1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationOctober 1, 1898
through December 14, 1898
Number of teams14
Regular Season
Season championsSewanee
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee 3 –0 –04 –0 –0
Auburn 2 –0 –02 –1 –0
LSU 1 –0 –01 –0 –0
Georgia 3 –1 –04 –2 –0
Clemson 1 –1 –03 –1 –0
Tulane 1 –1 –01 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –2 –01 –5 –0
Mississippi 0 –1 –01 –1 –0
Texas 0 –1 –05 –1 –0
Nashville 0 –2 –00 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 0 –3 –00 –4 –0
Kentucky State# 0 –0 –07 –0 –0
Cumberland (TN) 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
SW Presbyterian 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1898 college football season. This was the first season Georgia Tech participated in the conference.

The season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated.[1]

W. A. Lambeth said North Carolina had the best season of any southern team. But both Virginia and North Carolina were accused of playing ineligible players, and Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee champion of the south.[2]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Conf. record Win Pct. Overall record PPG PAG
1tSewaneeJohn Gere Jayne3–0–01.0004–0–013.51.0
1tAuburnJohn Heisman2–0–01.0002–1–015.715.7
1tLSUEdmond Chavanne1–0–01.0001–0–037.00.0
4GeorgiaCharles McCarthy3–1–0.7504–2–011.711.7
5tClemsonJohn Penton1–1–0.5003–1–027.55.0
5tTulaneJohn Lombard1–1–0.5001–1–07.023.0
7VanderbiltR. G. Acton1–2–0.3331–5–01.510.2
8tTexasDavid Farragut Edwards0–1–0.0005–1–022.30.7
8tMississippiT. G. Scarbrough0–1–0.0001–1–09.08.0
8tNashville0–2–0.0000–2–00.07.5
8tGeorgia TechJ. B. Wood0–3–0.0000–4–02.022.3
–Kentucky StateW. R. Bass0–0–0–7–0–025.90.0
?Cumberland
?Southwestern Presbyterian

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
t = Tied

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

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 1Eastern KentuckyKentucky StateLexington, KYW 18–0

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 8Kentucky StateGeorgetownGeorgetown, KYW 28–0
October 8ClemsonGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 20–8

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 15Company H-8th MassachusettsKentucky StateLexington, KYW 59–0
October 15Atlanta A. C.GeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAW 14–0
October 15TexasTCUWaco, TXW 16–0
October 15NashvilleSewaneeMcGee Field • Sewanee, TNSEW 10–0
October 20BinghamClemsonCalhoun, SCW 55–0

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 22CincinnatiVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNL 10–0
October 22Georgia TechGeorgiaHerty Field • Athens, GAUGA 15–0
October 22Texas A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 48–0

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 29Kentucky StateLouisville YMCALouisville, KYW 16–0
October 29Galveston H. S.TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 17–0
October 29VanderbiltGeorgiaAtlanta, GAUGA 4–0

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 5CentreKentucky StateLexington, KYW 6–0
November 5TCUTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 29–0
November 5Georgia TechAuburnAuburn, ALAUB 29–6
November 5NashvilleVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNVAN 5–0
November 10SewaneeTexasClark Field • Austin, TXSEW 4–0[3]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 12SewaneeSouthern A. C.Athletic Park • New Orleans, LAW 21–0[4]
November 12VanderbiltVirginiaLouisville, KYL 18–0
November 12160th IndianaKentucky StateLexington, KYW 17–0
November 12North CarolinaGeorgiaMacon, GAL 53–0
November 14North CarolinaAuburnAuburn, ALL 29–0
November 17ClemsonSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCW 24–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 19New Castle A. C.Kentucky StateLexington, KYW 36–0

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 24AuburnGeorgiaPiedmont Park • Atlanta, GAAUB 18–17
November 24ClemsonGeorgia TechAugusta, GACLEM 23–0
November 24DallasTexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 26–0
November 25SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TNSEW 19–4

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 12MississippiTulaneNew Orleans, LATUL 14–9
December 14LSUTulaneState Field • Baton Rouge, LALSU 37–0
December 15St. Thomas HallMississippiOxford, MSW 9–2

All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:[5]

Position Name Team
QB Frank O. Rogers North Carolina
HB Jim MacRae North Carolina
HB Jack Dye Vanderbilt
FB A. Clarence Jones Georgia
E H. T. Summersgill Virginia
T John Loyd Virginia
G William S. Fitzgerald Vanderbilt
C John L. Templeman Virginia
G James Davis Virginia'
T Frank Bennett North Carolina
E Herman Koehler North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "The Football Teams of the South". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved August 14, 2008 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ Hapgood, Norman (1857). "Harper's weekly". pp. 65 v.
  3. ↑ "Sewanee Plays Fine Ball With Texas". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "Sewanee Makes the Score 21 to 0". The Times-Picayune. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 33: 527.
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