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1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1900 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 1900 college football season. The season began on September 29.

1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
NCAA
College football
September 29, 1900through December 5, 1900
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Clemson

The 1900 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 1900 college football season. The season began on September 29.

The season saw the rise of Clemson's football program, the return of Alabama football, and the first season of play for Henry D. Phillips.

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Conf. record	Win Pct.	Overall record	PPG	PAG
1 (tie)	Auburn	Billy Watkins	4–0–0	1.000.	4–0–0	37.0	1.3
1 (tie)	Tulane	H. T. Summersgill	3–0–0	1.000	5–0–0	21.0	0.0
1 (tie)	Clemson	John Heisman	2–0–0	1.000	6–0–0	37.0	1.7
1 (tie)	Texas	S. H. Thompson	1–0–0	1.000	6–0–0	18.8	2.2
5	Sewanee	Billy Suter	5–0–1	.917	6–1–1	16.8	3.4
6	North Carolina	Billy Reynolds	3–0–1	.875	4–1–3	20.4	2.7
7	Vanderbilt	J. L. Crane	2–3–1	.417	4–4–1	9.2	10.2
8 (tie)	Alabama	Malcolm Griffin	1–3–0	.250	2–3–0	10.4	19.8
8 (tie)	Nashville	Charley Moran	1–3–0	.250	2–3–0	5.8	11.5
10	Georgia	E. E. Jones	1–4–0	.200	2–4–0	4.7	26.5
11	Tennessee	J. A. Pierce	0–2–1	.167	3–2–1	11.2	8.5
12 (tie)	Cumberland (TN)	E. D. Kuykendall	0–1–0	.000	0–1–0	0.0	18.0
12 (tie)	LSU	Edmond Chavanne	0–1–0	.000	2–2–0	21.3	8.8
12 (tie)	Kentucky State	W. H. Kiler	0–2–0	.000	4–6–0	5.9	6.3
12 (tie)	Ole Miss	Z. N. Estes	0–3–0	.000	0–3–0	1.7	10.0
12 (tie)	Georgia Tech	Harris T. Collier	0–4–0	.000	0–4–0	1.5	26.8

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game

PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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 29	Kentucky State	Cincinnati	Union Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH	L 6–20

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 6–0
October 6	Louisville YMCA	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–6
October 6	Deaf & Dumb Institute	North Carolina	Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 38–0
October 10	King	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 22–0
October 10	Oklahoma	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 28–2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	UGA 12–0
October 13	Vanderbilt	Texas	Dallas Fair Grounds • Dallas, TX	TEX 22–0
October 13	Bethel (TN)	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 33–0
October 13	Kentucky State	Centre	Danville, KY	L 0–5
October 17	Cumberland (TN)	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 18–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 19	Davidson	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 64–0
October 20	Kentucky All-Stars	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 0–5
October 20	South Carolina	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens GA	W 5–0
October 20	Nashville	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	NASH 23–0
October 21	Taylor School	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 35–0
October 22	Clemson	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 21–0
October 22	Nashville	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 28–0
October 22	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Ole Miss	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 12–5
October 27	Sewanee	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	SEW 21–6
October 27	Southern Athletic Club	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	W 23–0
October 27	Central (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 0–6
October 27	VPI	North Carolina	Campus Athletic Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0
October 27	Texas A&M	Texas	San Antonio Fairgrounds • San Antonio, TX	W 5–0
October 27	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–11
October 29	Sewanee	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	SEW 34–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 1	Clemson	South Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC	W 51–0	5,000
November 1	North Carolina	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	UNC 22–5
November 3	Kentucky State	Louisville YMCA	Louisville, KY	W 12–0
November 3	North Carolina	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	UNC 48–0
November 3	Tulane	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	TUL 6–0
November 5	North Carolina	Sewanee	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	T 0–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Tennessee	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	AUB 23–0
November 10	Clemson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	CLEM 39–5
November 10	Sewanee	Nashville	Peabody Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 12–0
November 10	Millsaps	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	W 35–0
November 10	Central (KY)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–0
November 10	Avondale AC	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	L 5–11
November 11	Millsaps	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 70–0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 17	Alabama	Auburn	Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL	AUB 53–5
November 17	Georgia	North Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NC	UNC 55–0	800
November 17	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	LSU 29–0
November 17	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	SEW 11–10
November 17	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–0
November 17	Missouri	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 17–11

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 24	Bethel (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 22–0
November 24	Clemson	VPI	Latta Park • Charlotte, NC	W 12–5
November 24	Kentucky State	Central (KY)	Richmond, KY	L 0–11
November 24	Kansas City Medical	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 30–0
November 24	North Carolina	Virginia	League Park • Norfolk, VA	L 0–17	6,000
November 27	Grant	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 28–0
November 29	Auburn	Georgia	Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA	AUB 44–0
November 29	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA	TUL 12–0
November 29	Clemson	Alabama	North Birmingham Park • Birmingham, AL	CLEM 35–0
November 29	Kentucky University	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 12–0
November 29	North Carolina	Georgetown	Georgetown Field • Washington, D.C.	T 0–0	4,000
November 29	Texas A&M	Texas	Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX	W 11–0
November 29	Nashville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 18–0
November 29	Sewanee	Virginia	Broad Street Park • Richmond, VA	L 5–17
November 30	LSU	Millsaps	Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS	L 5–6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
December 1	Georgetown (KY)	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 12–6
December 5	LSU Alumni	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–0
December 7	Davidson	Georgia Tech	Augusta, GA	L 6–38	1,000

E - Frank M. Osborne, North Carolina (O)
T - Frank Bennett, North Carolina (O, WH)
G - Big Sam, Texas (O)
C - William Poole, Sewanee (O)
HB - Henry Seibels, Sewanee (O)
FB - Ormond Simkins, Sewanee (O, WH [as end])
Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928.

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