1928 Southern Conference football season

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1928 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 22, 1928
through January 1, 1929
Number of teams 22
Regular Season
Season champions Georgia Tech
Football seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1     9 – 0 – 1
Florida 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
VPI 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Alabama 6 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Clemson 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Tulane 3 – 3 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 2 – 2     5 – 3 – 2
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 2
Maryland 2 – 3 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
VMI 2 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 2
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
NC State 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Mississippi A&M 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 4 – 2
Virginia 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 6 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0     1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1928 Southern Conference football season began on September 22.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, Georgia Tech defeated the California Golden Bears by a score of 8–7. The game was notable for a play by California All-American Roy Riegels in which he scooped up a Georgia Tech fumble and ran towards his own goal line. The two-point safety on the ensuing punt proved to be the margin of victory.[1] Georgia Tech thus claims a national championship.

The Florida Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, but had their undefeated campaign derailed in the final game by the South's biggest upset that season,[2] a controversial loss to Tennessee.

Tulane back Bill Banker led the conference in individual scoring with 128 points, tying a school record set by Peggy Flournoy in 1925 which was unbroken until 2007 by Matt Forte.

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

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 22 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 30–0
September 22 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, SC W 19–0
September 22 Hampden-Sydney VMI Lexington, VA W 14–7

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 28 Birmingham-Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL L 6–0
September 29 Davidson Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 6–0
September 29 Washington (MD) Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 31–0
September 29 Arkansas Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 25–0
September 29 Ouachita Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 20–6
September 29 Wake Forest North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 65–0
September 29 Elon North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 57–0
September 29 Bryson Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 14–0
September 29 South Carolina Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, IL W 6–0
September 29 Maryville Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 41–0
September 29 Tulane Northwestern State Baton Rouge, LA W 65–0
September 29 Vanderbilt Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 20–0
September 29 Randolph-Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 66–0
September 29 Roanoke Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 34–7
September 29 Lynchburg Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 56–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 6 Ole Miss Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 27–0
October 6 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL CLEM 33–6
October 6 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 26–0
October 6 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 52–0
October 6 VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 13–0
October 6 Carson-Newman Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 61–0
October 6 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 46–0
October 6 North Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD UNC 26–19
October 6 Tulane Mississippi A&M Jackson, MS TUL 51–6
October 6 Sewanee Texas A&M Dallas, TX L 69–0
October 6 Centre Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 41–7
October 6 Colgate Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 12–7
October 6 South Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA SCAR 24–13
October 6 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 32–7
October 6 North Carolina State Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W&L 38–6

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 North Carolina State Clemson Florence, SC CLEM 7–0
October 13 Alabama Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS ALA 46–0
October 13 Auburn Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 27–0
October 13 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA GT 12–0
October 13 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT L 21–6
October 13 Maryland South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 21–7
October 13 Louisiana College LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 41–0
October 13 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 13–12
October 13 North Carolina Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA L 20–0
October 13 Transylvania Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN L 14–13
October 13 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX W 13–12
October 13 Virginia Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ T 0–0
October 13 Roanoke VMI Lexington, VA W 31–13
October 13 Virginia Tech Colgate Hamilton, NY L 35–14
October 13 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 6–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 18 Wake Forest North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 37–0
October 19 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 52–0
October 19 Presbyterian South Carolina Columbia, SC W 13–0
October 20 Tennessee Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL TENN 15–13
October 20 Ole Miss Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL MISS 19–0
October 20 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 73–0
October 20 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 7–0
October 20 Notre Dame Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 13–0
October 20 Kentucky Northwestern Chicago, IL L 7–0
October 20 Mississippi A&M LSU Jackson, MS LSU 31–0
October 20 McDaniel Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 13–6
October 20 Virginia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC VT 16–14
October 20 Cumberland Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 38–0
October 20 Vanderbilt Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA VAN 13–6
October 20 Virginia VMI Lexington, VA VMI 9–0
October 20 Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, WV L 22–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 32–0
October 27 Sewanee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 42–12
October 27 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 25–6
October 27 North Carolina State Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 14–7
October 27 Tulane Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 20–14
October 27 Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC GT 20–7
October 27 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 8–0
October 27 Spring Hill LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 30–7
October 27 Maryland VMI Richmond, VA T 0–0
October 27 Ole Miss Loyola New Orleans, LA L 34–14
October 27 Virginia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 34–0
October 27 King Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 54–0
October 27 Washington & Lee Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 26–7

