1926 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 18, 1926
through January 1, 1927
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsAlabama
1926 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 0 09 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 08 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 08 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 06 4 0
Georgia 4 2 05 4 0
Virginia 4 2 16 2 2
VPI 3 2 15 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 14 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 04 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 04 5 0
Auburn 3 3 05 4 0
LSU 3 3 06 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 05 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 05 4 0
VMI 2 4 05 5 0
Tulane 2 4 03 5 1
Maryland 1 3 15 4 1
Clemson 1 3 02 7 0
Florida 1 4 12 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 12 6 1
NC State 0 4 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1926 college football season. The season began on September 18.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the Dickinson System, Stanford 77. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama guard Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.

Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt."[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1AlabamaWallace Wade9–0–18–024.92.7
2VanderbiltDan McGugin8–14–126.84.7
3TennesseeRobert Neyland8–15–116.83.8
4 (tie)South CarolinaBranch Bocock5–44–215.96.2
4 (tie)GeorgiaKid Woodruff4–52–415.012.8
6VirginiaGreasy Neale6–2–14–2–116.15.3
7 (tie)VPIAndy Gustafson5–3–13–2–114.98.9
7 (tie)Washington and LeePat Herron4–3–23–2–110.310.4
9Georgia TechWilliam Alexander4–54–39.79.7
10 (tie)LSUMike Donahue6–33–314.25.0
10 (tie)AuburnDave Morey5–43–313.69.4
10 (tie)North CarolinaChuck Collins4–53–36.68.2
10 (tie)Ole MissHomer Hazel5–42–212.612.2
14Mississippi A&MBernie Bierman5–42–314.910.9
15 (tie)VMIBlandy Clarkson5–52–48.09.8
15 (tie)TulaneClark Shaughnessy3–5–12–47.96.7
17MarylandCurley Byrd5–4–11–3–116.19.3
18ClemsonBud Saunders2–71–32.218.8
19 (tie)FloridaTom Sebring2–6–21–4–19.413.6
19 (tie)KentuckyFred Murphy2–6–11–4–19.310.1
20NC StateGus Tebell4–60–46.610.2
21SewaneeM. S. Bennett2–60–59.18.4

