie at the inaugural game at Dudley Field, the first football stadium in the south in the style of the Eastern schools. Alabama upset John Heisman's Penn Quakers 9–7.

Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar and Georgia Tech halfback Red Barron were unanimous All-Southern selections and second-team Walter Camp All-Americans.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 23	Marion	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 61–0
September 23	Newberry	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 82–13
September 23	Emory & Henry	Tennessee	Shield-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 50–0
September 23	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 38–0

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 29		Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 13–0
September 30		Marion	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 110–0
September 30		Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 72–0
September 30		Centre	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	L 21–0
September 30		Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 41–0
September 30		Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 31–6
September 30		Marshall	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 16–0
September 30		Northwestern State	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 13–0
September 30		3rd Army Corps	Maryland	Baltimore, MD	W 7–0
September 30		Wake Forest	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 62–3
September 30		Randolph-Macon	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 20–2
September 30		Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	T 0–0
September 30		Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 32–7
September 30	3:00 p. m.	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 38–0
September 30		George Washington	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 34–0
September 30		King	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 25–0
September 30		Emory & Henry	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 85–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 7	Oglethorpe	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 41–0
October 7	Spring Hill	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 19–6
October 7	Ole Miss	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	L 55–0
October 7	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 57–0
October 7	Furman	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	L 7–6
October 7	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 19–0
October 7	Cincinnati	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 15–0
October 7	Loyola	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–0
October 7	Maryland	Richmond	Richmond, VA	T 0–0
October 7	Birmingham-Southern	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 14–60
October 7	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 6–0
October 7	Maryvile	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 21–0
October 7	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 30–0
October 7	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 33–0
October 7	Virginia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 5–0
October 7	North Carolina State	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W&L 14–6
October 7	William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 20–6

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 12		Duke	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 20–0
October 13		Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 13–0
October 14		Auburn	Army	Parade Ground • West Point, NY	L 19–6
October 14		Florida	Rollins	Orlando, FL	W 19–0
October 14		Georgia	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 7–0
October 14		Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 33–7
October 14		Louisville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 73–0
October 14		Maryland	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 12–0
October 14		Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 23–0
October 14		Mississippi A&M	Howard		T 0–0
October 14		South Carolina	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 10–7
October 14		Roanoke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 13–0
October 14		Tennessee	Fort Benning	Columbus, GA	W 15–0
October 14		Spring Hill	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 30–10
October 14	2:15 p. m.	Michigan	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0	16,000	^[2]
October 14		Richmond	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 14–6
October 14		Centre	Virginia Tech	Richmond, VA	L 10–6
October 14		Carson-Newman	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 13–0

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 19		North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	UNC 14–9
October 20		Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 20–0
October 20		LSU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	L 46–0
October 21		Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	T 7–7
October 21		Mercer	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 50–6
October 21		American Legion	Florida	Tampa, FL	W 14–0
October 21		Tennessee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 7–3
October 21		Georgia Tech	Navy	Worden Field • Annapolis, MD	L 13–0
October 21		Kentucky	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown, KY	W 40–6
October 21		Maryland	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 26–0
October 21		Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 19–13
October 21		Fort Benning	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–0
October 21	3:00 p. m.	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	W 20–10	11,000	^[3]
October 21		VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 14–0
October 21		Virginia Tech	Davidson	Davidson, NC	T 7–7
October 21		Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Laidley Field • Charleston, WV	T 12–12

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 3–0
October 28	Fort Benning	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 30–0
October 28	Howard	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 57–0
October 28	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 26–6
October 28	Notre Dame	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 13–3
October 28	Sewanee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 7–0
October 28	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	L 40–6
October 28	Maryland	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 27–3
October 28	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 49–0
October 29	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 26–0
October 29	Mercer	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 25–0
October 28	Virginia	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 19–0
October 28	Catholic	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 73–0
October 28	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 53–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 2	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 25–7
November 4	Alabama	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 9–7
November 4	Auburn	Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA	AUB 7–3
November 4	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 21–7
November 4	Florida	Harvard	Harvard Stadium• Allston, MA	L 24–0
November 4	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	L 27–3
November 4	Maryland	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	VT 21–0
November 4	Birmingham-Southern	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 6–0
November 4	North Carolina	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	UNC 19–12
November 4	Davidson	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 15–0
November 4	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	T 7–7
November 4	Sewanee	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 7–6
November 4	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	VAN 14–6	7,000
November 4	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 22–6