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 1 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC T 0–0
November 3 Alabama Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 15–0
November 3 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA UGA 13–0
November 3 Clemson Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS MISS 26–7
November 3 Sewanee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 71–6
November 3 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 32–7
November 3 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA L 7–0
November 3 Maryland Virginia Tech Norfolk, VA VT 9–6
November 3 Mississippi A&M Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI T 6–6
November 3 North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC T 6–6
November 3 Carson-Newman Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 57–0
November 3 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 14–7
November 3 Washington & Lee Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 20–13

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 10 Kentucky Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL ALA 14–0 7,500
November 10 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 13–12
November 10 Clemson VMI Lynchburg, VA CLEM 12–0
November 10 Florida Georgia Savannah, GA FLA 26–6
November 10 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 19–7
November 10 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 19–6
November 10 Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 6–0
November 10 Centenary Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS T 6–6
November 10 Davidson North Carolina State Greensboro, NC W 14–7
November 10 North Carolina South Carolina Columbia, SC T 0–0
November 10 Sewanee Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 37–0
November 10 Virginia Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT 20–0
November 10 Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 25–12

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 17 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 33–13
November 17 Mississippi A&M Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL MSA&M 13–0
November 17 Clemson Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 27–6
November 17 LSU Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA LSU 13–12
November 17 Virginia Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD MD 18–2
November 17 Ole Miss Rhodes Memphis, TN W 34–2
November 17 North Carolina Davidson Davidson, NC W 30–7
November 17 Furman South Carolina Columbia, SC W 6–0
November 17 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 41–6
November 17 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN TENN 6–0
November 17 VMI Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY UK 23–12
November 17 Virginia Tech Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA VT 13–7

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Maryland Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA MD 6–0
November 24 North Carolina State Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 7–0
November 24 Louisiana College Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 47–7
November 24 Centre Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 26–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Georgia Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 19–0
November 29 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 27–12
November 29 Washington & Lee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 60–6
November 29 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 51–0
November 29 Kentucky Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN T 0–0
November 29 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA T 0–0
November 29 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD W 26–6
November 29 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS MISS 20–19
November 29 North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UNC 24–20
November 29 South Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC NCST 18–7
November 29 VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, VA VMI 16–6
December 1 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 13–0

Week Twelve

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 8 LSU Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 13–0
December 8 Clemson The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC L 12–7
December 8 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 20–6
December 8 Duke North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 14–7
December 8 Florida Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 13–12

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1929 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA Georgia Tech California GT 8–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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Main article: 1928 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1928 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team of more than one hundred sports writers and coaches compiled by the Associated Press included:[3]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Clyde Crabtree 5'8" 160 Jr. Cicero, Illinois Florida
HB Warner Mizell 6'0" 200 Sr. Miami, Florida Georgia Tech
HB Bill Banker Jr. Lake Charles, Louisiana Tulane
FB Gerald Snyder 5'8" 190 Sr. Windber, Pennsylvania Maryland
E Dale Van Sickel 6'0" 180 Jr. Gainesville, Florida Florida
T Frank Speer 6'0" 205 Jr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Fred Vaughan 196 Sr. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina NC State
C Peter Pund 6'0" 182 Sr. Augusta, Georgia Georgia Tech
G Raleigh Drennon 5'10" 180 Sr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
T Jess Tinsley 6'0" 201 Sr. Homer, Louisiana LSU
E Dick Abernathy 6'2" 203 Jr. Vanderbilt

References

  1. ↑ "Roy Riegels, 84, Who Took Off In Wrong Direction in Rose Bowl", The New York Times, March 28, 1993. Accessed January 28, 2008.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
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