Sports season
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration October 6, 1899 through December 25, 1899 Number of teams 17 Season champions Sewanee
The 1899 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 1899 college football season .
The season began on October 6, 1899 with Vanderbilt visiting Cumberland .
Sewanee won the conference with 11 conference victories. With just 13 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M ; Texas ; Tulane ; LSU ; and Ole Miss . Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[ 1] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."[ 2]
Results and team statistics [ edit ]
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
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 .
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 20
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
L 6–0
[ 16]
October 21
Kentucky State
Centre
Danville, KY
T 11–11
[ 17]
October 21
Bethel (KY)
Nashville
Normal College Field • Nashville, TN
T 5–5
[ 18]
October 21
Texas
Dallas Athletic Club
Dallas, TX
W 11–6
[ 19]
October 21
Tuscaloosa Athletic Club
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 16–5
October 21
Montgomery Athletic Club
Auburn
Drill Field • Auburn, AL
W 41–0
[ 20]
October 21
Sewanee
Georgia
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
SEW 12–0
[ 21]
October 21
Davidson
North Carolina
Latta Park • Charlotte, NC
W 10–0
[ 22]
October 21
VPI
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
L 5–0
[ 23]
October 23
Sewanee
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
SEW 32–0
[ 24]
October 23
Horner's School
North Carolina
Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC
W 46–0
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 3
SW Presbyterian
Sewanee
Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 54–0
[ 34]
November 3
LSU
Ole Miss
Fairgrounds • Meridian, MS
MISS 11–0
5,000
[ 35]
November 4
North Carolina
Navy
Worden Field • Annapolis, MD
L 0–12
[ 36]
November 4
Kentucky State
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
TENN 12–0
[ 37]
November 4
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Billings Park • Memphis, TN
VAN 11–0
[ 38]
November 4
Texas A&M
Texas
San Antonio, TX
W 6–0
[ 39]
November 8
North Carolina
Princeton
University Field • Princeton, NJ
L 0–30
[ 40]
November 9
Clemson
South Carolina
Columbia, SC
W 34–0
[ 41]
November 9
Sewanee
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
SEW 12–0
2,500
[ 42]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 10
Sewanee
Texas A&M
Herald Park • Houston, TX
W 10–0
600
[ 43]
November 11
Sewanee
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
SEW 23–0
~1,000
[ 44]
November 11
Central (KY)
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
CENT 5–0
[ 45]
November 11
Montgomery Athletic Club
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 16–0
[ 46]
November 11
Georgia
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
TENN 5–0
[ 47]
November 11
Nashville
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
NASH 15–0
[ 48]
November 11
Bethel (TN)
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 22–0
[ 49]
November 13
Sewanee
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
SEW 34–0
2,000+
[ 50]
November 13
Sewanee
Ole Miss
Billings Park • Memphis, TN
SEW 12–0
[ 51]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 18
North Carolina A&M
Clemson
Rock Hill, SC
W 24–0
[ 52]
November 18
Auburn
Georgia
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
T 0–0
[ 53]
November 18
Texas
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 6–0
[ 54]
November 18
SW Presbyterian
Nashville
Normal College Field • Nashville, TN
NASH 39–0
[ 55]
November 20
Texas
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
TEX 11–0
[ 56]
November 20
Cumberland
Sewanee
Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 71–0
[ 57]
November 21
Washington and Lee
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
T 0–0
[ 58]
November 22
Washington and Lee
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 6–0
[ 59]
November 23
Washington and Lee
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
W 11–0
[ 60]
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 24
Alabama
Ole Miss
Driving Park • Jackson, MS
ALA 7–5
600
[ 61]
November 25
Alabama
New Orleans Athletic Club
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
L 21–0
[ 62]
November 25
Central (KY)
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 21–16
[ 63]
November 25
Tulane
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
TEX 32–0
[ 64]
November 27
Tulane
Texas A&M
Herald Park • Houston, TX
L 22–0
[ 65]
November 28
LSU
Lake Charles High School
Hoohoo Park • Lake Charles, LA
W 48–0
[ 66] [ 67]
November 30
2:50 p. m.
Sewanee
Auburn
Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL
SEW 11–10
[ 68]
November 30
Kentucky Alumni
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 6–5
November 30
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Greenville, SC
CLEM 41–5
November 30
North Carolina
Georgia
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
UNC 5–0
3,000
[ 69]
November 30
LSU
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
TEX 29–0
[ 70]
November 30
Ole Miss
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
MISS 15–0
[ 71]
November 30
Kentucky University
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
W 41–0
[ 72]
November 30
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 5–0
4,000
[ 73]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 2
North Carolina
Sewanee
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
SEW 5–0
2,000
[ 74]
December 2
LSU
Texas A&M
College Station, TX
L 42–0
[ 75]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 8
Tulane
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 38–0
[ 76]
W. A. Lambeth 's All-Southern team:
^ "Grantland Rice" . Reading Eagle . November 27, 1941.
^ Patrick Dorsey (September 23, 2011). "Sewanee, long-lost member of the SEC" . Archived from the original on January 11, 2016.
