1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 23, 1916 through December 9, 1916
Number of teams	26
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech Tennessee

1916 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	0	–	0	2	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Auburn	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
The Citadel	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Tulane	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	2	4	–	1	–	2
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Transylvania	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Centre	0	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	3
Louisville	0	–	2	–	1	2	–	3	–	1
Howard	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Wofford	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	4	–	0
Florida	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 23.

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	Kentucky School for the Deaf	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 34–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 30	Birmingham	Alabama	University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 13–0
September 30	Furman	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 7–6
September 30	The Citadel	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 6–0
September 30	K. M. I.	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 14–0
September 30	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 61–0
September 30	Butler	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	W 39–0
September 30	LSU	Louisiana-Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	W 24–0
September 30	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 30–0
September 30	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 107–0
September 30	Tusculum	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 33–0
September 30	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 86–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Mississippi A&M	Mississippi College	Aberdeen, MS	MSCOLL 13–6
October 7	Alabama Southern	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 80–0
October 7	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 35–0
October 7	Centre	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	UK 68–0
October 7	Charleston Navy	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 35–0
October 7	Cumberland	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 222–0
October 7	Jefferson	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 59–0
October 7	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 20–0
October 7	Morgan	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 54–0
October 7	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 32–6
October 7	Transylvania	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 42–0
October 7	Presbyterian	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 49–13

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 14	Mississippi College	Alabama	University Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 13–7
October 14	Mercer	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 92–0
October 14	Centre	Louisville	Louisville, KY	T 0–0
October 14	Presbyterian	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 34–7
October 14	Erskine	Furman	Greenville, SC	W 60–3
October 14	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 21–0
October 14	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 9–0
October 14	LSU	Texas A&M	Galveston, TX	W 13–0
October 14	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 61–0
October 14	Mississippi A&M	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	MSA&M 33–0
October 14	Maryville	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 68–7
October 14	Tennessee	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	TENN 14–0
October 14	Spring Hill	Tulane	First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 14–0
October 14	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	VAN 45–0
October 14	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 23–3

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 28–0
October 21	Alabama	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL	ALA 16–0
October 21	The Citadel	Davidson	Davidson, NC	T 7–7
October 21	Georgia Tech B	Furman	Greenville, SC	W 21–10
October 21	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 13–7
October 21	Mississippi College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 50–7
October 21	Transylvania	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 13–0
October 21	Sewanee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	T 0–0
October 21	South Carolina	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 26–0
October 21	Jefferson	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 39–3
October 21	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 35–0
October 21	Erskine	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 12–7

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 27–0
October 27	Kentucky Wesleyan	Centre	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 111–0
October 27	Furman	Presbyterian	Clinton, SC	W 42–10
October 27	Tulane	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	TUL 13–3
October 28	Ole Miss	Alabama	University Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 27–0
October 28	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	AUB 7–3
October 28	The Citadel	Newberry	Newberry, SC	W 21–14
October 28	Georgia	Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 27–3
October 28	Kentucky	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 32–0
October 28	Sewanee	LSU	New Orleans, LA	SEW 7–0
October 28	Tennessee	Florida	Tampa, FL	TENN 24–0
October 28	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–6
October 30	Guilford	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 31–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Tupelo, MS	MSA&M 36–0
November 4	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	SEW 7–6
November 4	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	AUB 3–0
November 4	Wofford	The Citadel	College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC	CIT 37–0
November 4	Davidson	Furman	Greenville, SC	L 46–14
November 4	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 45–0
November 4	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	TENN 12–7
November 4	Rose-Hulman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 67–0
November 5	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	W 17–7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 7	Mississippi College	Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, MS	W 75–0
November 11	Auburn	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	AUB 20–0
November 11	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 49–0
November 11	Georgia Tech	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	GT 13–0
November 11	Centre	Central	Richmond, KY	W 26–0
November 11	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	LSU 13–3
November 11	Ole Miss	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	TRANS 13–3
November 11	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 54–0
November 11	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 10–6
November 11	Tulane	Rice	Houston, TX	L 23–13
November 11	Newberry	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 21–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 16	The Citadel	Clemson	Orangeburg, SC	CIT 3–0
November 18	Alabama	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 33–0
November 18	Vanderbilt	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	VAN 20–9
November 18	Georgia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	GT 21–0
November 18	Transylvania	Centre	Danville, KY	T 0–0
November 18	Florida	Indiana	Jordan Field • Bloomington, IN	L 14–3
November 18	Mississippi A&M	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 13–3
November 18	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 41–0
November 18	Ouachita	Mississippi College	Clinton, MS	W 26–0
November 18	Mercer	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 47–0
November 18	Sewanee	Tennessee	Chattanooga, TN	TENN 17–0
November 18	Wofford	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	L 41–0
November 20	Maryville	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	T 7–7

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 30	The Citadel	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 20–2
November 30	Centre	Georgetown	Georgetown, KY	CEN 14–7
November 30	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 33–0
November 30	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	UGA 3–0
November 30	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 33–7
November 30	Furman	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	WOF 9–7
November 30	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 0–0
November 30	Arkansas	Mississippi A&M	Memphis, TN	W 20–7
November 30	LSU	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	T 14–14
November 30	Ole Miss	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	MSCOLL 36–14

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 9	Georgetown	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	L 61–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1916 College Football All-America Team

E - Graham Vowell, Tennessee (WC-3)
C - Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (WC-3)
QB - Irby Curry, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
HB - Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (PP-1 [e])

All-Southern team

Main article: 1916 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers included:^[1]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Irby Curry		137	Sr.	Marlin, Texas	Vanderbilt
HB	Everett Strupper	5'7"	148	Jr.	Columbus, Georgia	Georgia Tech
HB	Doc Rodes		155	Jr.	Lexington, Kentucky	Kentucky
FB	Tommy Spence	5'11"	168	Sr.	Thomasville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
E	Graham Vowell		184	Jr.	Martin, Tennessee	Tennessee
T	Josh Cody	6'4"	212	Jr.	Franklin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
G	Bob Lang		192	Sr.	Waverly, Georgia	Georgia Tech
C	Pup Phillips	6'0"	182	So.	Carnesville, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Chink Lowe			Jr.	Loudon Co., Tennessee	Tennessee
T	Walker Carpenter	6'2"	184	Jr.	Newnan, Georgia	Georgia Tech

References

↑ "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football

Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917) ? (1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)

Former teams	Former SIAA teams

Championships & awards	SIAA football champions All-time standings All-Southern team

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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