1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 29, 1906
through December 2, 1906
Number of teams18
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Clemson
Football seasons
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1907 →
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 3
Sewanee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
LSU 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
Mercer 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
Tulane 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 1
Auburn 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
Cumberland (TN)   –     –  
Nashville   –     –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1906 college football season. The season began on September 29.

At the end of 1905 football looked about to be abolished due to all of the reoccurring violence during games. Football was a sport that had degenerated into dangerous tactics such as: the flying wedge, punching, kicking, piling-on, and elbows to the face. Almost any violent behavior was allowed. Fatalities and injuries mounted during the 1905 season.[n 1]

As a result, the 1906 season was played under a new set of rules.[2] The rules governing intercollegiate football were changed to promote a more open and less dangerous style of play. An intercollegiate conference, which would become the forerunner of the NCAA, approved radical changes including the legalization of the forward pass, allowing the punting team to recover an on-side kick as a live ball, abolishing the dangerous flying wedge, creating a neutral zone between offense and defense, and doubling the first-down distance to 10 yards, to be gained in three downs.[3]

According to Fuzzy Woodruff, Davidson tossed the first legal forward pass in the South in the win over Georgia.[4]

Clemson and Vanderbilt tied for the SIAA title,[5] but few writers chose the Tigers over the vaunted Commodores.[6] Coach Dan McGugin called the Carlisle victory "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."[7] For some, Vanderbilt's eleven was the entire All-Southern team.[8] Running back Owsley Manier was the first Southern player chosen third-team All-American by Walter Camp.

Results and team statistics

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Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 8–1 4–0 30.9 1.8
1 (tie) Clemson Bob Williams 4–0–3 4–0–1 5.4 0.6
3 Sewanee J. J. Quill 8–1 5–1 23.4 1.8
4 Alabama Doc Pollard 5–1 3–1 16.2 13.7
5 Mississippi Thomas S. Hammond 4–2 3–2 11.8 10.7
6 Georgia Tech John Heisman 6–3–1 3–3 8.1 7.7
7 Georgia W. S. Whitney 2–4–1 2–2–1 8.4 7.1
8 LSU Dan A. Killian 2–2–2 0–1–1 6.7 6.2
9 Mississippi A&M Daniel S. Martin 2–2–1 0–2–1 20.2 9.0
10 (tie) Mercer E. E. Tarr 1–4 0–2 6.4 32.6
10 (tie) Tulane John Russ 0–4–1 0–2 0.0 18.4
12 Tennessee James DePree 1–6–2 0–3–1 1.7 14.1
13 Auburn Mike Donahue 1–5–1 0–5 3.4 5.9

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[9]

Regular season

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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

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 29 Maryville (TN) Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA T 6–6 [10]
September 29 Howard (AL) Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS W 30–0 [11]
September 29 Mooney Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 24–0 [12]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 4 Maryville (TN) Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 16–6 [13]
October 6 Maryville (TN) Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–0 [14]
October 6 North Georgia Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 11–0 [15]
October 6 American Temperance Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN W 10–0 [16]
October 6 Kentucky State College Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–0 [17]
October 8 Maryville (TN) Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL T 0–0 [18]
October 8 Mercer Gordon (GA) Barnesville, GA L 5–28 [19]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Monroe Athletic Club LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–0 [20]
October 13 Gordon (GA) Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL W 15–0 [21]
October 13 Howard (AL) Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14–0 [22]
October 13 Grant Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 18–0 [23]
October 13 Davidson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA L 0–15 [24]
October 13 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN L 0–11 [25]
October 13 Marion Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS W 62–0 [26]
October 13 Southwestern Presbyterian Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 57–0 [27]
October 13 VPI Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0 [28]
October 13 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 29–0 [29]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Central University Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN L 0–6 [30]
October 20 Florida Mercer Central City Park • Macon, GA W 12–0 [31]
October 20 Georgia Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–0 [32]
October 20 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MISS 9–0 [33]
October 20 Sewanee Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA SEW 16–0 [34]
October 20 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 78–0 [35]

