The 1918 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 1918 college football season. The season began on September 28.
Georgia Tech was conference champion. Center Bum Day was the first Southern player ever selected to Walter Camp's All-America first-team.
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 28Camp SevierClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCW 61–0
Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 5ClemsonGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 28–0 October 5Morgan Training SchoolSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNW 68–6
Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 12FurmanGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 118–0 October 12Camp GreenleafSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TNL 0–14
Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 19OglethorpeAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, ALW 58–0 October 19Camp GreenleafVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 0–6 October 19Georgia Eleventh CavalryGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 123–0
Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceOctober 26Camp GreenleafAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, ALL 0–26 October 26Camp HancockVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 6–25 October 26Camp GordonGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 28–012,000October 2648th InfantryFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCW 26–0
Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 2SewaneeTennessee (SATC)Waite Field • Knoxville, TNW 68–0 November 2ClemsonSouth CarolinaUniversity Field • Columbia, SCCLEM 39–0 November 248th InfantryFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCW 20–73,000November 2KentuckyVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 33–0 November 2Payne FieldMississippi A&MNew Athletic Field • Starkville, MSL 6–7 November 3AuburnMarion, ALW 20–7
Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 9AuburnCamp GordonMemorial Stadium • Columbua, GAL 14–6 November 9FurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCT 6–6 November 9Camp HancockClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCL 13–66 November 9Camp ShelbyMississippi A&MNew Athletic Field • Starkville, MSW 12–0 November 9Payne FieldOle MissWest Point, MSL 0–6 November 9Tennessee (SATC)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNW 76–0 November 10NC StateGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAW 128–0
Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 16ClemsonThe CitadelDavis Field • Columbia, SCCLEM 7–0 November 16ErskineWoffordSpartanburg, SCL 0–27 November 16Ole MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MSW 39–0 November 16Park FieldMississippi A&MRusswood Park • Memphis, TNL 0–6 November 16VanderbiltAuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, ALVAN 21–0 November 16South CarolinaFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCSCAR 20–12
Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 22Charleston NavyThe CitadelCollege Park Stadium • Charleston, SCL 0–6 November 22Fort OglethorpeSewaneeChamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TNW 24–6 November 23FurmanClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCCLEM 68–7 November 23Georgia TechPittsburghForbes Field • Pittsburgh, PAL 0–3230,000November 23WoffordSouth CarolinaUniversity Field • Columbia, SCSCAR 13–0
Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceNovember 28DavidsonClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, SCW 7–0 November 28AuburnGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GAGT 41–0 November 28Ole MissMississippi A&MNew Athletic Field • Starkville, MSMSA&M 34–0 November 28The CitadelSouth CarolinaCounty Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SCT 0–0 November 28SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 40–0 November 302nd Development RegimentFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCL 7–13
Week Eleven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance ReferenceDecember 4FurmanWoffordSpartanburg, SCFUR 7–0 December 7Mississippi A&MOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MSMSA&M 13–0 December 7PresbyterianFurmanFurman campus • Greenville, SCL 7–13 December 7Camp SheridanAuburnSoldiers Field • Montgomery, ALL 0–7
Awards and honors
All-Americans
E – Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (MS; TM-1, WC-2) T – Joe Guyon, Georgia Tech (MS) C – Bum Day, Georgia Tech (WC-1) HB – Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (WC-2 [fb]; TM-2)
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