1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 23, 1920
through January 1, 1921
Number of teams 26
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
Georgia
Tulane
Football seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia + 8 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
Georgia Tech + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
Tulane + 4 – 0 – 0     6 – 2 – 1
Alabama 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
Furman 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Centre 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Auburn 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 1
Sewanee 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 0     1 – 2 – 0
Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 1     3 – 4 – 1
Florida 1 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
LSU 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Mississippi College 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
Howard 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 5 – 1
The Citadel 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 4 – 1
Millsaps 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Georgetown 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 3 – 0
Mercer 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Wofford 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 8 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23 with conference member Auburn hosting the Marion Military Institute.

Georgia and Georgia Tech both claim conference championships with undefeated records, as would Tulane. Clyde Berryman retroactively selected Georgia as a national champion.

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 23 Marion Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 27–0
September 24 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 26–0
September 24 Howard Morgan T 0–0
September 25 Southern Military Academy Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 59–0
September 25 Elon Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 33–0
September 25 Wake Forest Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 44–0
September 25 Emory & Henry Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 45–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 1 Jefferson LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 81–0
October 1 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC T 7–7
October 2 Marion Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 49–0
October 2 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL AUB 88–0
October 2 Morris-Harvey Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY W 66–0
October 2 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 26–6
October 2 Erskine Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 41–0
October 2 The Citadel Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 40–0
October 2 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 55–0
October 2 Rhodes Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 62–0
October 2 Northwestern St. LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 34–0
October 2 Lanier Mercer Macon, GA W 59–0
October 2 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, MS MSA&M 27–0
October 2 Wofford South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 10–0
October 2 Bryson Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 7–0
October 2 Maryville Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN W 34–0
October 2 Louisiana-Lafayette Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 6–0
October 2 Birmingham-Southern Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 54–0
October 2 Tusculum Chattanooga Knoxville, TN W 21–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9 Birmingham-Southern Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 45–0
October 9 Fort Benning Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 14–2
October 9 Howard Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY CEN 120–0
October 9 Wofford Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 13–7
October 9 Furman The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC FUR 21–6
October 9 Georgia South Carolina Columbia, SC UGA 37–0
October 9 Davidson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 66–0
October 9 Newberry Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 21–0
October 9 Maryville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 31–0
October 9 Mississippi College Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 29–0
October 9 Chattanooga Oglethorpe T 14–14
October 9 Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 40–0
October 9 Mercer Stetson DeLand, FL W 19–6
October 9 Georgetown Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 54–0
October 9 Vanderbilt Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN VAN 20–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13 Georgia Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC UGA 7–0
October 15 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC AUB 21–0
October 15 Wofford Newberry • Newberry, SC L 9–7
October 16 Mississippi College Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 57–0
October 16 Ole Miss Birmingham-Southern Birmingham, AL L 27–6
October 16 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN GT 44–0 [1]
October 16 Centre Transylvania • Lexington, KY CEN 55–0
October 16 Mercer Howard HOW 33–13
October 16 Sewanee Oglethorpe Brookhaven, GA W 21–13
October 16 Texas A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA T 0–0
October 16 Tennessee Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN TENN 35–0
October 16 Southern Military Academy Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 14–13
October 16 Kentucky Miami Oxford, OH L 14–0
October 16 South Carolina North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC L 7–0
October 16 Tulane Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX T 0–0
October 16 The Citadel VMI Lynchburg, VA L 35–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 21 Presbyterian South Carolina Augusta, GA W 14–0
October 23 Howard Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 33–0
October 23 Vanderbilt Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL AUB 56–6
October 23 Mercer Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN CHATT 20–0
October 23 Wofford The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC CIT 19–0
October 23 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 13–0
October 23 Wake Forest Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 17–0
October 23 Georgia Oglethorpe Brookhaven, GA W 27–3
October 23 Centre Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA L 31–14
October 23 Mississippi A&M LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA MSA&M 12–7
October 23 Ouachita Mississippi College Clinton, MS W 6–0
October 23 Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 10–3
October 23 Kentucky Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN T 6–6
October 23 Clemson Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 26–0
October 23 Tulane Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS TUL 32–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 3–0
October 29 Marion Howard W 21–6
October 29 Mercer Florida Valdosta, Georgia FLA 30–0
October 29 Furman Newberry Newberry, SC W 42–0
October 29 Wofford Oglethorpe Brookhaven, GA OGLE 14–0
October 30 Carson-Newman Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN W 83–0
October 30 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA UGA 7–0
October 30 Centre Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 24–0
October 30 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 21–0
October 30 Tulane Michigan Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 21–0
October 30 Mississippi College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 41–9
October 30 Tennessee Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, MS MSA&M 13–7
October 30 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 20–0
October 30 The Citadel Davidson Charlotte, NC L 27–13

