1933 Southeastern Conference football season
Football September 22 – December 9, 1933 (1933-09-22 – 1933-12-09) 13 Alabama
The 1933 Southeastern Conference football season was the first season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1933 college football season . Alabama compiled a 7–1–1 record, with a conference record of 5–0–1, and was the inaugural SEC champion. LSU finished in second place with an undefeated overall record of 7–0–3, and a conference record of 3–0–2.
Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Alabama Frank Thomas 7–1–1 (.833) 5–0–1 (.917) 14.4 1.9 2 LSU Biff Jones 7–0–3 (.850) 3–0–2 (.800) 17.6 2.7 3 Georgia Harry Mehre 8–2–0 (.800) 3–1–0 (.750) 14.8 8.6 4 Tennessee Robert Neyland 7–3–0 (.700) 5–2–0 (.714) 17.6 4.7 5 Tulane Ted Cox 6–3–1 (.650) 4–2–1 (.643) 16.0 6.8 6 Auburn Chet A. Wynne 5–5–0 (.500) 2–2–0 (.500) 13.3 10.4 7 Ole Miss Ed Walker 6–3–2 (.636) 2–2–1 (.500) 15.2 7.2 8 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 4–3–3 (.550) 2–2–2 (.500) 12.6 10.7 9 (tie) Florida Dennis K. Stanley 5–3–1 (.611) 2–3–0 (.400) 12.7 5.9 9 (tie) Kentucky Harry Gamage 5–5–0 (.500) 2–3–0 (.400) 9.1 11.6 11 Georgia Tech William Alexander 5–5–0 (.500) 2–5–0 (.286) 11.7 6.3 12 Mississippi State Ross MacKechnie 3–6–1 (.350) 1–5–1 (.214) 6.9 14.9 13 Sewanee Harry E. Clark 3–6–0 (.333) 0–6–0 (.000) 8.3 18.3
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SEC member won Non-conference matchup; SEC member lost Non-conference matchup; tie SEC teams in bold
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 22 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL W 20–7 10,000 September 23 Ole Miss Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN T 6–6 4,000 September 23 Cumberland (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 50–0 12,000 September 23 Maryville (TN) Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 46–2
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 29 Auburn Howard (AL) Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 18–7 September 30 Oglethorpe Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 34–0 12,000 September 30 Rice LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–0 September 30 NC State Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 20–10 September 30 VPI Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–0 15,000 September 30 Texas A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 6–13 20,000 September 30 Mississippi State Teachers Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 45–0 September 30 Vanderbilt Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK T 0–0 18,000 September 30 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 28–0 6,000 September 30 Sewanee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY KEN 7–0 8,000 September 30 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 39–2 12,000 September 30 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 12–0
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 7 Ole Miss Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL T 0–0 12,000 October 7 Millsaps LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 40–0 October 7 Tulane Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA UGA 26–13 12,000 October 7 Mississippi State Tulane Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 20–0 October 7 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 20–13 6,000 October 7 Sewanee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 31–0 7,500 October 7 Georgia Tech Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY KEN 7–6
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 14 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 18–0 5,000 October 14 Centenary LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 0–0 18,000 October 14 Georgia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 30–0 October 14 Tennessee Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 2–10 22,000 October 14 Maryland Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 20–0 10,000 October 14 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 16–6 October 14 Vanderbilt Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 0–20 21,568 October 14 Florida NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC T 0–0 October 14 Kentucky Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 3–0 October 14 Sewanee Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN W 12–7 October 14 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI W 7–0 8,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Georgia Mercer Centennial Stadium • Macon, GA W 13–12 12,000 October 21 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN ALA 12–6 25,000 October 21 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 20–0 15,000 October 21 Tulane Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA TUL 7–0 October 21 Auburn George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC L 6–19 October 21 Sewanee Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS OM 41–0 October 21 Mississippi State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 7–7 7,000 October 21 North Carolina Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 9–0 9,000 October 21 Kentucky Washington & Lee Maher Field • Roanoke, VA L 0–7
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 27 Southwestern (TN) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS L 0–6 October 28 Alabama Fordham Polo Grounds • New York, NY L 0–2 60,000 October 28 Vanderbilt LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 7–7 20,000 October 28 NYU Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 25–0 25,000 October 28 Florida Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 13–6 October 28 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA AUB 13–7 20,000 October 28 Clemson Ole Miss Greer Field • Meridian, MS W 13–0 October 28 Duke Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY L 7–14 15,000 October 28 Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 10–6 October 28 Cumberland (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 14–0
