The 1907 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 1907 college football season. The season began on September 28 with conference member Clemson hosting Gordon. Howard College was a new addition to the SIAA.
Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6. The Commodores also beat Georgia Tech by the largest margin in coach John Heisman's tenure, and beat a powerful Sewanee team on a double pass play which Grantland Rice called the greatest thrill in his years of watching sports. Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South." Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote "The standing. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a might good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts." The only loss suffered all season for Vanderbilt was to Western power Michigan.
LSU made history by facing the University of Havana in Cuba, marking the first occasion a team from the American South competed in an international matchup.
Results and team statistics
Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG1 VanderbiltDan McGugin 5–1–13–034.6 5.12SewaneeArthur G. Erwin8–16–127.83.03AlabamaDoc Pollard5–1–23–1–2 8.88.04LSUEdgar Wingard7–32–126.65.25 (tie)AuburnWillis Kienholz6–2–13–2–120.63.35 (tie)TennesseeGeorge Levene7–2–13–216.91.77GeorgiaW. S. Whitney4–3–13–3–1 12.95.98Mississippi A&MFred Furman 6–32–3 23.38.69Georgia TechJohn Heisman 4–42–4 18.512.510ClemsonFrank Shaughnessy 4–41–38.4 5.611Mercer H. R. Schenker 3–3 0–3 12Howard John Counselman2-50–5 13Mississippi Frank A. Mason0–60–51.0 32.514 Nashville Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game
Regular season Index to colors and formattingNon-conference matchup; SIAA member wonNon-conference matchup; SIAA member lostNon-conference matchup; tieConference matchup SIAA teams in bold.
Week One Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceSeptember 27MooneySewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 23–0September 28ClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 5–0
Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 2Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 7–0 October 3Southwestern PresbyterianHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, AL W 5–0 October 5AlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 17–0 October 5Howard (AL)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 23–0 October 5GeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GA W 57–0 October 5GordonGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 51–0 October 5Tennessee Military InstituteTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 30–0 October 5Kentucky State CollegeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 40–01,800October 7Maryville (TN)AuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 29–0
Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 9MaryvilleClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCW 35–0 October 10Mississippi A&MSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 38–0 October 11Louisiana IndustrialLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 28–0 October 12AlabamaOle MissColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSALA 20–0 October 12North GeorgiaGeorgia TechThe Flats • Atlanta, GAW 70–0 October 12Mississippi A&MHoward (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, ALMSA&M 12–5 October 12TennesseeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GATENN 15–0 October 12VanderbiltNavyWorden Field • Annapolis, MDT 6–6 October 12FloridaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 6–0 October 12GordonAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALW 34–0
Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 19GeorgiaMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 26–6 October 19TennesseeGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 6–4 October 19Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 80–0 October 19Ole MissOxford, MSL 6–12 October 19SewaneeAuburnWest End Park • Birmingham, ALSEW 12–6 October 19LSUTexasClark Field • Austin, TXL 5–12 October 21SewaneeAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALSEW 54–4 October 21TennesseeClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCTENN 4–0 October 21LSUTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX L 5–11
Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 25MercerMississippi A&MColumbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MSMSA&M 75–0 October 25GeorgiaAlabamaHighland Park • Montgomery, ALT 0–0 October 26AuburnGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 12–6 October 26SewaneeOle MissVarsity Park • Memphis, TNSEW 65–0 October 26Maryville (TN)TennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 34–0 October 26VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 65–10 October 28Howard (AL)LSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 57–0
Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 31Mississippi A&MHardy Field • Starkville, MSW 6–0 October 31North CarolinaClemsonColumbia, SCW 15–6 November 1Howard (AL)GordonBarnesville, GAL 0–11 November 2Howard (AL)MercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAMER 11–6 November 2AlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALW 12–0 November 2 ClemsonAuburnDrill Fielf • Auburn, ALAUB 12–01,000November 2GeorgiaGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GAGT 10–6 November 2MichiganVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–8 November 2SewaneeVirginiaLafayette Field • Norfolk, VAW 12–01,000November 2ChattanoogaTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNW 57–0
Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 6ArkansasLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 17–12 November 7ClemsonGeorgiaGeorgia-Carolina Fair Grounds • Augusta, GAUGA 8–0 November 9MercerAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 63–0 November 9DavidsonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SCL 6–10 November 9Kentucky State CollegeTennesseeChilhowee Park • Knoxville, TNT 0–0 November 9Mississippi A&MLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 23–11 November 9SewaneeGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GASEW 18–0 November 9Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 60–0 November 11SewaneeGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GASEW 16–0
Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 16Howard (AL)ChattanoogaOlympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TNW 21-7 November 16AuburnAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALT 6–6 November 16GordonMercerCentral City Park • Macon, GAW 5–0 November 16LSUOle MissLeague Park • Jackson, MSLSU 23–05,000November 16Mississippi A&MTennesseeDriving Park • Memphis, TNTENN 11–4 November 16Georgia TechVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 54–0 November 18TennesseeArkansasWest End Park • Little Rock, ARW 14–2
Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 23LSUAlabamaMonroe Park • Mobile, ALALA 6–4 November 23SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 17–12 November 23Howard (AL)West End Park • Birmingham, ALW 83–0
Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 28TennesseeAlabamaState Fairgrounds • Birmingham, ALALA 5–0 November 28ClemsonGeorgia TechPonce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GACLEM 6–5 November 28AuburnGeorgiaCentral City Park • Macon, GAUGA 6–0 November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MLeague Park • Jackson, MSMSA&M 15–0 November 28BaylorLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 48–0
Bowl games Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score ReferenceDecember 25, 1907Bacardi BowlLa Tropical Stadium • Havana, CubaLSUHavana UniversityLSU 56–0
Awards and honors All-Americans
E - Bob Blake, Vanderbilt (FY-1, AFR) C - Stein Stone, Vanderbilt (AFR)
All-Southern team
The consensus All-Southern team: PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeamQBSam CostenVanderbiltHBHonus CraigVanderbiltHBAubrey LanierSewaneeFBLawrence MarkleySewaneeEBob BlakeVanderbilt'TLex StoneSewaneeGFrank FaulkinberrySewaneeCStein StoneVanderbiltGHorace SherrellVanderbiltTJ. R. DavisGeorgia TechEGuy LewisSewanee
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