1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 27, 1913
through November 29, 1913
Number of teams 17
Regular Season
Season champions Auburn
Football seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Auburn $ 8 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 0
Mississippi A&M 5 – 1 – 1     6 – 1 – 1
Georgia 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
LSU 1 – 1 – 2     6 – 1 – 2
Florida 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Mississippi College 1 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 1     3 – 4 – 2
Mercer 0 – 4 – 1     2 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Central 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 5 – 0
Tulane 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 27. Conference play began that day with Alabama hosting Howard.

The Auburn Tigers won the conference, posting an undefeated, 8–0 record. The '13 Tigers were retroactively awarded a national championship by several polls. Auburn captain Kirk Newell was later a hero of World War I.

Regular season

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

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 27 Howard Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 27–0
September 27 Charleston Navy The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 34–0
September 27 11th Cavalry Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–0
September 27 Butler Kentucky Lexington, KY W 21–7
September 27 Carson–Newman Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 58–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 4 Birmingham Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 81–0
October 4 Mercer Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 53–0
October 4 Louisville Manual Training School Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 19–0
October 4 Davidson Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 6–3
October 4 Alabama Presbyterian Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 108–0
October 4 Georgia Tech The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC GT 47–0
October 4 Kentucky Illinois Urbana, IL L 21–0
October 4 LSU Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA W 20–2
October 4 Howard Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS MSA&M 66–0
October 4 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 28–0
October 4 Athens Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 95–0
October 4 Maryville Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 59–0
October 6 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 144–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 8 Ole Miss VMI VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA L 14–0
October 10 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS MSA&M 14–13
October 11 Clemson Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 20–0
October 11 Florida Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 55–0
October 11 Porter Military The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC T 0–0
October 11 North Georgia Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 51–0
October 11 LSU Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, LA W 26–0
October 11 10th District A. C. Mercer Macon, GA W 44–0
October 11 Marion County H. S. Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 88–0
October 11 Jefferson Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 13–0
October 11 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 48–0
October 12 Georgia Tech Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 71–6

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15 Ole Miss Virginia Medical Richmond, VA W 7–6
October 17 Transylvania Mississippi A&M Columbus, MS W 31–0
October 18 Auburn Clemson Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC AUB 20–0
October 18 The Citadel Charleston College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 72–0
October 18 Maryville Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 39–0
October 18 Georgia Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL UGA 20–0
October 18 Mercer Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–0
October 18 Ohio Northern Kentucky Lexington, KY W 21–0
October 18 Jefferson LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 45–6
October 18 Tennessee Sewanee Chattanooga, TN SEW 17–6
October 18 Mississippi College Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA MSCOLL 32–3
October 18 Henderson-Brown Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 33–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 23 Baylor LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 50–0
October 23 Union (TN) Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 46–0
October 25 Alabama Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA ALA 26–0
October 25 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 34–0
October 25 K. M. I. Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 44–0
October 25 Georgia Tech Florida Jacksonville, FL GT 13–3
October 25 Cincinnati Kentucky Lexington, KY W 27–7
October 25 Mercer The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC T 7–7
October 25 Sewanee Texas Dallas, TX L 13–7
October 25 Virginia Georgia Atlanta, GA L 13–6
October 25 Davidson Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 9–0
October 25 Michigan Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 33–2

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 30 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC W 32–0
November 1 Alabama Mississippi College Jackson, MS ALA 21–7
November 1 LSU Auburn Mobile, AL AUB 7–0
November 1 Sewanee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–0
November 1 Earlham College Kentucky Lexington, KY W 28–0
November 1 Alabama Presbyterian Mercer Macon, GA W 33–0
November 1 Louisiana Tech Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 26–0
November 1 Mississippi A&M Texas A&M College Station, TX W 6–0
November 1 Chattanooga Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 21–0
November 1 Saint Louis Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 12–6
November 1 Vanderbilt Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 34–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Clemson Georgia Augusta, GA UGA 18–15
November 7 Ole Miss Hendrix Conway, AR L 8–6
November 8 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA AUB 20–0
November 8 Centre Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN L 27–18
November 8 Clemson The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC CLEM 7–3
November 8 Florida South Carolina Columbia, SC L 13–0
November 8 Wilmington Kentucky Lexington, KY W 33–0
November 8 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA W 12–7
November 8 Stetson Mercer Macon, GA L 13–6
November 8 Mississippi A&M Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA MSA&M 32–0
November 8 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 7–6
November 9 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL SEW 10–7

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 14 Tennessee Alabama The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 6–0
November 15 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 14–6
November 15 The Citadel Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 18–13
November 15 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA UGA 14–0
November 15 LSU Mississippi A&M Hardy Field • Starkville, MS T 0–0
November 15 Ole Miss Arkansas Little Rock, AR W 21–10
November 15 Southwestern (TX) Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 31–9
November 17 Clemson Mercer Macon, GA CLEM 52–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Georgetown (KY) Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY L 19–6
November 22 Auburn Georgia Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA AUB 21–7
November 22 Kentucky Louisville Louisville, KY W 20–0
November 22 Tulane LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 40–0
November 22 Ole Miss Cumberland Memphis, TN W 7–0
November 22 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 63–13

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 The Citadel South Carolina Columbia, SC L 42–13
November 27 Arkansas Tulane First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 14–0
November 27 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 24–0
November 27 Centre Transylvania Lexington, KY L 6–0
November 27 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 34–0
November 27 Tennessee Kentucky Lexington, KY TENN 13–7
November 27 Ole Miss Southern Miss Hattiesburg, MS W 13–7
November 27 Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL MSA&M 7–0
November 27 LSU Texas A&M Houston, TX T 7–7
November 29 Ole Miss Ouachita Arkadelphia, AR T 0–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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Main article: 1913 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1913 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 18 sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution included:[1]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB David Paddock So. Brooklyn, New York Georgia
HB Bob McWhorter 5'10" 180 Sr. Lexington, Georgia Georgia
HB Kirk Newell 150 Sr. Dadeville, Alabama Auburn
FB Red Harris Jr. Auburn
E Enoch Brown 5'8" 180 Sr. Franklin, Tennessee Vanderbilt
T Tom Brown 6'2" 180 Sr. Gallatin, Tennessee Vanderbilt
G Big Thigpen 200 So. Auburn
C Boozer Pitts Jr. Alabama Auburn
G R. N. MacCallum 5'9" 191 Sr. New York, New York Sewanee
T Paul Turner Georgia
E Robbie Robinson Jr. Brooklyn, Alabama Auburn

References

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