^ "Cumberland University team defeated by the Vanderbilt team" . Nashville Banner . October 7, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia eleven defeated by the Clemson College boys" . The Savannah Morning News . October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Blue and White downs the Crimson" . The Morning Herald . October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "First football game; University beats A. & M. College in a well played contest" . The Morning Post . October 8, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Orange-White winning colors" . The Journal and Tribune . October 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Carolina defeats Oak Ridge in football" . Asheville Daily Gazette . October 13, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "A walk-over for the S.W.P.U.'s, was the football game Saturday" . Semi-Weekly Leaf-Chronicle . October 17, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt 12, Miami 0" . The Courier-Journal . October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn defeats the Techs" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The score was 10 to 0 in Clemson's favor" . The State . October 15, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Never touched Guilford; Carolina only scored 45 to Guilford's nothing" . The News and Observer . October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State College 18, Miami 5" . The Courier-Journal . October 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Athletic Club wins from Techs". The Atlanta Constitution . October 19, 1899.
^ "To Cincinnati comes victory" . The Nashville American . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Centre College 11, State College 11" . The Courier-Journal . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rushing the pigskin; Bethel College and University of Nashville play football" . Nashville Banner . October 23, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football leads to fight" . Fort Worth Morning Register . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Montgomery boys show up well" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Purple triumphs over Athens" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "University defeats Davidson College by a close score" . The Morning Post . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "U of T eleven lost to the Blacksburg team" . The Journal and Tribune . October 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techs went down before Sewanee" . The Atlanta Journal . October 24, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Was a fierce game" . The Commercial Appeal . October 28, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Oxford beaten" . The Commercial Appeal . October 29, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "University of the South defeated University of Tennessee by 51 to 0" . The Knoxville Sentinel . October 30, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indiana wins; Vanderbilt University defeated by a score of 20 to 0" . The Indianapolis News . October 31, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn keeps up her fast game" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 29, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techs defeated" . The Macon Telegraph . October 29, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "A. & M. surprised" . The Morning Post . October 29, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The 'Varsity beat the visitors badly yesterday" . Austin Daily Statesman . November 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "University of Maryland beaten" . The Baltimore Sun . November 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Another fifty-four points for Sewanee" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 4, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football—Mississippi defeated Louisiana in a great game at Meridian" . The Commercial Appeal . November 2, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Naval Cadets win" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tennessee 12, State College 0" . The Courier-Journal . November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Not a brilliant contest" . The Commercial Appeal . November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Agricultural boys were made to wilt by 'Varsity" . Austin Daily Statesman . November 5, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton wins 30 to 0" . The New York Times . November 9, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Clemson did eat Carolina boys up" . The State . November 10, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee defeats University of Texas in spirited game" . The Arkansas Gazette . November 10, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee 10, A. and M. 0; The Cadets put up a hard game and bothered the visitors" . Houston Daily Post . November 11, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Olive still Blue but very hopeful" . The Daily Picayune . November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State College team defeated by Central University by a score of 5 to 0" . The Morning Herald . November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Montgomery boys' magnificent showing" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tennessee beats Georgia eleven" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Nashville leads Techs Merry Chase". The Montgomery Advertiser . November 12, 1899.
^ "Vanderbilt 22, Bethel College 0" . The Commercial Appeal . November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee 34, Louisiana 0; Tennesseans en route to Memphis after defeating everything in the southwest" . The Commercial Appeal . November 14, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee downs Mississippi" . Natchez Democrat . November 15, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Clemson defeats the A and M, 24 to 0" . The Charlotte Daily Observer . November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn had game but darkness ended the football contest with University of Georgia" . The Macon Telegraph . November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Texas up against it again" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Nashville won; Her game with Sewanee for next Saturday has been cancelled" . Nashville Banner . November 20, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tulane shut out; University of Texas men rolled up a score of eleven by hard work" . The Commercial Appeal . November 21, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee wins again" . The Birmingham Age-Herald . November 21, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Washington and Lee defeated" . Lexington Gazette . November 22, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Washington and Lee beaten" . The Courier-Journal . November 23, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tennessee's victory" . The Knoxville Sentinel . November 24, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Alabama 7, Mississippi 5" . The Times-Democrat . November 25, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Athletic eleven's debut: Defeating the University of Alabama's clever team" . The Times-Picayune . November 26, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt defeated Central University, score 21 to 16" . The Journal and Tribune . November 26, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Varsity boys came out big winner in the game" . Austin Daily Statesman . November 26, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Texas A. and M. 22, Tulane 0" . The Daily Picayune . November 28, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State University to play Lake Charles" . The Times-Democrat . November 28, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State University 48, Lake Charles 0" . The Times-Picayune . November 29, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ W. R. Tichenor (December 1, 1899). "Sewanee Wins From Auburn" . Atlanta Constitution . p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia defeated by North Carolina" . The Atlanta Journal . December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ " 'Varsity vs. Baton Rouge; Texas boys won in the Austin game, 29 to 0" . Fort Worth Morning Register . December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi's game; Tulane defeated by a score of 15 to 0" . The Times-Democrat . December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brilliant end of the season" . The Journal and Tribune . December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Thanksgiving game on Dudley Field" . The Nashville American . December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee is champion" . The Times-Democrat . December 3, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "A. and M. College vs University of Louisiana won by the home team" . Bryan-College Station Eagle . December 3, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Louisiana University 38, Tulane 0" . The Daily Picayune . December 9, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football at Chattanooga" . Nashville Banner . December 26, 1899. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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