1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationOctober 3, 1896
through December 14, 1896
Number of teams16
Regular Season
Season championsLSU
Georgia
Football seasons
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1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU + 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Georgia + 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 0 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Auburn 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 0
Texas 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Alabama 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State College 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Tulane 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 – 0
Nashville 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 1 – 1
Mercer 0 – 2 – 1 0 – 2 – 1
Central (KY) 0 – 2 – 1 0 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
SW Presbyterian 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Cumberland (TN)   –     –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1896 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 1896 college football season. The season began on October 3.

Coach Pop Warner's conference champion Georgia team beat North Carolina 24–16 in a close game. "For the first time in Southern football history the football supremacy of Virginia and North Carolina was successfully challenged."[1] Against John Heisman's Auburn team, Georgia also had the first successful onside kick in the South.[2]

The LSU Tigers, led by coach Allen Jeardeau, went undefeated and were the SIAA co-champions.

Season overview[edit]

Results and team statistics[edit]

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) LSU Allen Jeardeau 6–0 3–0
1 (tie) Georgia Pop Warner 4–0 2–0
3 Vanderbilt R. G. Acton 3–2–2 3–0–2
4 Auburn John Heisman 3–1 3–1
5 (tie) Georgia Tech J. B. West 1–1–1 1–1–1
5 (tie) Texas Harry Orman Robinson 4–2–1 1–1
5 (tie) Alabama Otto Wagonhurst 2–1 1–1
5 (tie) Kentucky State Dudley Short 3–6 1–1
9 Sewanee J. E. Blair 3–3 3–3
10 Tulane Harry Baum 3–2 1–2
11 (tie) Southwestern Presbyterian 0–1 0–1
11 (tie) Nashville 0–1–1 0–1–1
13 (tie) Mercer J. D. Winston 0–2–1 0–2–1
13 (tie) Central H. McC. Anderson 0–3–1 0–2–1
13 (tie) Mississippi A&M J. B. Hildebrand 0–4 0–2
? Cumberland

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game

PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Lexington Athletic Club Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–10 [3]
October 6 Auburn Mercer Central City Park • Macon, GA AUB 46–0 [4]

Week Two[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Kentucky State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 22–0 600 [5]
October 10 Centenary LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 46–0 [6]
October 10 Union (TN) Mississippi A&M Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS L 0–8

Week Three[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 17 Nashville Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 6–0 [7]
October 17 Galveston High School Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 42–0 [8]
October 17 Tulane Alumni Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 12–0 [9]
October 17 Vanderbilt Centre Danville, KY L 0–46 [10]
October 17 Kentucky State Catlettsburg Athletic Club Catlettsburg, KY L 4–6 [11]
October 22 Williamsburg (KY) Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 10–0 [12]

Week Four[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 24 LSU Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA LSU 6–0 [13]
October 24 Texas Dallas Dallas, TX T 0–0
October 24 Birmingham Athletic Club Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 30–0 [14]
October 24 Kentucky University Kentucky State Lexington, KY W 36–6 [15]
October 24 Central Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0 [16]
October 24 Georgia Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 26–0 [17]
October 26 Central Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 6–4 [18]
October 22 Tennessee Chattanooga Athletic Club Chattanooga, TN W 4–0 [19]

Week Five[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 31 Kentucky State Centre Danville, KY L 0–32 [20]
October 31 North Carolina Georgia Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA W 24–16 3,000 [21]
October 31 Georgia Tech Mercer Central City Park • Macon, GA L 4–6 [22]
October 31 Sewanee Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL SEW 10–6 [23]

Week Six[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 7 Central Kentucky State Lexington, KY KEN 62–0 [24]
November 7 San Antonio Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 12–4 [25]
November 7 Georgia Tech Auburn Drill Field • Auburn, AL W 45–0 [26]
November 7 Vanderbilt Missouri Fair Grounds • St. Louis, MO L 6–26 [27]
November 9 Sewanee Georgia Herty Field • Athens, GA UGA 26–0 [28]
November 9 Tulane Vicksburg Athletic Club Vicksburg, MS W 48–0 [29]
November 11 Vanderbilt SW Presbyterian Baseball Park • Clarksville, TN VAN 36–0 [30]
November 13 LSU Ole Miss Fairgrounds • Vicksburg, MS W 12–4 [31]

Week Seven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 14 Mississippi A&M Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 20–0 [32]
November 14 Nashville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0 [33]
November 14 Centre Kentucky State Lexington, KY L 0–44 [34]
November 14 Texas Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA TEX 12–4 800 [35][36]
November 14 VPI Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN W 6–4 [37]
November 16 Sewanee Auburn Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL AUB 38–6 [38]
November 16 Texas LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 14–0 [39]
November 20 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 52–0 [40]

