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The 1903 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 1903 college football season . The season began on September 25.
1903 met difficulty in determining an SIAA champion. Clemson had the best record, but lost to an inferior North Carolina team; and in the game to secure the SIAA title were tied by Cumberland . Clemson's John Heisman pushed strongly for Cumberland to share the SIAA title.[ 1] Cumberland's strongest victory was its win over Vanderbilt .
However, Sewanee beat Cumberland, yet suffered its only loss to Vanderbilt. Heisman originally challenged the winner of the Vanderbilt-Sewanee game.[ 2] John J. Tigert was a star player for Vanderbilt. Nash Buckingham rated Kentucky University and Vanderbilt as best in the south.[ 3]
Results and team statistics [ edit ]
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[ 4]
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 .
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
September 25
Cynthiana
Kentucky State
State College Park • Lexington, KY
W 39–0
[ 5]
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 14
LSU Alumni
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 16–0
[ 18]
October 16
Alabama
Mississippi A&M
Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS
MSA&M 11–0
5,000
[ 19] [ 20]
October 17
Howard (AL)
Auburn
Drill Field • Auburn, AL
W 58–0
[ 21]
October 17
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
CLEM 73–0
[ 22] [ 23]
October 17
Kentucky Military Institute
Kentucky State
State College Park • Lexington, KY
W 18–0
[ 24]
October 17
Oklahoma
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
T 6–6
[ 25]
October 17
South Carolina
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
L 27–7
[ 19] [ 26]
October 17
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 40–0
[ 27] [ 28]
October 17
Nashville
Mooney School
Mooney Field • Murfreesboro, TN
L 5–17
[ 29] [ 30]
October 20
3:00 p. m.
Cumberland
Sewanee
Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 6–0
[ 31] [ 32]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 23
Auburn
Alabama
Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL
ALA 18–0
1,200
[ 33] [ 34]
October 24
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
UGA 38–0
[ 35] [ 36]
October 24
Baylor
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
W 48–0
[ 37]
October 24
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 33–0
[ 35] [ 38]
October 24
Mississippi A&M
Meridian Athletic Club
Meridian, MS
W 43–0
October 24
Eagles-New Orleans
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 33–0
[ 39]
October 24
Miami (OH)
Kentucky State
State College Park • Lexington, KY
W 47–0
October 24
Tennessee Docs
Sewanee
Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN
W 52–0
[ 40]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 28
North Carolina A&M
Clemson
Columbia, SC
W 24–0
[ 41]
October 29
Tennessee
South Carolina
State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC
L 0–24
[ 42]
October 30
LSU
Louisiana Industrial
Ruston, LA
W 16–0
[ 43]
October 30
Arkansas
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
W 15–0
800
[ 44]
October 31
LSU
Shreveport Athletic Association
Ball Park • Shreveport, LA
W 5–0
[ 45]
October 31
Georgia Tech
Howard (AL)
West End Park • Birmingham, AL
W 37–0
[ 46]
October 31
Sewanee
Auburn
Oak Park • Montgomery, AL
SEW 47–0
[ 35] [ 47]
October 31
Tennessee
Nashville
Peabody Field • Nashville, TN
TENN 10–0
[ 48]
October 31
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA
VAN 33–0
[ 35] [ 49]
October 31
Meridian Athletic Club
Tulane
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
W 46–0
400
[ 50]
November 2
Sewanee
Alabama
West End Park • Birmingham, AL
SEW 23–0
2,400
[ 51] [ 52]
November 2
Georgetown (KY)
Kentucky State
State College Park • Lexington, KY
W 51–0
[ 53]
November 2
Tennessee Docs
Cumberland
Lebanon, TN
W 86–0
[ 54]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 6
Vanderbilt
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
T 5–5
1,200
[ 55]
November 7
Georgia
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
UGA 5–0
[ 51] [ 56]
November 7
Sewanee
Nashville
Peabody Field • Nashville, TN
SEW 6–0
[ 51] [ 57]
November 7
Florida State College
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
W 17–0
[ 51] [ 58]
November 7
Shreveport Athletic Club
Tulane
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
L 0–23
[ 59]
November 7
Marietta
Kentucky State
State College Park • Lexington, KY
W 11–0
[ 60]
November 7
Ole Miss
Tennessee Docs
Red Elm Park • Memphis, TN
W 17–0
[ 61]
November 7
LSU
Mississippi A&M
Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS
MSA&M 11–0
[ 51] [ 62]
November 7
Grant University of Athens
Cumberland
Lebanon, TN
W 92–0
[ 63]
November 9
LSU
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
ALA 18–0
[ 64]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 11
LSU
Auburn
Drill Field • Auburn, AL
AUB 12–0
[ 65]
November 13
Texas
Oklahoma
Colcord Park • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory
W 11–5
[ 66]
November 13
Tennessee Medicos
Nashville
Peabody Field • Nashville, TN
W 26–0
[ 67]
November 14
Auburn
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
AUB 10–5
[ 51] [ 68]
November 14
Cumberland
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
CUM 44–0
[ 69] [ 70]
November 14
Clemson
North Carolina
Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC
L 6–11
[ 69] [ 71]
November 14
Sewanee
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
SEW 17–0
[ 69] [ 72]
