1923 Southern Conference football season

1923 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 29, 1923 through December 1, 1923
Number of teams	20
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt Washington & Lee

1923 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt* +	4	–	0	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	3	–	2	–	4
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

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

The 1923 Southern Conference football season began on September 29. Conference play began with Auburn hosting Clemson. The game was fought to a scoreless tie.

Vanderbilt and Washington & Lee finished the season as conference co-champions. A poll of sportswriters elected Vanderbilt as best team in the south, awarding it the Champ Pickens Trophy.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar was the last of the few southern players selected a first-team All-American by Walter Camp.

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 29	Union (TN)	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 12–0
September 29	Auburn	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	T 0–0
September 29	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 7–0
September 29	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 28–13
September 29	Marshall	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 41–0
September 29	Northwestern State	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0
September 29	Randolph-Macon	Maryland	College Park, MD	W 53–0
September 29	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 22–0
September 29	Roanoke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 6–0
September 29	Bethel	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 14–6
September 29	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 35–0
September 29	Army	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 41–0
September 29	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 20–2
September 29	Furman	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 13–0
September 29	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 29–0
September 29	McDaniel	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 19–7

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 56–0
October 6	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 20–0
October 6	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 32–0
October 6	Florida	Army	West Point, NY	L 20–0
October 6	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 20–6
October 6	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 10–7
October 6	Kentucky	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 14–0
October 6	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–3
October 6	Maryland	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 3–0
October 6	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 28–6
October 6	North Carolina State	Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, PA	L 16–0
October 6	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 7–3
October 6	Maryvile	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	T 14–14
October 6	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–3
October 6	Howard	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–0
October 6	Richmond	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 9–0
October 6	Davidson	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 7–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 12	North Carolina	Duke	Durham, NC	W 14–6
October 13	Alabama	Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 23–0
October 13	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 30–0
October 13	Clemson	Centre	Danville, KY	L 28–7
October 13	Florida	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	T 7–7
October 13	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 40–0
October 13	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 33–0
October 13	Richmond	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	W 23–0
October 13	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 33–0
October 13	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 6–0
October 13	South Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	NCST 7–0
October 13	Georgetown (KY)	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–6
October 13	Tulane	Texas	Beaumont, TX	L 33–0
October 13	Vanderbilt	Michigan	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 3–0	30,000
October 13	St. John's	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 32–7
October 13	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 6–6

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 18	North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	UNC 14–0
October 19	Newberry	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 24–0
October 20	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 7–0
October 20	Auburn	Army	Parade Ground • West Point, NY	L 28–6
October 20	Rollins	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 28–0
October 20	Georgia	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	UGA 17–0
October 20	Georgetown	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 20–10
October 20	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 28–0
October 20	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	VT 16–7
October 20	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 13–6
October 20	Louisiana Tech	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–7
October 20	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 16–0
October 20	VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 35–0
October 20	St. John's	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 28–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 25	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 7–6
October 27	Alabama	Spring Hill	Murphy High School Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 59–0
October 27	Fort Benning	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 34–0
October 27	Wake Forest	Florida	Tampa, FL	W 16–7
October 27	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN	L 35–7
October 27	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 35–0
October 27	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	L 26–13
October 27	Maryland	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	MD 14–0
October 27	Saint Louis	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 28–3
October 27	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, TN	TENN 7–3
October 27	Tulane	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 17–0	10,000
October 27	Duke	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 33–0
October 27	North Carolina State	VMI		L 22–7
October 27	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, VA	W&L 12–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 2	LSU	Mississippi College	Vicksburg, MS	T 0–0
November 3	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
November 3	Auburn	Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 7–0
November 3	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 19–7
November 3	Kentucky	Centre	Danville, KY	L 10–0
November 3	St. John's	Maryland	College Park, MD	W 28–0
November 3	Birmingham-Southern	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 6–0
November 3	North Carolina	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	UNC 13–0
November 3	Tulane	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 13–2
November 3	Mississippi A&M	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0
November 3	Clemson	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	VT 25–0
November 3	Virginia	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W&L 7–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 9	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 12–0
November 10	Kentucky	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 16–8
November 10	Tulane	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	T 6–6
November 10	Florida	Stetson		W 27–0
November 10	Virginia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 13–0
November 10	Georgia Tech	Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, PA	L 7–0
November 10	Maryland	Yale	New Haven, CT	L 16–14
November 10	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Meridian, MS	L 6–0
November 10	Union (TN)	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 6–0
November 10	North Carolina	VMI	Richmond, VA	L 9–0
November 10	North Carolina State	Virginia Tech	Norfolk, VA	VT 16–0
November 10	South Carolina	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	L 23–3
November 10	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 51–7
November 10	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 63–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 15	The Citadel	South Carolina	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 12–0
November 16	LSU	Alabama	Montgomery, AL	ALA 30–3
November 17	Centre	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	L 17–0
November 17	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 20–0
November 17	Florida	Florida-Southern	Lakeland, FL	W 53–0
November 17	Georgia Tech	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 3–3
November 17	Maryland	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	MD 26–12
November 17	Davidson	North Carolina	Charlotte, NC	W 14–3
November 17	Ole Miss	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 19–0
November 17	VMI	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 33–0
November 17	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 35–7	15,000
November 17	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	VT 6–3
November 17	Washington & Lee	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W&L 13–7

