1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1915 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 1915 college football season. The season began on September 25.

1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 25, 1915 through November 25, 1915
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt

1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Alabama	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Transylvania	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Auburn	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Georgia	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Chattanooga	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
South Carolina	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Furman	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Mercer	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Centre	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Louisville	0	–	2	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
Howard	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Wofford	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Seven out of eight newspapers voted the SIAA championship to the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Atlanta Constitution declared it a tie between Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, which was then independent. However, Tech challenged Vandy's championship.[1]

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 25	Charleston Navy	The Citadel		W 46–0
September 25	Clemson	Furman	Greenville, SC	CLEM 99–0
September 25	Chamberlain Hunt	Mississippi College		W 28–0
September 25	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
September 25	Tulane	St. Paul		W 24–0
September 25	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 51–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 28	Newberry	Georgia		W 79–0
October 1	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	L 10–0
October 1	Marion	Auburn	Selma, AL	W 78–0
October 1	North Georgia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 13–0
October 1	Jefferson	LSU	State Field Baton Rouge, LA	W 42–0
October 2	Howard	Alabama		ALA 44–0
October 2	Centre	Louisville	Louisville, KY	T 0–0
October 2	Clemson	Davidson	Davidson, NC	T 6–6
October 2	Erskine	Furman	Greenville, SC	W 60–0
October 2	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 52–0
October 2	Butler	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 33–0
October 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 12–0
October 2	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 57–0
October 2	Tusculum	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 55–3
October 2	Austin	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 40–0
October 2	Newberry	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 29-0
October 2	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 47–0
October 2	Wofford	Presbyterian		L 16–6

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 8	Mississippi College	LSU	Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 14–0
October 8	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 13–6
October 9	Birmingham	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 67–0
October 9	Florida	Auburn		AUB 7–0
October 9	The Citadel	Porter Military		W 54–0
October 9	Chattanooga	Georgia		T 6–6
October 9	Earlham	Kentucky		W 54–13
October 9	Louisville	Wabash		L 38-0
October 9	Wofford	Mercer		MERC 13–6
October 9	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 47–0
October 9	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 41-0
October 9	Trinity	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 62–0
October 9	Transylvania	Mississippi A&M		T 0–0
October 9	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane		W 13–0
October 9	Georgetown (KY)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 75–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 13	Cumberland	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 60–0
October 15	LSU	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	LSU 28–0
October 16	Chattanooga	Louisville	Louisville, KY	CHAT 21-6
October 15	Presbyterian	Furman	Greenville, SC	L 20–12
October 16	Mississippi College	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 40–0
October 16	Auburn	Clemson	Anderson, SC	AUB 14–0
October 16	Georgia	The Citadel		UGA 39–0
October 16	Sewanee	Florida	Gainesville, FL	SEW 7–0
October 16	Transylvania	Georgia Tech		L 67–0
October 16	Kentucky	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	MSA&M 12–0
October 16	Centre	Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	W 80–0
October 16	Texas A&M	TCU		W 13–0
October 16	Spring Hill	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 36–13
October 16	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 100–0
October 16	Wofford	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 45–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	South Carolina	NC State	Raleigh, NC	W 19-10
October 22	Georgia Tech	LSU	New Orleans, LA	L 36–7
October 23	Tulane	Alabama		ALA 16–0
October 23	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 26–0
October 23	Presbyterian	The Citadel		W 14–0
October 23	Furman	Bingham		W 20–6
October 23	Southern Miss	Mississippi College		W 55–7
October 23	Kentucky	Sewanee		T 7–7
October 23	Missouri Rolla	Texas A&M		W 33–3
October 23	Cumberland	Tennessee	Waite Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
October 23	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Memphis, TN	VAN 91–0
October 23	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 13–3

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 28	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	T 0–0
October 30	Sewanee	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 23–10
October 30	Auburn	Georgia		AUB 12–0
October 30	Florida Southern	Florida		W 45–0
October 30	Cincinnati	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 27–6
October 30	Mississippi A&M	LSU		LSU 10–0
October 30	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 32–7
October 30	Mississippi College	Tulane		MSCOLL 20–6
October 30	Haskell	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	W 21–7
October 30	Rose-Hulman	Louisville	Louisville, KY	W 22-6
October 30	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 35–0
October 30	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 10–7

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 3	Presbyterian	Furman		W 38–7
November 4	South Carolina	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	SC 33–6
November 5	Arkansas	LSU	Shreveport, LA	W 13–7
November 5	Georgetown (KY)	Centre	Danville, KY	W 19–3
November 6	Mercer	Auburn		AUB 45–0
November 6	Georgia	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	UGA 37–0
November 6	Alabama	Georgia Tech		L 21–7
November 6	Kentucky	Louisville	Louisville, KY	UK 15–0
November 6	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M		MSA&M 66–0
November 5	Cumberland	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 68-0
November 6	North Carolina	Clemson	Greenville, SC	L 9–7
November 6	Sewanee	Texas	Houston, TX	L 27–6
November 6	Vanderbilt	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	L 35–10
November 8	Texas A&M	Rice	Houston, TX	L 7–0
November 8	Sewanee	Baylor	Waco, TX	W 16–3

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 12	Centre	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	W 38–0
November 13	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	VAN 17–0
November 13	Clemson	VMI	Richmond, VA	L 6–3
November 13	The Citadel	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 6–0
November 13	Newberry	Furman		W 7–0
November 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech		T 0–0
November 13	Purdue	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 7–0
November 13	Virginia	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 13-0
November 13	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	MSCOLL 74–6
November 13	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee		MSA&M 14–0
November 13	Sewanee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	T 0–0
November 13	Howard	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 32–3
November 13	Wofford	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	W 2–0
November 13	Franklin	Louisville	Louisville, KY	L 13-7

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 17	LSU	Rice	Houston, TX	L 6–0
November 18	Tulane	Florida		FLA 14–7
November 19	Texas A&M	Texas		W 13–0
November 17	South Carolina	Georgetown	Washington, DC	L 61-0
November 20	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi College		T 0–0
November 20	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 27–3

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 25	Ole Miss	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 53–0
November 25	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CIT 3–0
November 25	Centre	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 33–0
November 25	Florida	Mercer	Macon, GA	FLA 34–7
November 25	Wofford	Furman		FUR 25–0
November 25	Auburn	Georgia Tech		L 7–0
November 25	Clemson	Georgia		UGA 13–0
November 25	Tennessee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	UK 6–0
November 25	Mississippi A&M	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	MSA&M 7–0
November 25	LSU	Tulane		LSU 12–0
November 25	Transylvania	Louisville		TRAN 26-0
November 25	Ouachita	Mississippi College		L 6–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1915 College Football All-America Team

• T - Bully Van de Graaff, Alabama (WC-2; PD-1)
• T - Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
• G - Baby Taylor, Auburn (WC-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1915 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team selected by ten sports writers and coaches included:[2]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Irby Curry	C, TC	Vanderbilt
QB	David Paddock	C, TC	Georgia
HB	Wooch Fielder	C, TC	Georgia Tech
FB	Walter Neville	C	Georgia
E	Charlie Thompson	C	Georgia
T	Bully Van de Graaff	C, TC	Alabama
G	Baby Taylor	C, TC	Auburn
C	John G. Henderson	C, TC	Georgia
G	Bob Lang	C	Georgia Tech
T	Josh Cody	C, TC	Vanderbilt
E	Russ Cohen	C	Vanderbilt

References

1. "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved September 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.