November 14
Washington University
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
W 41–0
[ 73]
November 14
Georgia
Savannah Athletic Association
Bolton Street Park • Savannah, GA
L 0–6
[ 74]
November 14
Mississippi A&M
Ole Miss
University Park • Oxford, MS
T 6–6
[ 69] [ 75]
November 16
Cumberland
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
CUM 41–0
[ 76]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 18
Cumberland
Tulane
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
CUM 28–0
[ 77]
November 21
Clemson
Davidson
Latta Park • Charlotte, NC
W 24–0
[ 78]
November 21
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
TENN 11–0
[ 79] [ 80]
November 21
Ole Miss
LSU
Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA
LSU 11–0
[ 81] [ 82]
November 21
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
VAN 10–5
4,000
[ 83] [ 84]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 26
Tennessee
Alabama
West End Park • Birmingham, AL
ALA 24–0
[ 85]
November 26
Auburn
Georgia
Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA
UGA 22–13
[ 86] [ 87]
November 26
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA
L 0–16
[ 88]
November 26
Kentucky University
Kentucky State
South Side Park • Lexington, KY
L 0–17
[ 89]
November 26
Richmond
Tulane
Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
W 18–5
[ 90]
November 29
Texas A&M
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
W 29–6
[ 91]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 5
Mississippi A&M
Tulane
Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
T 0–0
[ 92]
SIAA Championship Game [ edit ]
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 26
3:00 p. m.
Cumberland
Clemson
Oak Park • Montgomery, AL
T 11–11
[ 93] [ 94] [ 95]
Walker Reynolds Tichenor 's All-Southern team:[ 96]
^ Langum, David J (January 2010). From Maverick to Mainstream: Cumberland School of Law, 1847-1997 . p. 95. ISBN 9780820336183 .
^ "Fine Football in Southland" . The Courier-Journal . October 25, 1903. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Best in the South" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . November 30, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1903 Independent Year Summary | College Football" . www.sports-reference.com .
^ "39 to 0 was football score; State College easily defeated a select team from Cynthiana" . The Morning Herald . September 26, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football at Auburn" . The Birmingham News . October 6, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cumberland wins" . The Nashville American . October 4, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt beaten; Cumberland University team spring surprise on Nashville collegians" . The Commercial Appeal . October 4, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee victorious; Mooney School eleven put forth game fight against collegians" . The Commercial Appeal . October 4, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Maryville defeated in opening football game of the local season" . The Journal and Tribune . October 4, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Was a great game if Texas did lose" . The Austin Statesman . October 10, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Clemson Tigers Win In A Walk" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 11, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Skill defeats brawn in Mercer–Tech game" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 11, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "By score of 38 to 0, Tennessee's team smothers Carson and Newman" . The Journal and Tribune . October 11, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Show their mettle, Commodores stack up 30 points to Alabama's 6" . The Nashville American . October 11, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Seniors of K.S.C. elect officers" . The Morning Herald . October 7, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Easy victory for State College in game with Berea eleven" . The Morning Herald . October 11, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football at L.S.U.; Alumni team defeated in first game on State University Gridiron" . The Times-Democrat . October 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Woodruff 1928 , p. 145
^ "Mississippi beat Alabama at Columbus yesterday afternoon" . The Tuscaloosa News . October 17, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn's great showing makes tremendous score" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 143
^ "Tremendous score piled up by Clemson against Techs yesterday" . The Savannah Morning News . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "K.M.I. eleven beaten" . The Courier-Journal . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Varsity is given a fierce tussle" . The Austin Statesman . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "South Carolina defeats Georgia" . The Lynchburg News . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 144
^ "Picking cherries, Vanderbilt defeats University of Tennessee 40 to 0" . The Tennessean . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mooney's boys win, "prep" school eleven triumphs over U. of N." The Nashville American . October 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mooney sprung surprise" . The Birmingham News . October 19, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Varsity Triumphs Over Cumberland". Sewanee Purple . Vol. 20, no. 8. October 27, 1903. hdl :11005/766 .
