1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 23, 1916
through December 9, 1916
Number of teams 26
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Football seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 1     8 – 0 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0     2 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Auburn 6 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
The Citadel 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 1
LSU 3 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 2
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 1 – 2     4 – 1 – 2
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Mississippi A&M 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
Transylvania 2 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 0
Mississippi College 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Centre 0 – 1 – 2     5 – 1 – 3
Louisville 0 – 2 – 1     2 – 3 – 1
Howard 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Wofford 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 4 – 0
Florida 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23.

Regular season

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

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 23 Kentucky School for the Deaf Kentucky Lexington, KY W 34–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 30 Birmingham Alabama University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13–0
September 30 Furman Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 7–6
September 30 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 6–0
September 30 K. M. I. Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 14–0
September 30 Mercer Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 61–0
September 30 Butler Kentucky Lexington, KY W 39–0
September 30 LSU Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, LA W 24–0
September 30 Union Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 30–0
September 30 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 107–0
September 30 Tusculum Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 33–0
September 30 Rhodes Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 86–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 6 Mississippi A&M Mississippi College Aberdeen, MS MSCOLL 13–6
October 7 Alabama Southern Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 80–0
October 7 Auburn Howard Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 35–0
October 7 Centre Kentucky Lexington, KY UK 68–0
October 7 Charleston Navy The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 35–0
October 7 Cumberland Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 222–0
October 7 Jefferson LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 59–0
October 7 Arkansas Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 20–0
October 7 Morgan Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 54–0
October 7 Maryville Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–6
October 7 Transylvania Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 42–0
October 7 Presbyterian Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 49–13

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 14 Mississippi College Alabama University Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 13–7
October 14 Mercer Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 92–0
October 14 Centre Louisville Louisville, KY T 0–0
October 14 Presbyterian The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 34–7
October 14 Erskine Furman Greenville, SC W 60–3
October 14 Florida Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 21–0
October 14 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 9–0
October 14 LSU Texas A&M Galveston, TX W 13–0
October 14 Hendrix Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 61–0
October 14 Mississippi A&M Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN MSA&M 33–0
October 14 Maryville Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 68–7
October 14 Tennessee Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC TENN 14–0
October 14 Spring Hill Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 14–0
October 14 Vanderbilt Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY VAN 45–0
October 14 Wofford South Carolina Columbia, SC L 23–3

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 28–0
October 21 Alabama Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL ALA 16–0
October 21 The Citadel Davidson Davidson, NC T 7–7
October 21 Georgia Tech B Furman Greenville, SC W 21–10
October 21 Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 13–7
October 21 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 50–7
October 21 Transylvania Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS MSA&M 13–0
October 21 Sewanee Kentucky Lexington, KY T 0–0
October 21 South Carolina Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 26–0
October 21 Jefferson Tulane New Orleans, LA W 39–3
October 21 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 35–0
October 21 Erskine Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 12–7

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 26 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 27–0
October 27 Kentucky Wesleyan Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 111–0
October 27 Furman Presbyterian Clinton, SC W 42–10
October 27 Tulane Mississippi College Jackson, MS TUL 13–3
October 28 Ole Miss Alabama University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 27–0
October 28 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 7–3
October 28 The Citadel Newberry Newberry, SC W 21–14
October 28 Georgia Navy Annapolis, MD L 27–3
October 28 Kentucky Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH W 32–0
October 28 Sewanee LSU New Orleans, LA SEW 7–0
October 28 Tennessee Florida Tampa, FL TENN 24–0
October 28 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 27–6
October 30 Guilford Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 31–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 3 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Tupelo, MS MSA&M 36–0
November 4 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL SEW 7–6
November 4 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA AUB 3–0
November 4 Wofford The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC CIT 37–0
November 4 Davidson Furman Greenville, SC L 46–14
November 4 Tulane Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 45–0
November 4 Tennessee Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN TENN 12–7
November 4 Rose-Hulman Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 67–0
November 5 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA W 17–7

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 7 Mississippi College Southern Miss Hattiesburg, MS W 75–0
November 11 Auburn Florida Jacksonville, FL AUB 20–0
November 11 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 49–0
November 11 Georgia Tech Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL GT 13–0
November 11 Centre Central Richmond, KY W 26–0
November 11 LSU Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS LSU 13–3
November 11 Ole Miss Transylvania Lexington, KY TRANS 13–3
November 11 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 54–0
November 11 Vanderbilt Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 10–6
November 11 Tulane Rice Houston, TX L 23–13
November 11 Newberry Wofford Spartanburg, SC L 21–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16 The Citadel Clemson Orangeburg, SC CIT 3–0
November 18 Alabama Tulane New Orleans, LA TUL 33–0
November 18 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL VAN 20–9
November 18 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA GT 21–0
November 18 Transylvania Centre Danville, KY T 0–0
November 18 Florida Indiana Jordan Field • Bloomington, IN L 14–3
November 18 Mississippi A&M Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 13–3
November 18 Ole Miss LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 41–0
November 18 Ouachita Mississippi College Clinton, MS W 26–0
November 18 Mercer South Carolina Columbia, SC L 47–0
November 18 Sewanee Tennessee Chattanooga, TN TENN 17–0
November 18 Wofford Wake Forest Wake Forest, NC L 41–0
November 20 Maryville Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS T 7–7

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 30 The Citadel South Carolina Columbia, SC W 20–2
November 30 Centre Georgetown Georgetown, KY CEN 14–7
November 30 Clemson Davidson Charlotte, NC L 33–0
November 30 Georgia Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL UGA 3–0
November 30 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–7
November 30 Furman Wofford Spartanburg, SC WOF 9–7
November 30 Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY T 0–0
November 30 Arkansas Mississippi A&M Memphis, TN W 20–7
November 30 LSU Tulane New Orleans, LA T 14–14
November 30 Ole Miss Mississippi College Jackson, MS MSCOLL 36–14

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 9 Georgetown Tulane New Orleans, LA L 61–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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All-Southern team

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Main article: 1916 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers included:[1]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Irby Curry 137 Sr. Marlin, Texas Vanderbilt
HB Everett Strupper 5'7" 148 Jr. Columbus, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Doc Rodes Jr. Lexington, Kentucky Kentucky
FB Tommy Spence Sr. Thomasville, Georgia Georgia Tech
E Graham Vowell 184 Jr. Martin, Tennessee Tennessee
T Josh Cody 6'4" 212 Jr. Franklin, Tennessee Vanderbilt
G Bob Lang Sr. Waverly, Georgia Georgia Tech
C Pup Phillips 6'0" 182 So. Carnesville, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Chink Lowe Jr. Loudon Co., Tennessee Tennessee
T Walker Carpenter 6'2" 184 Jr. Newnan, Georgia Georgia Tech

See also

References

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