1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 25, 1903 through November 29, 1903
Number of teams	21
Regular Season
Season champions	Clemson Cumberland Sewanee Vanderbilt
East champions	Clemson Tigers
West champions	Cumberland Bulldogs

1903 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Clemson +	4	–	0	–	1	4	–	1	–	1
Cumberland +	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt +	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	0	–	2	3	–	0	–	2
Texas	1	–	0	–	1	5	–	1	–	2
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi	1	–	1	–	1	2	–	1	–	1
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	1	2	–	2	–	1
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Davidson	0	–	1	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
LSU	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season began on September 25.

1903 met difficulty in determining an SIAA champion. Clemson had the best record, but lost to an inferior North Carolina team; and in the game to secure the SIAA title were tied by Cumberland. Clemson's John Heisman pushed strongly for Cumberland to share the SIAA title.^[1] Cumberland's strongest victory was its win over Vanderbilt. However, Sewanee beat Cumberland, yet suffered its only loss to Vanderbilt. Therefore, one can find all of Clemson, Cumberland, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt defended as SIAA champion.

Heisman originally challenged the winner of the Vanderbilt-Sewanee game.^[2]

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.

Unknown

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
?, before Nov 11	Tennessee Medical College	Cumberland		W 86–0
?, before Nov 11	Grant University	Cumberland		W 92–0

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 25	Cynthiana	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 39–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Montgomery A. C.	Auburn	Auburn, AL	W 26–0
October 3	Cumberland	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	CUM 6–0
October 3	Mooney	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 23–0
October 3	Texas Deaf School	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 17–0
October 3	Trinity (TX)	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 16–0
October 3	Maryville	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 17–0
October 3	Xavier	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 21–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 8	Oak Ridge	Davidson		W 54–0
October 9	Haskell	Texas	Dallas, TX	L 6–0
October 10	Clemson	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	CLEM 29–0
October 10	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	SEW 6–0
October 10	Mercer	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 46–0	^[3]^[4]^[5]
October 10	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 38–0
October 10	TCU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 11–0
October 10	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 30–0
October 10	Berea College	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 17–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 14	LSU Alumni	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–0
October 16	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	MSA&M 11–0
October 17	Howard	Auburn	Auburn, AL	W 58–0
October 17	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	CLEM 73–0
October 17	K. M. I.	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 18–0
October 17	Oklahoma	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	T 6–6
October 17	Texas A&M	Baylor	Waco Stadium • Waco, TX	T 0–0
October 17	Tennessee Medical College	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 52–0
October 17	South Carolina	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	L 27–7
October 17	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 40–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 23	Auburn	Alabama	Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL	ALA 18–0
October 24	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	UGA 38–0
October 24	Oklahoma	Texas A&M	• College Station, TX	L 6–0
October 24	Baylor	Texas	San Antonio, TX	W 48–0
October 24	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 33–0
October 24	Mississippi A&M	Meridian A. C.	Meridian, MS	W 43–0
October 24	Eagles-New Orleans	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 33–0
October 24	Miami	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 47–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Reference
October 28	North Carolina A&M	Clemson	Columbia, SC	W 24–0
October 29	Tennessee	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 24–0
October 30	LSU	Louisiana Tech	Ruston, LA	W 16–0
October 30	Arkansas	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 15–0
October 31	LSU	Shreveport A. C.	Shreveport, LA	W 5–0
October 31	Arkansas	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 6–0
October 31	Virginia	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 22–0
October 31	Georgia Tech	Howard		W 37–0
October 31	Sewanee	Auburn	Oak Park • Montgomery, AL	SEW 47–0	^[6]
October 31	Tennessee	Nashville	Nashville, TN	TENN 10–0
October 31	Vanderbilt	Georgia	Herty Field • Athens, GA	VAN 33–0
November 2	Sewanee	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	SEW 23–0
November 2	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky State	Lexington, KY	W 51–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 6	Vanderbilt	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	T 5–5
November 7	Georgia	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	UGA 5–0
November 7	Sewanee	Nashville	Nashville, TN	SEW 6–0
November 7	Florida State College	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 17–0
November 7	Shreveport A. C.	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	L 23–0
November 7	Baylor	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 16–0
November 7	Virginia	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 22–0
November 7	Marietta	Kentucky State		W 11–0
November 7	Ole Miss	Tennessee Medical College	Memphis, TN	W 17–0
November 7	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS	MSA&M 11–0
November 8	South Carolina	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	L 28–12
November 9	LSU	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 18–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 11	LSU	Auburn	Auburn, AL	AUB 12–0
November 13	Texas	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	W 11–5
November 14	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	AUB 10–5
November 14	Cumberland	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	CUM 44–0
November 14	Clemson	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 11–6
November 14	Sewanee	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	SEW 17–0
November 14	TCU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 16–0
November 14	Washington (MO)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 41–0
November 14	Georgia	Savannah	Savannah, GA	L 6–0
November 14	Mississippi A&M	Ole Miss	University Park • Oxford, MS	T 6–6
November 16	Cumberland	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	CUM 41–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	Cumberland	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	CUM 28–0
November 21	Clemson	Davidson	Davidson, NC	CLEM 24–0
November 21	Georgia Tech	Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 11–0
November 21	Ole Miss	LSU	New Orleans, LA	LSU 11–0
November 21	Baylor	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 5–0
November 21	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 10–5

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 25	V. P. I	Davidson	Roanoke, VA	L 26–0
November 26	Tennessee	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	ALA 24–0
November 26	Auburn	Georgia	• Atlanta, GA	UGA 22–13
November 26	South Carolina	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 16–0
November 26	Kentucky University	Kentucky State		L 5–0
November 28	TCU	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	W 14–6
November 29	Texas A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	TEX 29–6

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 5	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	T 0–0

SIAA Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 26	3:00 p. m.	Cumberland	Clemson	Oak Park • Montgomery, AL	T 11–11		^[7]^[8]^[9]

All-Southern team

Main article: 1903 College Football All-Southern Team

The consensus All-Southern team:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	John Maxwell			Sr.		Clemson
HB	John J. Tigert	6'3"		Sr.	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
HB	J. C. Anderson					Cumberland
FB	Jock Hanvey			Sr.	Abbeville Co., South Carolina	Clemson
E	Bob Blake	6'0"	170	Fr.	Cuero, Texas	Vanderbilt
T	Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith		156	Sr.	Sewanee, Tennessee	Sewanee
G	Henry D. Phillips	6'4"	185	Jr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Sewanee
C	Red Smith			So.	Franklin, Tennessee	Cumberland
G	Marvin O. Bridges	6'4"	225	So.	Bedford Co., Tennessee	Cumberland
G	Puss Derrick		195	Fr.	Chapin, South Carolina	Clemson
E	Carl Sitton	5'10"	170	Jr.	Pendleton, South Carolina	Clemson

References

↑ Langum, David J. From Maverick to Mainstream: Cumberland School of Law, 1847-1997. p. 95.
↑ "Fine Football in Southland". The Courier-Journal. October 25, 1903. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Robert E. Wilder. Gridiron Glory Days: Football at Mercer, 1892-1942. p. 13.
↑ Scott Thompson. Dublin: The Emerald City. p. 135.
↑ Jon Nelson. A History of College Football in Georgia. p. 18.
↑ Oak Park and the Montgomery Zoo. p. 12.
↑ Sam Blackman (December 15, 2014). "Clemson's "First Bowl Game"".
↑ Lou Sahadi. "24. 1903 Game With Cumberland". 100 Things Clemson Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.
↑ Wiley Lee Umphlett. Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. p. 67.

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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