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Tennessee American Temperance Harriman, TN T 5–5 [36]
October 26 Sewanee Auburn West End Park • Birmingham, AL SEW 10–5 [37]
October 27 Davidson Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA W 4–0 [38]
October 27 LSU Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS T 0–0 [39]
October 27 Howard (AL) Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA T 0–0 [40]
October 27 Texas Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 45–0 [41]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 3 Clemson Davidson Latta Park • Charlotte, NC T 0–0 [42][43]
November 3 Alabama Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS ALA 16–4 [44]
November 3 Georgia Mercer Central City Park • Macon, GA UGA 55–0 [45]
November 3 Auburn Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 11–0 [46]
November 3 Vanderbilt Michigan Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 4–10 10,000 [47]
November 3 Sewanee Tennessee Baker-Himel Park • Knoxville, TN SEW 17–0 [48]

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Louisiana Industrial LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–0 [49]
November 10 Auburn Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 6–4 [50]
November 10 Georgia Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA GT 17–0 [51]
November 10 Mercer The Citadel Hampton Park • Charleston, SC L 0–10 [52]
November 10 Tennessee Kentucky State College Lexington, KY L 0–21 [53]
November 10 Sewanee Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA SEW 35–0 [54]
November 10 Rose Polytechnic Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0 [55]
November 12 Ole Miss Sewanee Red Elm Park • Memphis, TN SEW 24–0 [56]

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Auburn Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 10–0 [57]
November 17 Maryville (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 28–0 [58]
November 17 Texas A&M Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA L 0–18 [59]
November 17 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA VAN 37–6 5,000 [60]
November 19 Tennessee Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 16–0 [61]
November 19 Texas A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 12–22 [62]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 21 Tennessee Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA T 0–0 [63]
November 24 Arkansas Tulane Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA L 0–22 [64]
November 24 Georgia Tech Mercer Central City Park • Macon, GA GT 61–0 [65]
November 24 Carlisle Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 4–0 [66]

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Tennessee Alabama State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL ALA 51–0 [67]
November 29 Arkansas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA T 6–6 [68]
November 29 Clemson Georgia Tech The Flats • Atlanta, GA CLEM 10–0 [69]
November 29 Auburn Georgia Central City Park • Macon, GA UGA 4–0 [70]
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS MISS 29–5 [71]
November 29 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 20–0 6,000 [72]
December 1 Georgia Savannah A. C. Savannah, GA L 0–12 [73]

Awards and honors

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All-Americans

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Main article: 1906 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1906 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 included:

Position Name Team
QB Sam Costen Vanderbilt
HB Dan Blake Vanderbilt
HB Honus Craig Vanderbilt
FB Owsley Manier Vanderbilt
E Bob Blake Vanderbilt
T Joe Pritchard Vanderbilt
G Walter K. Chorn Vanderbilt
C Stein Stone Vanderbilt
G Clyde R. Conner Mississippi
T Lex Stone Sewanee
E Lob Brown Georgia Tech

Notes

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  1. ^ Union College halfback Harold Moore died of a cerebral hemorrhage after being kicked in the head while attempting to tackle an NYU runner. The Chicago Tribune referred to the 1905 football season as a "death harvest", as it resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Football Year's Death Harvest: Record Shows That Nineteen Football Players Have been Killed in 1905". November 26, 1905. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Vanderbilt University (1907). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 7. p. 49.
  3. ^ "Football Rules Made At Last". Salt Lake Herald. April 2, 1906. p. 7.
  4. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 187
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  10. ^ "Maryville's fine showing". The Journal and Tribune. September 30, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  14. ^ "Alabama a winner". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Yellowjackets sting N.G.A.'s to a lurid fare-you-well". The Atlanta Journal. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  35. ^ "Vanderbilt walks all over Alabama". The Birmingham Age-Herald. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ^ "Harriman football game broke up in a big row". The Journal and Tribune. October 26, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. ^ "Ten to five with Sewanee on top". The Birmingham News. October 27, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  41. ^ "Vanderbilt defeats Texas". The Atlanta Journal. October 28, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  44. ^ "Alabama 16; Miss. A. and M., 0". The Birmingham News. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ^ ""Ancient Athens" hit Mercer stunning blow". The Macon Daily Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. ^ "Tech captured game from Auburn team". The Macon Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  52. ^ "The Citadel eleven defeats Mercer". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  54. ^ "Sewanee had an easy game; Beat Tulane 35 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  55. ^ "Vanderbilt 33, Rose Poly 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  62. ^ "Texas defeats L. S. U." The Times-Democrat. November 20, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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