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 18ErskineClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, South CarolinaW 7–0[3]
September 18WoffordVMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaW 20–0[4]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 24MillsapsAlabamaDenny FieldTuscaloosa, AlabamaW 54–04,000[5]
September 24ElonNC StateRiddick StadiumRaleigh, North CarolinaW 13–0[6]
September 25ChattanoogaAuburnDrake FieldAuburn, AlabamaW 15–6[7]
September 25Florida SouthernFloridaFleming FieldGainesville, FloridaW 16–0[8]
September 25PresbyterianClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaL 14–0[9]
September 25MercerGeorgiaSanford FieldAthens, GeorgiaW 20–04,500[10]
September 25OglethorpeGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GeorgiaL 7–610,000[11]
September 25Louisiana NormalLSUTiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LouisianaW 47–0[12]
September 25Washington CollegeMarylandByrd StadiumCollege Park, MarylandW 63–0[13]
September 25Jonesboro A&MOle MissHemingway StadiumOxford, MississippiW 28–0[14]
September 25Mississippi A&MBirmingham–SouthernMunger Bowl • Birmingham, AlabamaW 19–7[15]
September 25North CarolinaWake ForestGore Athletic Field • Wake Forest, North CarolinaL 6–08,000[16]
September 25Bryson CollegeSewaneeHardee FieldSewanee, TennesseeW 15–6[17]
September 25ErskineSouth CarolinaMelton FieldColumbia, South CarolinaW 41–0[18]
September 25Carson–NewmanTennesseeShields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TennesseeW 13–0[19]
September 25Louisiana TechTulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LouisianaW 40–07,000[20]
September 25Middle Tennessee State TeachersVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TennesseeW 69–0[21]
September 25Hampden–SydneyVirginiaLambeth FieldCharlottesville, VirginiaT 0–0[22]
September 25RichmondVMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaW 10–0[23]
September 25RoanokeVPIMiles StadiumBlacksburg, VirginiaW 47–0[24]
September 25LynchburgWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VirginiaW 35–0[25]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 2AlabamaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeALA 19–716,000[26]
October 2ClemsonAuburnDrake Field • Auburn, AlabamaAUB 47–0[27]
October 2FloridaChicagoStagg FieldChicago, IllinoisL 12–630,000[28]
October 2VMIGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaGT 13–0[29]
October 2Maryville (TN)KentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KentuckyW 25–0[30]
October 2Southwestern LouisianaLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaW 34–0[31]
October 2Ole MissArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ArkansasL 21–6[32]
October 2Mississippi CollegeMississippi A&MScott FieldStarkville, MississippiW 41–0[33]
October 2MarylandSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaSCAR 12–0[34]
October 2FurmanNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaL 31–0[35]
October 2Middle Tennessee State TeachersSewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TennesseeW 48–0[36]
October 2North CarolinaTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeTENN 34–0[37]
October 2TulaneMissouriMemorial StadiumColumbia, MissouriT 6–6[38]
October 2GeorgiaVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaUGA 27–7[39]
October 2Hampden–SydneyVPIMiles Stadium • Blacksburg, VirginiaW 30–0[40]
October 2Washington & LeeWest VirginiaLaidley Field • Charleston, West VirginiaL 18–0[41]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 9AlabamaMississippi A&MMeridian Fairgrounds • Meridian, MississippiALA 26–7[42]
October 9AuburnHoward (AL)Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaW 33–14[43]
October 9NC StateClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaCLEM 7–3[44]
October 9FloridaOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MississippiMISS 12–7[45]
October 9GeorgiaYaleYale BowlNew Haven, ConnecticutL 19–0[46]
October 9TulaneGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaGT 9–6[47]
October 9KentuckyIndianaMemorial StadiumBloomington, IndianaL 14–6[48]
October 9TennesseeLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaTENN 14–7[49]
October 9MarylandChicagoStagg Field • Chicago, IllinoisL 21–035,000[50]
October 9South CarolinaNorth CarolinaEmerson FieldChapel Hill, North CarolinaUNC 7–0[51]
October 9SewaneeTexas A&MFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TexasL 6–3[52]
October 9Bryson CollegeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeW 48–0[53]
October 9LynchburgVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaW 38–0[54]
October 9VPIDartmouthMemorial FieldHanover, New HampshireL 20–0[55]
October 9RoanokeVMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaL 13–7[56]
October 9Washington & LeePrincetonPalmer StadiumPrinceton, New JerseyT 7–7[57]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 15WoffordSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaW 27–13[58]
October 15Maryville (TN)TennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeW 6–0[59]
October 16AlabamaGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaALA 21–020,000[60]
October 16LSUAuburnCramton BowlMontgomery, AlabamaLSU 10–0[61]
October 16FloridaMercerCentennial Stadium • Macon, GAL 6–36,000[62]
October 16FurmanGeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, GeorgiaL 14–7[63]
October 16VPIMarylandLeague ParkNorfolk, VirginiaVPI 24–812,000[64]
October 16Loyola (IL)Ole MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MississippiW 13–7[65]
October 16MillsapsMississippi A&MScott Field • Starkville, MississippiW 34–0[66]
October 16DukeNorth CarolinaEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaW 6–0[67]
October 16DavidsonNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaL 3–0[68]
October 16TulaneNYUYankee StadiumBronx, New YorkL 0–2125,000[69]
October 16VanderbiltTexasFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TexasW 7–0[70]
October 16VirginiaVMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaUVA 14–7[71]
October 16Washington & LeeKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyW&L 14–13[72]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 21ClemsonSouth CarolinaState Fairgrounds • Columbia, South CarolinaSCAR 24–012,000[73]
October 23SewaneeAlabamaRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaALA 2–0[74]
October 23AuburnTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaAUB 2–0[75]
October 23KentuckyFloridaDurkee FieldJacksonville, FloridaUK 18–13[76]
October 23Washington & LeeGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaGT 19–7[77]
October 23Mississippi A&MLSUState Fairgrounds • Jackson, MississippiMSA&M 7–6[78]
October 23North CarolinaMarylandByrd Stadium • College Park, MarylandMD 14–63,500[79]
October 23CentreTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeW 30–7[80]
October 23GeorgiaVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeVAN 14–13[81]
October 23NC StateVMITate FieldRichmond, VirginiaVMI 7–0[82]
October 23VirginiaVPIMiles Stadium • Blacksburg, VirginiaVPI 6–0[83]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 28South CarolinaThe CitadelCounty Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South CarolinaL 12–9[84]
October 28ClemsonWoffordSnyder Field • Spartanburg, South CarolinaL 3–0[85]
October 30LSUAlabamaDenny Field • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaALA 24–0[86]
October 30SewaneeAuburnCramton Bowl • Montgomery, AlabamaAUB 9–0[87]
October 30FloridaGeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, GeorgiaUGA 32–9[88]
October 30Georgia TechNotre DameCartier FieldSouth Bend, IndianaL 12–011,000[89]
October 30GallaudetMarylandByrd Stadium • College Park, MarylandW 38–7[90]
October 30Ole MissTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaTUL 6–0[91]
October 30TennesseeMississippi A&MScott Field • Starkville, MississippiTENN 33–0[92]
October 30NC StateNorth CarolinaEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaUNC 12–0[93]
October 30VPIKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyT 13–13[94]
October 30VirginiaSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaUVA 6–0[95]
October 30Southwestern (TN)VanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeW 50–0[96]
October 30DavidsonVMILynchburg, VirginiaW 12–7[97]

