1925 Southern Conference football season

1925 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 19, 1925
through January 1, 1926
Number of teams 22
Regular Season
Season champions Alabama
Tulane
1925 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Alabama + 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 1
North Carolina 4 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Washington and Lee 5 – 1 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Virginia 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Kentucky 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Florida 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
VPI 3 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 2
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 4 – 1
LSU 0 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
NC State 0 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Clemson 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 7 – 0
Maryland 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 5 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1925 Southern Conference football season began on September 19.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored PCC champion Washington Huskies by a single point, 20–19, and became the first southern team ever to win a Rose Bowl. It is commonly referred to as "the game that changed the south."[1] Alabama halfback Johnny Mack Brown was the Rose Bowl game's MVP. Alabama therefore was named a national champion along with Dartmouth.

Tulane back Peggy Flournoy led the nation in scoring with his 128 points, a school record not broken until 2007 by Matt Forte. 1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass.[2]

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 Attendance Reference
September 19 WoffordVMI Lexington, VAW 9–0
September 19LynchburgVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA W 10–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 25RichmondNorth Carolina StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, NCW 20–0
September 26Union (TN) Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 53–0
September 26 Auburn Birmingham-Southern Rickwood Field • Birmingham, ALW 25–0
September 26PresbyterianClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCL 14–0
September 26 Georgia Mercer Macon, GA W 32–0
September 26 Oglethorpe Georgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 13–7
September 26MaryvilleKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KY W 13–6
September 26Northwestern StateLSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 27–0
September 26Washington (MD)Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MDW 13–0
September 26Wake ForestNorth CarolinaEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, NCL 6–0
September 26Arkansas StateOle Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 53–0
September 26BrysonSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 14–0
September 26ErskineSouth Carolina Columbia, SCW 33–0
September 26Louisiana CollegeTulaneNew Orleans, LAW 77–0
September 26Middle Tennessee StateVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 27–0
September 26Hampden-SydneyVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 40–0
September 26Emory & HenryVMILexington, VA W 46–0
September 26RoanokeVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA W 28–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 2Birmingham-SouthernAlabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 50–7
October 3 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC AUB 13–6
October 3Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 24–0
October 3VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–0
October 3KentuckyChicago Stagg Field • Chicago, ILL 9–0
October 3Louisiana-Lafayette LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 38–0
October 3MillsapsMississippi A&MDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MSW 34–0
October 3North CarolinaSouth CarolinaColumbia, SC UNC 7–0
October 3North Carolina StateDuke Durham, NCW 13–0
October 3Middle Tennessee StateSewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TNW 53–0
October 3Emory & HenryTennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 51–0
October 3MissouriTulaneNew Orleans, LA T 6–6
October 3Henderson-BrownVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 41–0
October 3VirginiaGeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, GAUVA 7–6
October 3Hampden-SydneyVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA W 13–3
October 3FurmanWashington & LeeLexington, VAL 20–15

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9Florida SouthernFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FLW 9–0
October 10Hampden-SydneyFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FLW 22–6
October 10Alabama LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ALA 42–0
October 10Virginia TechAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 19–0
October 10ClemsonKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 19–6
October 10 GeorgiaYale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT L 35–7
October 10Georgia TechPenn StateBronx, NY W 16–7
October 10MarylandRutgersPhiladelphia, PAW 16–0
October 10 OuachitaMississippi A&MDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS T 3–3
October 10North CarolinaDuke Durham, NCW 41–0
October 10SewaneeTexas A&MDallas, TXT 6–6
October 10Maryville TennesseeShields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 13–0
October 10Ole MissTulane New Orleans, LATUL 26–7
October 10VanderbiltTexas Longhorns footballFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TXW 14–6
October 10RichmondVirginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VAW 19–0
October 10 RoanokeVMI Lexington, VAW 17–14
October 10Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJL 15–6
October 11 South CarolinaNorth Carolina StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC SCAR 7–6

