1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationOctober 1, 1898
through December 14, 1898
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsSewanee
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1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Auburn 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
LSU 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0
Georgia 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 0
Tulane 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Mississippi 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Texas 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
Kentucky State# 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
SW Presbyterian 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1898 college football season. This was the first season Georgia Tech participated in the conference.

The season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated.[1]

W. A. Lambeth said North Carolina had the best season of any southern team. But both Virginia and North Carolina were accused of playing ineligible players, and Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee champion of the south.[2]

Season overview

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Results and team statistics

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Conf. Rank Team Head coach Conf. record Win Pct. Overall record PPG PAG
1t Sewanee John Gere Jayne 3–0–0 1.000 4–0–0 13.5 1.0
1t Auburn John Heisman 2–0–0 1.000 2–1–0 15.7 15.7
1t LSU Edmond Chavanne 1–0–0 1.000 1–0–0 37.0 0.0
4 Georgia Charles McCarthy 3–1–0 .750 4–2–0 11.7 11.7
5t Clemson John Penton 1–1–0 .500 3–1–0 27.5 5.0
5t Tulane John Lombard 1–1–0 .500 1–1–0 7.0 23.0
7 Vanderbilt R. G. Acton 1–2–0 .333 1–5–0 1.5 10.2
8t Texas David Farragut Edwards 0–1–0 .000 5–1–0 22.3 0.7
8t Mississippi T. G. Scarbrough 0–1–0 .000 1–1–0 9.0 8.0
8t Nashville 0–2–0 .000 0–2–0 0.0 7.5
8t Georgia Tech J. B. Wood 0–3–0 .000 0–4–0 2.0 22.3
– Kentucky State W. R. Bass 0–0–0 – 7–0–0 25.9 0.0
? Cumberland
? Southwestern Presbyterian

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
t = Tied

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
October 1 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 18–0 [3]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 8 Kentucky State Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY W 28–0 [4]
October 8 Clemson Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 20–8 [5]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15 Company H-8th Massachusetts Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 59–0
October 15 Atlanta Athletic Club Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA W 14–0 [6]
October 15 Texas Add-Ran Christian Waco, TX W 16–0 [7]
October 15 Nashville Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 10–0 [8]
October 20 Bingham Military School Clemson Calhoun, SC W 55–0 [9]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Cincinnati Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–10 [10]
October 22 Georgia Tech Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 15–0 [11]
October 22 Texas A&M Texas Varsity Athletic Field •Austin, TX W 48–0 [12]

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 29 Kentucky State Louisville YMCA League Park • Louisville, KY W 16–0 [13]
October 29 Galveston High School Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 17–0 [14]
October 29 Vanderbilt Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 4–0 2,000 [15]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 5 Centre Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 6–0 [16]
November 5 Add-Ran Christian Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 29–0 [17]
November 5 Georgia Tech Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL AUB 29–6 [18][19]
November 5 Nashville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 5–0 [20]
November 10 Sewanee Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX SEW 4–0 [21]

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 8 160th Indiana Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 17–0 [22]
November 12 Sewanee Southern Athletic Club Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA W 21–0 [23]
November 12 Vanderbilt Virginia Fontaine Ferry Park • Louisville, KY L 18–0 [24]
November 12 North Carolina Georgia Central City Park • Macon, GA L 0–44 [25]
November 14 North Carolina Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL L 0–24 [26][27]
November 17 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 24–0 [28]

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 19 New Castle Athletic Club Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 36–0 [29]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 18–17 [30][31]
November 24 Clemson Georgia Tech Baseball Park • Augusta, GA CLEM 23–0 500 [32]
November 24 Dallas Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 26–0 [33]
November 25 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN SEW 19–4 4,000 [34]

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 12 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA TUL 14–9 [35]
December 17 St. Thomas Hall Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 9–2 [36]
December 17 LSU Tulane State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 37–0 [37]

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1898 College Football All-Southern Team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:[38]

Position Name Team
QB Frank O. Rogers North Carolina
HB Jim MacRae North Carolina
HB Jack Dye Vanderbilt
FB A. Clarence Jones Georgia
E H. T. Summersgill Virginia
T John Loyd Virginia
G William S. Fitzgerald Vanderbilt
C John L. Templeman Virginia
G James Davis Virginia'
T Frank Bennett North Carolina
E Herman Koehler North Carolina

References

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  1. ^ "The Football Teams of the South". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved August 14, 2008 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Hapgood, Norman (1857). "Harper's weekly". pp. 65 v.
  3. ^ "Football at Lexington". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The State College team". The Courier-Journal. October 16, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia defeats Clemson College". The Atlanta Journal. October 10, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia defeats Atlanta's team". The Atlanta Journal. October 17, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "'Varsity eleven wins". Austin Daily Statesman. October 16, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Sewanee wins; Defeats Nashville by a score of ten to nothing". The Nashville American. October 16, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Clemson defeats Bingham". The Atlanta Constitution. October 21, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Vanderbilt's downfall; Varsity beats Southern Champions". The Cincinnati Post. October 17, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "University defeats Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. October 24, 1898.
  12. ^ "Varsity eleven, 48; A. and M. 0; Contest at Athletic Park was a big sided victory for University". Austin Daily Statesman. October 23, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "State College eleveen defeats Louisville's team". The Courier-Journal. October 30, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Austin 17, Galveston 0; The 'Varsity eleven was too much for the Island City team". Houston Daily Post. October 30, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Fast work wins it; Fleetness of the Georgia players defeats Vanderbilt's eleven there". The Nashville American. October 30, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Lexington the winner". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 6, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "'Varsity won again". Austin Daily Statesman. November 6, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Auburn defeats the Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Auburn wins". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 6, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Victory for Vanderbilt". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Brilliant football; Sewanee defeats the University of Texas". The Times-Democrat. November 11, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "The 160th gone South". The Indianapolis Journal. November 10, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Sewanee Makes the Score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  24. ^ "Victory for the Orange and Blue". The Courier-Journal. November 13, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Carolina defeats Georgia". The Washington Post. November 13, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Auburn, too, goes down to Tar men". The Atlanta Journal. November 15, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Auburn eleven fails to score". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 15, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Clemson wins at football". The Selma Times. November 19, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "State College won". The Courier-Journal. November 20, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Auburn pluck too much for Georgia". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Auburn's fast team too much for Georgia and the captain of that team laid down and took his men off the field". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "The Clemson boys defeat the Techs". The Atlanta Journal. November 25, 1898.
  33. ^ "University 26, Dallas 0". Houston Daily Post. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ^ "Sewanee defeats Vanderbilt". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 25, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "Tulane wins; Mississippians beaten by score of 14 to 9". The Times-Democrat. December 13, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ^ "St. Thomas Hall defeated". The Commercial Appeal. December 18, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. ^ "37 to 0; Tulane outclassed by the L.S.U. eleven". The Times-Democrat. December 18, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. ^ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
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