^ "Sewanee wins, but it was the fight of her life" . Nashville Banner . October 21, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 146
^ "Victory perched on Crimson-White; Auburn's Orange-Blue trailed in dust" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 24, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c d Woodruff 1928 , p. 148
^ "Disastrous defeat overtakes the Tech" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 25, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Baylor too slow for Varsity boys" . The Austin Statesman . October 25, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Easy victory for Vanderbilt" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 25, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fine football game; L.S.U. defeats the Eagles by a score of 33 to 0" . The Times-Democrat . October 25, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee is the winner, University of the South runs up big score on Tennessee Medical" . The Courier-Journal . October 25, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Eighteen To Naught" . News and Observer . October 29, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Carolina defeats Tennessee by score 24 to 0" . The Greenville News . October 30, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ruston was beaten, the L.S.U. team achieved an easy victory" . The Shreveport Times . October 31, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Three goals are missed by Texas" . The Austin Statesman . October 30, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "University colors waved in victory Saturday at Ball Park" . The Shreveport Journal . November 1, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Howard College downed by Tech" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 1, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Trevino, Heather S.; Pastorello, Linda E. (2007). Oak Park and the Montgomery Zoo . p. 12. ISBN 9780738553115 .
^ "Tennessee wins, but it is not an easy victory" . Nashville Banner . November 2, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt piles up big score on Georgia" . The Atlanta Journal . November 1, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tulane the winner" . The Times-Democrat . November 1, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c d e f Woodruff 1928 , p. 149
^ "Sewanee beats Alabama by the score of 23 to 0" . The Birmingham News . November 3, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State College defeats Georgetown" . The Evening Bulletin . November 3, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "By large score" . The Nashville American . November 3, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Varsity in a tie Vanderbilt" . The Austin Statesman . November 7, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia plucks victory from Tennessee eleven" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Close call for Sewanee, University of Nashville held South's eleven 0 to 6" . The Journal and Tribune . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dashing end runs win game for Tech" . The Atlanta Journal . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football" . The Times-Democrat . November 7, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State defeated Ohio eleven" . The Morning Herald . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Oxford players were victorious, Doctors from University of Tennessee beaten" . The Commercial Appeal . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi A. and M. 11, Louisiana 0" . The Commercial Appeal . November 8, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cumberland's Easy Victory" . The Courier-Journal . November 8, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Alabama the winner" . The Times-Democrat . November 10, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Creoles lost to Auburnites" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 12, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Texas's victory" . The Galveston Daily News . November 14, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Was an easy victory for University of Nashville" . Nashville Banner . November 14, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techs by fumbling, lost interesting game to the Auburn eleven" . Savannah Morning News . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c d Woodruff 1928 , p. 150
^ "Cumberland too heavy, Defeats University of Alabama, 44 to 0" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "For Carolina The Tide Has Turned" . News and Observer . November 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee wins again" . The Chattanooga Daily News . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "W.U. outclassed by Vanderbilt" . St. Louis Globe-Democrat . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Red and Black banners furled to victorious Blue and White" . The Savannah Morning News . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi teams tie" . The Times-Democrat . November 15, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Louisiana Is Very Easy" . The Times-Democrat . November 17, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved January 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football!" . The Times-Democrat . November 18, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Clemson Defeats Davidson" . The Charlotte Observer . November 22, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 151
^ "Tech drops game to Volunteers" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 22, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi and Louisiana will meet at Athletic Park" . The Times-Democrat . November 21, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Creoles lose to Mississippi" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 22, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 155
^ "Vanderbilt wins championship" . The Courier-Journal . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Alabama's 24 to Tennessee's zero" . Knoxville Sentinel . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 156
^ "Auburn overwhelmed by the Georgia eleven" . Birmingham Age-Herald . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech loses another" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Kentucky University beats State College" . The Courier-Journal . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tulane Vs. Richmond" . The Times-Democrat . November 26, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Varsity's game" . Houston Post . November 27, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Final game football" . The Times-Democrat . December 5, 1903. Retrieved May 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Sam Blackman (December 15, 2014). "Clemson's "First Bowl Game" " . Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015 .
^ Lou Sahadi (October 2014). "24. 1903 Game With Cumberland" . 100 Things Clemson Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die . ISBN 9781623689490 .
^ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football . p. 67. ISBN 9780313284045 .
^ Fuzzy Woodruff 's A History of Southern Football
Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 . Vol. 1.
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