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15 North CarolinaNorth Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NCUNC 17–0
October 16WoffordSouth CarolinaColumbia, SC W 6–0
October 17SewaneeAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, ALALA 27–0
October 17Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 23–7
October 17FurmanGeorgia Augusta, GAW 21–0
October 17LSU FreshmenLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 6–0
October 17Virginia TechMaryland Washington, D. C. VT 3–0
October 17Union (TN)Ole MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 7–6
October 17Mississippi A&MTulaneSecond Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 25–3
October 17TennesseeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 34–7
October 17VMIVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 18–10
October 17Washington & Lee KentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KY W&L 25–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 33–0
October 24AlabamaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GAALA 7–0
October 24HowardAuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 7–6
October 24Wake ForestFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 24–3
October 24SewaneeKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 14–0
October 24LSUTennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TNT 0–0
October 24North Carolina MercerMacon, GAW 3–0
October 24Ole Miss Mississippi A&MJackson, MS MSA&M 6–0
October 24TulaneNorthwesternChicago, ILW 18–7
October 24VanderbiltGeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 26–7
October 24VirginiaMaryland Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VAUVA 6–0
October 24North Carolina StateVMIRichmond, VA VMI 27–6
October 24Virginia TechWashington & Lee Lynchburg, VAW&L 20–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28South CarolinaThe CitadelCounty Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SCW 30–6
October 29ClemsonWoffordSpartanburg, SC L 13–0
October 31Mississippi A&MAlabamaDenny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 6–0
October 31TulaneAuburnCramton Bowl • Montgomery, ALTUL 13–0
October 31 GeorgiaTennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 12–7
October 31RollinsFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 61–0
October 31Notre DameGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAL 13–0
October 31KentuckyCentreDanville, KY W 16–0
October 31LSUArkansasFair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LAL 12–0
October 31North Carolina MarylandBaltimore, MD UNC 16–0
October 31DavidsonNorth Carolina StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 9–0
October 31SewaneeChattanoogaChattanooga, TN W 28–0
October 31South Carolina Virginia TechRichmond, VA VT 6–0
October 31Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 7–0
October 31LynchburgVMILexington, VA W 33–0
October 31Washington & LeeWest VirginiaCharleston, WVL 21–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 7KentuckyAlabamaRickwood Field • Birmingham, ALALA 31–0
November 7 Auburn GeorgiaMcClung Stadium • Columbus, GAUGA 34–0
November 7FloridaClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SC FLA 42–0
November 7Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TN GT 7–0
November 7RiceLSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 6–0
November 7MarylandYaleYale Bowl • New Haven, CTL 43–14
November 7Mississippi CollegeMississippi A&MDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 46–0
November 7North CarolinaVMIRichmond, VA UNC 23–11
November 7North Carolina StateVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA T 0–0
November 7Ole MissSewaneeChattanooga, TNSEW 10–9
November 7TennesseeCentreDanville, KYW 12–0
November 7Louisiana TechTulaneNew Orleans, LA W 37–9
November 7VirginiaWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VAW&L 12–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 14FloridaAlabamaCramton Bowl • Montgomery, ALALA 34–0
November 14VanderbiltAuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, ALAUB 10–9
November 14ClemsonThe CitadelCharleston, SCW 6–0
November 14 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 3–0
November 14KentuckyVMICharleston, WVUK 7–0
November 14LSU Loyola New Orleans, LAW 13–0
November 14Ole MissMississippi CollegeClinton, MS W 19–7
November 14 DavidsonNorth CarolinaEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 13–0
November 14Wake ForestNorth Carolina StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 6–0
November 14South CarolinaFurmanGreenville, SCL 2–0
November 14Mississippi A&MTennesseeShields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 14–9
November 14SewaneeTulane New Orleans, LATUL 14–0
November 14Virginia TechVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 10–0
November 14 Washington & LeeMarylandByrd Stadium • College Park, MD W&L 7–3

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20PresbyterianSouth CarolinaColumbia, SC W 21–0
November 21Mississippi A&MFloridaTampa, FLFLA 12–0
November 21RhodesOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MSW 31–0
November 21TulaneLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LATUL 16–0
November 21SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 19–7
November 21Randolph-MaconVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 41–0
November 21North Carolina StateWashington & Lee Lexington, VAW&L 12–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26GeorgiaAlabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 27–0
November 26 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 7–7
November 26ClemsonFurmanGreenville, SC L 26–0
November 26Washington & LeeFloridaJacksonville, FL FLA 17–14
November 26MarylandJohns HopkinsBaltimore, MD W 17–14
November 26Ole MissMillsaps Jackson, MSW 21–0
November 26North CarolinaVirginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA T 3–3
November 26 TennesseeKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 23–20
November 26TulaneCentenaryShreveport, LA W 14–0
November 26VMIVirginia TechRoanoke, VAVT 7–0
November 28CentreSouth Carolina Columbia, SCW 20–0

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1926Rose BowlRose Bowl • Pasadena, CAAlabamaWashingtonALA 20–19

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press included:[3]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Pooley Hubert 5'10" 190 Sr. Meridian, Mississippi Alabama
HB Peggy Flournoy 6'1" 165 Sr. Mississippi Tulane
HB Johnny Mack Brown 5'11" 160 Sr. Dothan, Alabama Alabama
FB Doug Wycoff 6'2" 195 Sr. St. Louis, Missouri Georgia Tech
E J. G. Lowe 192 Sr. Tennessee
T Bob Rives 6'1" 200 Sr. Hopkinsville, Kentucky Vanderbilt
G Bill Buckler 6'0" 220 Sr. St. Paul, Minnesota Alabama
C Amos Kent 193 Sr. Kentwood, Louisiana Sewanee
G Irish Levy Sr. New Orleans, Louisiana Tulane
T Goldy Goldstein 6'3" 210 Sr. New Jersey Florida
E Smack Thompson Sr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia

References

  1. ↑ "The Football Game That Changed the South". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  2. ↑ "Shaping College Football". google.com.
  3. ↑ "All Southern Grid Team Compiled By The Associated Press". Kingsport Times. November 30, 1925.
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