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 7	LSU	Rutgers	New York, NY	L 25–0
November 10	LSU	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 47–3
November 11	Tulane	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	AUB 19–0
November 11	Clemson	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 18–0
November 11	Mississippi College	Florida	Tampa, FL	W 58–0
November 11	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	T 6–6
November 11	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 19–7
November 11	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 13–7
November 11	North Carolina	VMI	Richmond, VA	W 9–7
November 11	North Carolina State	Virginia Tech	Norfolk, VA	VT 24–0
November 11	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 31–3
November 11	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 9–0	12,000
November 11	Washington & Lee	Centre	Louisville, KY	L 27–6

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
November 16		The Citadel	South Carolina	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 13–0
November 18		Centre	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 6–0
November 18		Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 52–0
November 18		Alabama	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 6–0
November 18		Florida	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	FLA 27–6
November 18		North Carolina State	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 17–0
November 18		Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 3–0
November 18		Ole Miss	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	L 32–0
November 18		Mississippi A&M	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	MSA&M 7–0
November 18		Davidson	North Carolina	Charlotte, NC	W 20–6
November 18		Sewanee	Tennessee	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 18–7
November 18	3:00 p. m.	Vanderbilt	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	VAN 12–0	^[4]
November 18		Virginia	West Virginia	WVU Athletic Field • Morgantown, WV	L 13–0
November 18		Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, VA	VT 41–6

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 25		Georgia	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 10–6
November 25		Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	L 20–6
November 25		Florida	Oglethorpe	Atlanta, GA	W 12–0
November 25		Maryland	Catholic	Washington, D. C.	W 54–0
November 25		Drake	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 48–6
November 25		Ole Miss	Fort Benning	Columbus, GA	L 14–13
November 25		North Carolina State	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	W 32–0
November 25	2:00 p. m.	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 26–0	20,000	^[5]

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 30	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 59–0
November 30	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 14–6
November 30	Tulane	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 25–14
November 30	Maryland	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	MD 7–6
November 30	Ole Miss	Millsaps	Jackson, MS	W 19–7
November 30	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UNC 10–7
November 30	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 14–7
November 30	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	W 7–3
November 30	Washington & Lee	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 14–0
December 2	Clemson	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	FLA 47–14

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1922 College Football All-America Team

E - Lynn Bomar, Vanderbilt (WC-2; WE-3 [tackle]; BE; FM-1)
T - Joe Bennett, Georgia (BE)
G - Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech (LP-1; BE)
QB - Doc Kuhn, Vanderbilt (BE)
HB - Red Barron, Georgia Tech (WC-2 [fb]; BE; FM-2)
FB - John Fletcher, Georgia (BE)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1922 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South, each of whom received trophies from the Atlanta Journal included:^[6]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Herb Covington	5'5"	158	So.	Mayfield, Kentucky	Centre
HB	Red Barron	5'11"	180	Sr.	Clarkesville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	John Shirey			Sr.	Guin, Alabama	Auburn
FB	John Fletcher		200	So.	Tifton, Georgia	Georgia
E	Lynn Bomar	6'1"	205	So.	Bell Buckle, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
T	Albert Staton		182	Sr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Oscar Davis		182	Sr.		Georgia Tech
C	Claire Frye		160	Jr.	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Georgia Tech
G	Puss Whelchel		200	Sr.	Dahlonega, Georgia	Georgia
T	Joe Bennett		180	Jr.	Statesboro, Georgia	Georgia
E	Red Roberts	6'2"	235	Sr.	Somerset, Kentucky	Centre

References

↑ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation". Retrieved July 23, 2015.
↑ Sam S. Greene (October 15, 1922). "Michigan and Vanderbilt play to Scoreless Tie In Commodores' Stadium: Southerns Spring Surprise on Rivals". Detroit Free Press.
↑ "Big Gains Are Made On Punts And Wide Runs In Dallas Game." Fort Worth Star Telegram 22 Oct. 1922: 14.
↑ "Vanderbilt Defeats the University of Georgia." Charlotte Sunday Observer 19 Nov. 1922: 2.
↑ "Sewanee Loses To Vanderbilt, 26-0". The Sewanee Purple. December 14, 1922.
↑ Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Covington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Southern Conference football

Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers (beginning in 2016) Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers

Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams

Championships & awards	Champions All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy Standings (1921–1971), (1972–present)

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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