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 3 Mississippi College Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 18–0 November 4 Kentucky Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 20–0 15,000 November 4 South Carolina LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 30–7 November 4 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL UGA 14–0 November 4 Tennessee George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 13–0 25,000 November 4 Tulane Colgate Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY W 7–0 20,000 November 4 Auburn Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 7–13 November 4 Birmingham–Southern Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 12–0 November 4 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA VAN 9–6 November 4 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 13–0
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 VPI Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 27–0 10,000 November 11 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 7–0 35,000 November 11 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 35–6 12,000 November 11 Mississippi State Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 33–0 November 11 Oglethorpe Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 27–6 6,000 November 11 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 27–14 November 11 Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 19–7 10,000 November 11 VMI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 21–6
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 18 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA ALA 12–9 18,000 November 18 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 31–0 18,000 November 18 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA AUB 14–6 November 18 Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 33–6 20,000 November 18 Kentucky Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 34–0 November 18 Sewanee Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS MSS 26–13 3,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 25 Mississippi State LSU Brown Field • Monroe, LA LSU 21–6 6,000 November 25 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA UGA 7–6 35,000 November 25 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 26–9 8,000 November 25 Auburn Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL AUB 14–7 12,000 November 25 Centenary Ole Miss Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS L 6–7
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 30 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN ALA 7–0 15,000 November 30 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, TN TEN 27–0 December 2 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA T 7–7 31,000 December 2 Georgia USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 0–31 45,000 December 2 South Carolina Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 14–16 8,000 December 2 Mississippi State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS OM 31–0 December 2 Maryland Florida Plant Field • Tampa, FL W 19–0 10,000 December 2 Duke Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 6–0 16,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 9 Tennessee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 7–0 15,000
The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1933 All-SEC football team :
David Ariail, End, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
Graham Batchelor, End, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)
Jack Torrance, Tackle, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
Leroy Moorehead, Guard, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)
Thomas Hupke, Guard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
Talmadge Maples, Center, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
Ripper Williams, Quarterback, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
Beattie Feathers, Halfback, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1933 College Football All-America Team :
Beattie Feathers, Halfback, Tennessee (AAB, CO, FWAAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA)
Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:
Thomas Hupke, Guard, Alabama (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; WD-2)
Tal Maples, Center, Tennessee (CP-3)
Deke Brackett, Quarterback, Tennessee (CP-2)
Dixie Howell, Halfback, Alabama (CP-3)
Ralph Kercheval, Fullback, Kentucky (AP-3; CP-3)
Records through the completion of the 1933 season
Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 3 50–13–3 (.780) 24–4–1 (.845) 5–0–1 (.917) Auburn Chet A. Wynne 4 61–41–9 (.590) 25–15–2 (.619) 2–2–0 (.500) Florida Dennis K. Stanley 1 5–3–1 (.611) 5–3–1 (.611) 2–3–0 (.400) Georgia Harry Mehre 6 35–20–3 (.629) 35–20–3 (.629) 3–1–0 (.750) Georgia Tech William Alexander 14 75–46–10 (.611) 75–46–10 (.611) 2–5–0 (.286) Kentucky Harry Gamage 7 32–25–5 (.556) 32–25–5 (.556) 2–3–0 (.400) LSU Biff Jones 2 43–11–6 (.767) 13–3–4 (.750) 3–0–2 (.800) Mississippi State Ross MacKechnie 1 3–6–1 (.350) 3–6–1 (.350) 1–5–1 (.214) Ole Miss Ed Walker 4 16–20–4 (.450) 16–20–4 (.450) 2–2–1 (.500) Sewanee Harry E. Clark 3 11–16–2 (.414) 11–16–2 (.414) 0–6–0 (.000) Tennessee Robert Neyland 8 68–7–5 (.881) 68–7–5 (.881) 5–2–0 (.714) Tulane Ted Cox 2 23–6–3 (.766) 12–5–2 (.684) 4–2–1 (.643) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 29 191–52–19 (.765) 191–52–19 (.765) 2–2–2 (.500)
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