1915 Auburn Tigers football team

Before the season

Baby Taylor was the only regular left at the start of the 1915 season.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Marion Military Institute

The season starts with a big 78–0 victory over Marion Military Institute.

Florida

Auburn, Alabama

• Sources: Auburn defeated Florida 7–0. Florida played hard for three quarters, until Wren scored the winning touchdown in the final period.

The starting lineup was Robinson (left end), Sample (left tackle), Taylor (left guard), Campbell (center), Fricks (right guard), Wynne (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarterback), Steed (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Bidez (fullback).

Clemson

Clemson was defeated 14–0.

Mississippi A&M

Mississippi A&M lost 26–0.

Georgia

The Georgia Bulldogs fell to Auburn 12–0.

Mercer

Auburn beat Mercer 45–0, the season's sixth straight shutout.

Vanderbilt

Birmingham, Alabama

• Sources: Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin had been pointing to since before the season. Auburn had dominated Southern football for the past two seasons, without a single team crossing its line.

Vanderbilt jumped out to a 17–0 lead on a rain-soaked field. A Curry pass to captain Russell Cohen opened the scoring. Cody personally took over from that point. In one of the greatest exhibitions of punt covering Cody smothered the receiver every time, recovering two fumbles, one across the goal line for a touchdown. Then, in the last ten seconds of play, Cody dropped kicked a three-pointer from the 33-yard line.

The starting lineup : Taylor (left end), Sample (left tackle), Ducote (left guard), Robinson (center), Frickey (right guard), Wynne (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Steed (quarterback), Wren (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Bidez (fullback).

Georgia Tech

Atlanta

Georgia Tech closed what was then the greatest season in its history with a 7–0 defeat of Auburn. To begin the second quarter, Everett Strupper had two key plays, the last of which was the game-deciding touchdown. First he made 20 yards around with a pass from Morrison before being forced out of bounds. Next was the 19-yard touchdown. Strupper started around left end, then cut back into the center of the field, away from his blockers.

The starting lineup against Auburn: Taylor (left end), Wynne (left tackle), Campbell (left guard), Robinson (center), Frickey (right guard), Sample (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarter), Ducote (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Steed (fullback).

Postseason

Guard Baby Taylor was a unanimous All-Southern selection, and was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp.

References

Bibliography

References

1. "Auburn Loses Nine Regulars From Her Team". Atlanta Constitution.
2. (October 2, 1915). "Auburn defense too much for Marion". The Montgomery Advertiser.
3. (October 10, 1915). "Auburn changes tactics; Defense plan fails and Donahue resorts to drive to beat Florida". The Commercial Appeal.
4. (October 17, 1915). "Auburn beats Clemson". The Journal and Tribune.
5. (October 24, 1915). "Auburn defeats Mississippi eleven". The Birmingham Age-Herald.
6. (October 31, 1915). "Georgia is shut out in straight football". The Macon Daily Telegraph.
7. (November 7, 1915). "Auburn Tigers show no mercy to Mercer men". The Birmingham News.
8. (November 14, 1915). "Vanderbilt crushes Auburn". The Journal and Tribune.
9. (November 26, 1915). "Auburn defeated by Georgia Tech". Birmingham Age-Herald.
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12. (October 10, 1915). "Auburn Makes Single Touchdown On Fla". The Tennessean.
13. (November 14, 1915). "Vanderbilt Captures Contest From Auburn". The Wilmington Morning Star.
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15. (November 14, 1915). "Auburn's Goal Line Crossed; Defeat Is Administered by Rejuvenated Commodores". Atlanta Constitution.
16. Dick Jemison. (November 26, 1915). "Yellow Jackets Earn Tie To Football Championship By Defeating Plainsmen". Atlanta Constitution.
17. (November 26, 1915). "Georgia Tech Claims S.I.A.A. Championship". The Tennessean.
18. [https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/13188?show=full Blue Print, 1916]