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Vanderbilt Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 14–7
November 6 Birmingham-Southern Auburn Montgomery, AL W 49–0
November 6 Centre DePauw Indianapolis, IN W 34–0
November 6 Newberry The Citadel College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC W 35–10
November 6 South Carolina Davidson Davidson, NC L 27–0
November 6 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 7–0
November 6 Georgia Virginia Charlottesville, VA T 0–0
November 6 Oglethorpe Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC FUR 42–3
November 6 Gordon Mercer Macon, GA L 14–0
November 6 Cincinnati Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 7–6
November 6 Arkansas LSU Shreveport, LA W 3–0
November 6 Howard Mississippi College Clinton, MS MSCOLL 21–7
November 6 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Greenwood, MS MSA&M 20–0
November 6 Wofford Presbyterian Clinton, SC L 13–0
November 6 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN SEW 33–0
November 6 Tulane Florida Plant Field • Tampa, FL TUL 14–0
November 6 Transylvania Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 49–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 Clemson The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC CLEM 26–0
November 11 Florida Stetson Palatka, FL W 26–0
November 12 Chattanooga Birmingham-Southern Birmingham, AL L 27–0
November 13 Millsaps Mississippi College Clinton, MS MSCOLL 60–0
November 13 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY CEN 49–0
November 13 Washington & Lee Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 77–0
November 13 Furman Wofford Spartanburg, SC FUR 69–0
November 13 Georgetown Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 35–6
November 13 Florida Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 56–0
November 13 Millsaps Mississippi College Clinton, MS MSCOLL 56–0
November 13 LSU Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 21–0
November 13 Oglethorpe Mercer Macon, GA OGLE 42–0
November 13 Tennessee Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN TENN 20–0
November 13 Mississippi A&M Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 6–0
November 13 Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 34–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Birmingham-Southern Howard L 14–7
November 20 Stetson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 21–0
November 20 Virginia Tech Centre Louisville, KY W 28–0
November 20 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC FUR 14–0
November 20 Newberry South Carolina Columbia, SC W 48–0
November 20 Alabama Georgia Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA UGA 21–14
November 20 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 7–7
November 20 Wake Forest Freshmen Mercer Macon, GA L 14–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 25 Georgetown Centre Cheek Field • Danville, KY CEN 103–0
November 25 Wofford Duke Durham, NC T 0–0
November 25 Florida Oglethorpe Columbus, GA L 21–0
November 25 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 34–0
November 25 Mississippi A&M Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 24–7
November 25 Davidson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 7–0
November 25 South Carolina The Citadel College Park Stadium •Charleston, SC SCAR 7–6
November 25 Tulane LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA TUL 21–0
November 25 Kentucky Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 14–7
November 27 Alabama Case Cleveland, OH W 40–0
November 27 Mercer Erskine Due West, SC L 20–6
November 27 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 21–3
November 28 Millsaps Howard HOW 42–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 4 Detroit Mercy Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 7–0

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1921 Fort Worth Classic Fort Worth, TX Centre TCU CEN 63–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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All-Southern team

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Main article: 1920 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included:[2]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Bo McMillin 5'9" 160 Jr. Prairie Hill, Texas Centre
HB Red Barron 5'11" 180 So. Clarkesville, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Buck Flowers 5'7" 155 Sr. Sumter, South Carolina Georgia Tech
FB Riggs Stephenson 5'10" 180 Sr. Akron, Alabama Alabama
E Owen Reynolds 6'3" 170 Jr. Douglasville, Georgia Georgia
T Bill Fincher 6'0" 182 Sr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Fatty Warren Sr. Coal City, Alabama Auburn
C Bum Day 5'10" 190 Jr. Nashville, Georgia Georgia
G Noah Caton Jr. River Falls, Alabama Auburn
T Artie Pew 195 Jr. Damascus, Georgia Georgia
E John Staton Fr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech

References

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