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 24	Georgia	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 36–0
November 24	Catholic	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 40–6
November 24	Mississippi A&M	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL	T 13–13
November 24	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 10–0
November 24	North Carolina State	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	L 14–0
November 24	LSU	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 20–0
November 24	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 7–0	15,000
November 24	Washington & Lee	Centre	Louisville, KY	L 19–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 29	Florida	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	FLA 16–6
November 29	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0
November 29	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 7–6
November 29	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	T 6–6
November 29	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	T 0–0
November 29	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	TENN 18–0
November 29	Wake Forest	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 14–7
November 29	Washington (MO)	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 19–8
November 29	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	L 6–0
November 29	North Carolina State	Washington & Lee	Norfolk, VA	W&L 20–12
December 1	Centre	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	T 3–3
December 1	Ole Miss	Fort Benning	Columbus, GA	W 19–7
December 1	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 14–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1923 College Football All-America Team

E - Lynn Bomar, Vanderbilt (AW-2; WC-1; FW)
E - Hek Wakefield, Vanderbilt (NB-2; DW-1, BE)
T - Joe Bennett, Georgia (BE)
T - Robbie Robinson, Florida (BE)
G - Goldy Goldstein, Florida (BE)
G - Tuck Kelly, Vanderbilt (BE)
C - Clyde Propst, Alabama (BE)
C - Claire Frye, Georgia Tech (BE)
HB - Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (DW-3, BE)
FB - Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (BE)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1923 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team put out by the Atlanta Journal, all of whom received gold medals included:^[5]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Grant Gillis	5'10"	165	So.	Grove Hill, Alabama	Alabama
HB	Gil Reese		155	So.	Tupelo, Mississippi	Vanderbilt
HB	Ark Newton	6'1"	185	Jr.	Camden, Arkansas	Florida
FB	Doug Wycoff	6'2"	195	So.	St. Louis, Missouri	Georgia Tech
E	Lynn Bomar	6'1"	205	Jr.	Bell Buckle, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
T	Joe Bennett		180	Sr.	Statesboro, Georgia	Georgia
G	Goldy Goldstein	6'3"	210	So.	New Jersey	Florida
C	Clyde Propst			Jr.	Ohatchee, Alabama	Alabama
G	Tuck Kelly	6'0"	170	Jr.	Whitesville, Kentucky	Vanderbilt
T	Robbie Robinson	6'0"	180	Sr.	Bessemer, Alabama	Florida
E	Hek Wakefield	5'10"	180	Jr.	Petersburg, Tennessee	Vanderbilt

References

↑ "Wolf Pack, U.C. Grid-Game Held Season Feature". Nevada State Journal. December 3, 1923.
↑ Walter Eckersall (December 30, 1923). "6 Grid Teams Undefeated In 1923 Season". Chicago Daily Tribune.
↑ cf. "Champions of 1923". Boston Daily Globe. December 30, 1923.
↑ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation". Retrieved July 23, 2015.
↑ "All Star Eleven To Be Awarded By Atlanta Paper". Times-Picayune. December 9, 1923. (password-protected)

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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