The 1900 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 1900 college football season. The season began on September 29.
The season saw the rise of Clemson's football program, the return of Alabama football, and the first season of play for Henry D. Phillips.
Results and team statistics
Conf. RankTeamHead coachConf. recordWin Pct.Overall recordPPGPAG1 (tie) Auburn Billy Watkins 4–0–0 1.000. 4–0–0 37.0 1.31 (tie) Tulane H. T. Summersgill 3–0–0 1.000 5–0–0 21.0 0.01 (tie) Clemson John Heisman 2–0–0 1.000 6–0–0 37.0 1.71 (tie) Texas S. H. Thompson 1–0–0 1.000 6–0–0 18.8 2.25 Sewanee Billy Suter 5–0–1 .917 6–1–1 16.8 3.46 North Carolina Billy Reynolds 3–0–1 .875 4–1–3 20.4 2.77 Vanderbilt J. L. Crane 2–3–1 .417 4–4–1 9.2 10.28 (tie) Alabama Malcolm Griffin 1–3–0 .250 2–3–0 10.4 19.88 (tie) Nashville Charley Moran 1–3–0 .250 2–3–0 5.8 11.510 Georgia E. E. Jones 1–4–0 .200 2–4–0 4.7 26.511 Tennessee J. A. Pierce 0–2–1 .167 3–2–1 11.2 8.512 (tie) E. D. Kuykendall 0–1–0 .000 0–1–0 0.0 18.012 (tie) LSU Edmond Chavanne 0–1–0 .000 2–2–0 21.3 8.812 (tie) Kentucky State W. H. Kiler 0–2–0 .000 4–6–0 5.9 6.312 (tie) Ole Miss Z. N. Estes 0–3–0 .000 0–3–0 1.7 10.012 (tie) Georgia Tech Harris T. Collier 0–4–0 .000 0–4–0 1.5 26.8 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 29Kentucky StateCincinnatiUnion Ball Park • Cincinnati, OHL 6–20
Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 6Ole MissVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 6–0 October 6Louisville YMCAKentucky StateLexington, KYW 12–6 October 6Deaf & Dumb InstituteNorth CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCW 38–0 October 10TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 22–0 October 10OklahomaTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 28–2
Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 13GeorgiaGeorgia TechPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAUGA 12–0 October 13VanderbiltTexasDallas Fair Grounds • Dallas, TXTEX 22–0 October 13SewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 33–0 October 13Kentucky StateCentreDanville, KYL 0–5 October 17SewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 18–0
Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 19DavidsonClemsonBowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 64–0 October 20Kentucky All-StarsKentucky StateLexington, KYL 0–5 October 20South CarolinaGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens GAW 5–0 October 20NashvilleGeorgia TechPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GANASH 23–0 October 21Taylor SchoolAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALW 35–0 October 22ClemsonSpartanburg, SCW 21–0 October 22NashvilleAuburnDrill Field • Auburn, ALAUB 28–0 October 22TennesseeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNT 0–0
Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 26Ole MissAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALALA 12–5 October 27SewaneeGeorgiaAtlanta, GASEW 21–6 October 27Southern Athletic ClubTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LAW 23–0 October 27Kentucky StateLexington, KYL 0–6 October 27VPINorth CarolinaCampus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NCT 0–0 October 27Texas A&MTexasSan Antonio Fairgrounds • San Antonio, TXW 5–0 October 27CentreVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–11 October 29SewaneeGeorgia TechPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GASEW 34–0
Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 1ClemsonSouth CarolinaState Fairgrounds • Columbia, SCW 51–05,000November 1North CarolinaTennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNUNC 22–5 November 3Kentucky StateLouisville YMCALouisville, KYW 12–0 November 3North CarolinaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNUNC 48–0 November 3TulaneAlabamaThe Quad • Tuscaloosa, ALTUL 6–0 November 5North CarolinaSewaneePiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAT 0–0
Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 10TennesseeAuburnBirmingham, ALAUB 23–0 November 10ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GACLEM 39–5 November 10SewaneeNashvillePeabody Field • Nashville, TNSEW 12–0 November 10TulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LAW 35–0 November 10Central (KY)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 27–0 November 10Avondale ACKentucky StateLexington, KYL 5–11 November 11 MillsapsLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 70–0
Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 17AlabamaAuburnRiverside Park • Montgomery, ALAUB 53–5 November 17GeorgiaNorth CarolinaState Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NCUNC 55–0800 November 17LSUTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA LSU 29–0 November 17SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNSEW 11–10 November 17Kentucky StateLexington, KYW 12–0 November 17MissouriTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 17–11
Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 24VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 22–0 November 24ClemsonVPILatta Park • Charlotte, NCW 12–5 November 24Kentucky StateCentral (KY)Richmond, KYL 0–11 November 24Kansas City MedicalTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 30–0 November 24North CarolinaVirginiaLeague Park • Norfolk, VA L 0–176,000November 27TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 28–0 November 29AuburnGeorgiaBrisbane Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 44–0 November 29Ole MissTulaneTulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LATUL 12–0 November 29ClemsonAlabamaNorth Birmingham Park • Birmingham, ALCLEM 35–0 November 29Kentucky StateLexington, KYW 12–0 November 29North CarolinaGeorgetownGeorgetown Field • Washington, D.C.T 0–04,000November 29Texas A&MTexasVarsity Athletic Field • Austin, TXW 11–0 November 29NashvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 18–0 November 29SewaneeVirginiaBroad Street Park • Richmond, VAL 5–17 November 30LSUMillsapsFairgrounds • Jackson, MSL 5–6
Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceDecember 1Georgetown (KY)TennesseeBaldwin Park • Knoxville, TNW 12–6 December 5LSU AlumniLSUState Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 10–0 December 7DavidsonGeorgia TechAugusta, GAL 6–381,000
Awards and honors All-Southerns
E - Frank M. Osborne, North Carolina (O) T - Frank Bennett, North Carolina (O, WH) G - Big Sam, Texas (O) C - William Poole, Sewanee (O) HB - Henry Seibels, Sewanee (O) FB - Ormond Simkins, Sewanee (O, WH [as end])
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