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 6KentuckyAlabamaRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaALA 14–0[98]
November 6AuburnGeorgiaMcClung StadiumColumbus, GeorgiaUGA 16–6[99]
November 6ClemsonFloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FloridaFLA 33–0[100]
November 6VanderbiltGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaVAN 13–7[101]
November 6ArkansasLSUState Fair StadiumShreveport, LouisianaW 14–0[102]
November 6MarylandYaleYale Bowl • New Haven, ConnecticutW 15–0[103]
November 6Ole MissSouthwestern (TN)Fargason Field • Memphis, TennesseeW 32–27[104]
November 6Mississippi A&MTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaMSA&M 14–0[105]
November 6VMINorth CarolinaEmerson Field • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaUNC 28–0[106]
November 6Lenoir–RhyneNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaW 6–0[107]
November 6South CarolinaVPITate Field • Richmond, VirginiaSCAR 19–0[108]
November 6SewaneeTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeTENN 12–0[109]
November 6Washington & LeeVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaUVA 30–7[110]

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 11DukeNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaW 26–19[111]
November 13FloridaAlabamaCramton Bowl • Montgomery, AlabamaALA 49–0[112]
November 13MarquetteAuburnRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaL 19–3[113]
November 13The CitadelClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaL 15–6[114]
November 13GeorgiaGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaUGA 14–13[115]
November 13KentuckyVMILaidley Field • Charleston, West VirginiaVMI 10–9[116]
November 13Ole MissLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaLSU 3–0[117]
November 13Mississippi A&MIndianaMemorial Stadium • Bloomington, IndianaL 19–6[118]
November 13North CarolinaDavidsonRichardson FieldDavidson, North CarolinaL 10–0[119]
November 13FurmanSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaL 10–7[120]
November 13TennesseeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeVAN 20–3[121]
November 13SewaneeTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaTUL 19–7[122]
November 13VirginiaMarylandByrd Stadium • College Park, MarylandT 6–6[123]
November 13VPIWashington & LeeMunicipal Stadium • Lynchburg, VirginiaW&L 13–0[124]

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 20CentreKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyL 7–0[125]
November 20NC StateSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaSCAR 20–14[126]
November 20Randolph–MaconVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaW 57–0[127]
November 20MarylandWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VirginiaW&L 3–0[128]

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 23North CarolinaVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaUVA 3–0[129]
November 25GeorgiaAlabamaRickwood Field • Birmingham, AlabamaALA 33–617,000[130]
November 25AuburnGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaGT 20–7[131]
November 25ClemsonFurmanManly Field • Greenville, South CarolinaL 30–0[132]
November 25LSUTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaLSU 7–0[133]
November 25Washington & LeeFloridaDurkee Field • Jacksonville, FloridaT 7–7[134]
November 25MarylandJohns HopkinsBaltimore StadiumBaltimore, MarylandW 17–14[135]
November 25Ole MissMississippi A&MScott Field • Starkville, MississippiMISS 7–6[136]
November 25KentuckyTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeTENN 6–0[137]
November 25SewaneeVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeTENN 6–0[138]
November 25VMIVPIMaher Field • Roanoke, VirginiaVPI 14–7[139]
November 27Wake ForestNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaW 7–311,000[140][141]

Postseason

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScore
January 1, 1927Rose BowlRose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaAlabamaStanfordT 77

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The following is the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press.[142]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Bill Spears AP Vanderbilt
HB George Morton AP Georgia
HB Red Barnes AP Alabama
FB Ty Rauber AP Washington & Lee
E Hoyt Winslett AP Alabama
T Curtis Luckey AP Georgia
G Fred Pickhard AP Alabama
C Gordon Holmes AP Alabama
G Charles Mackall AP Virginia
T John Barnhill AP Tennessee
E Herschel Caldwell AP Alabama

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  103. "Jones keeps regulars in stands while Maryland smears Yale subs 15 To 0: Blue uses second, third and fourth string men". The Hartford Courant. November 7, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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  108. "South Carolinians down V.P.I., 19–0, in gridiron season's biggest upset". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 7, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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  111. "State College Wolfpack defeats Duke University eleven, 26–19". The News and Observer. November 12, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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  118. "I.U. takes to air and wins, 19–6, when Mississippi falters". The Evansville Courier and Journal. November 14, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  119. "Dopesters given shock as Davidson beats N. Carolina". Daily Press. November 14, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  120. "Furman is victor, Purple Hurricane defeats Gamecock in spirited clash". The Sunday Record. November 14, 1926. Retrieved December 10, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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