Week Eight[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 21 Kentucky State Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KY W 16–0 [41]
November 21 Mercer Georgia Tech Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA T 12–12 [42]
November 21 Mississippi A&M Southern Athletic Club Sportsman's Park • New Orleans, LA L 0–55 [43]
November 26 Auburn Georgia Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 12–6 [44]
November 26 Central Tennessee Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN UT 30–0 [45]
November 26 Dallas Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 22–4 2,000 [46]
November 26 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA W 10–0 [47]
November 26 Vanderbilt Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN VAN 10–4 [48]
November 27 Kentucky State Louisville Athletic Club Louisville, KY L 4–30 [49]

Week Nine[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 28 LSU Southern Athletic Club Sportsman's Park • New Orleans, LA W 6–0 500 [50]

Week Ten[edit]

Week Eleven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 14 Missouri Texas Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX L 0–10 [51]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 53
  2. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 68
  3. ^ "Football; The Lexington Athletic Club downs State College". The Sunday Leader. October 4, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Auburn finds Mercer an easy mark". The Birmingham News. October 19, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Nashville gets 'em both". The Nashville American. October 11, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Louisiana State University Cadets defeat the Centenary College team". The Times-Democrat. October 11, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sewanee 6; U. of N. 0; Nashville boys fared a little better than Vanderbilt". The Nashville American. October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The 'Varsity team won". Austin Daily Statesman. October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tulane wins its first time out". The Daily Picayune. October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Football, Vanderbilt badly beaten by "Old Centre" yesterday". The Sunday Leader. October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "At Catlettsburg Kentucky State College loses by a score of 6 to 4". The Sunday Leader. October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The University scored a victory". The Knoxville Sentinel. October 23, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Decision for visitors; Referee awarded the game to the visitors upon Tulane's desertion of the field". The Times-Democrat. October 25, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Birmingham lost; Foot ball game at Tuskaloosa disastrous for the Athletics". The Birmingham News. October 26, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "State College—Wins the local championship by a score of 36 to 6". The Sunday Leader. October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Vanderbilt vs. Central College; Good game at Nashville, ending in a draw". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Georgia wins over Wofford". The Atlanta Journal. October 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Sewanee the victor; Puts it onto Central University to the tune of 6 to 4". The Nashville American. October 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Chattanooga wins spirited football game at the park yesterday". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ ""Old Centre."—The Danville team beats State College by a score of 32 to 0". The Sunday Leader. November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Football yesterday". The News and Observer. November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Techs defeat Mercer, Atlantians win in a close game by a score of 6 to 4". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "The University football team went down before Sewanee". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "The Gridiron.–Ad[sic Unintersting Game Between S. C. and C. U." The Sunday Leader. November 8, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Yesterday's ball game". Austin Daily Statesman. November 8, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "One-sided game at Auburn". The Birmingham News. November 9, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Missouri and Vanderbilt". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 7, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0". The Morning News. November 10, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Local team short on taeties". The Commercial Appeal. November 10, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 12, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Exciting football and races; Great day at the successful exposition at Vicksburg". The Commercial Appeal. November 14, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "Shut them out; The Tuscaloosa foot ball team defeats the A. & M." Birmingham State Herald. November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "Was most disgraceful". The Nashville American. November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ^ "Football—"Old Centre" wins the State Championship". The Sunday Leader. November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "That Texas team wins once more". The Daily Picayune. November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ^ "That Texas team wins once more (continued)". The Daily Picayune. November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. ^ "Blacksburg defeated". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1896. p. 13. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  38. ^ "Thirty-six to six! Was the way yesterday's great football contest resulted". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  39. ^ "Football; State University trounces the Texas 11". The Daily Picayune. November 17, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. ^ "Untitled". The Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 21, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  41. ^ "At Georgetown—Kentucky State College wins easy from Georgetown University". The Sunday Leader. November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. ^ "Techs 12, Mercer 12; Football game at Brisbine Park yesterday was a tie". The Atlanta Constitution. November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. ^ "Dull foot ball game". Natchez Democrat. November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ^ "Auburn knocked out". Birmingham State Herald. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ^ "Bad defeat for Central University". The Courier-Journal. November 27, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. ^ "'Varsity, 'Varsity, U. T. A." Austin Daily Statesman. November 27, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  47. ^ "Mississippi defeated; Tulane wins by a score of 10 to 0". The Times-Democrat. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  48. ^ "Vanderbilt victorious". Nashville Banner. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  49. ^ "L. A. C.'s fine victory". The Courier-Journal. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  50. ^ "Cadet champions; Southern Athletic Club football eleven defeated". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  51. ^ "'Varsity boys defeated". Austin Daily Statesman. December 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 1.
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