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1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season League NCAA Sport College football Duration October 3, 1896 through December 14, 1896 Number of teams 16 Season champions LSU Georgia
The 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1896 college football season . The season began on October 3.
Coach Pop Warner 's conference champion Georgia team beat North Carolina 24–16 in a close game. "For the first time in Southern football history the football supremacy of Virginia and North Carolina was successfully challenged."[ 1] Against John Heisman 's Auburn team, Georgia also had the first successful onside kick in the South.[ 2]
The LSU Tigers, led by coach Allen Jeardeau , went undefeated and were the SIAA co-champions.
Results and team statistics [ edit ]
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
October 3
Lexington Athletic Club
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
L 0–10
[ 3]
October 6
Auburn
Mercer
Central City Park • Macon, GA
AUB 46–0
[ 4]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 24
LSU
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
LSU 6–0
[ 13]
October 24
Texas
Dallas
Dallas, TX
T 0–0
October 24
Birmingham Athletic Club
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 30–0
[ 14]
October 24
Kentucky University
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
W 36–6
[ 15]
October 24
Central
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
T 0–0
[ 16]
October 24
Georgia
Wofford
Spartanburg, SC
W 26–0
[ 17]
October 26
Central
Sewanee
McGee Field • Sewanee, TN
SEW 6–4
[ 18]
October 22
Tennessee
Chattanooga Athletic Club
Chattanooga, TN
W 4–0
[ 19]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
October 31
Kentucky State
Centre
Danville, KY
L 0–32
[ 20]
October 31
North Carolina
Georgia
Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA
W 24–16
3,000
[ 21]
October 31
Georgia Tech
Mercer
Central City Park • Macon, GA
L 4–6
[ 22]
October 31
Sewanee
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
SEW 10–6
[ 23]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 7
Central
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
KEN 62–0
[ 24]
November 7
San Antonio
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
W 12–4
[ 25]
November 7
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Drill Field • Auburn, AL
W 45–0
[ 26]
November 7
Vanderbilt
Missouri
Fair Grounds • St. Louis, MO
L 6–26
[ 27]
November 9
Sewanee
Georgia
Herty Field • Athens, GA
UGA 26–0
[ 28]
November 9
Tulane
Vicksburg Athletic Club
Vicksburg, MS
W 48–0
[ 29]
November 11
Vanderbilt
SW Presbyterian
Baseball Park • Clarksville, TN
VAN 36–0
[ 30]
November 13
LSU
Ole Miss
Fairgrounds • Vicksburg, MS
W 12–4
[ 31]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 14
Mississippi A&M
Alabama
The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL
ALA 20–0
[ 32]
November 14
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
T 0–0
[ 33]
November 14
Centre
Kentucky State
Lexington, KY
L 0–44
[ 34]
November 14
Texas
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
TEX 12–4
800
[ 35] [ 36]
November 14
VPI
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
W 6–4
[ 37]
November 16
Sewanee
Auburn
Riverside Park • Montgomery, AL
AUB 38–6
[ 38]
November 16
Texas
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 14–0
[ 39]
November 20
Mississippi A&M
LSU
State Field • Baton Rouge, LA
LSU 52–0
[ 40]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 21
Kentucky State
Georgetown (KY)
Georgetown, KY
W 16–0
[ 41]
November 21
Mercer
Georgia Tech
Brisbane Park • Atlanta, GA
T 12–12
[ 42]
November 21
Mississippi A&M
Southern Athletic Club
Sportsman's Park • New Orleans, LA
L 0–55
[ 43]
November 26
Auburn
Georgia
Brisbine Park • Atlanta, GA
UGA 12–6
[ 44]
November 26
Central
Tennessee
Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN
UT 30–0
[ 45]
November 26
Dallas
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
W 22–4
2,000
[ 46]
November 26
Ole Miss
Tulane
Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA
W 10–0
[ 47]
November 26
Vanderbilt
Sewanee
Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN
VAN 10–4
[ 48]
November 27
Kentucky State
Louisville Athletic Club
Louisville, KY
L 4–30
[ 49]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
November 28
LSU
Southern Athletic Club
Sportsman's Park • New Orleans, LA
W 6–0
500
[ 50]
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
Reference
December 14
Missouri
Texas
Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX
L 0–10
[ 51]
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 53
^ Woodruff 1928 , p. 68
^ "Football; The Lexington Athletic Club downs State College" . The Sunday Leader . October 4, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn finds Mercer an easy mark" . The Birmingham News . October 19, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Nashville gets 'em both" . The Nashville American . October 11, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Louisiana State University Cadets defeat the Centenary College team" . The Times-Democrat . October 11, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee 6; U. of N. 0; Nashville boys fared a little better than Vanderbilt" . The Nashville American . October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The 'Varsity team won" . Austin Daily Statesman . October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tulane wins its first time out" . The Daily Picayune . October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football, Vanderbilt badly beaten by "Old Centre" yesterday" . The Sunday Leader . October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "At Catlettsburg Kentucky State College loses by a score of 6 to 4" . The Sunday Leader . October 18, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The University scored a victory" . The Knoxville Sentinel . October 23, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Decision for visitors; Referee awarded the game to the visitors upon Tulane's desertion of the field" . The Times-Democrat . October 25, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Birmingham lost; Foot ball game at Tuskaloosa disastrous for the Athletics" . The Birmingham News . October 26, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State College—Wins the local championship by a score of 36 to 6" . The Sunday Leader . October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt vs. Central College; Good game at Nashville, ending in a draw" . The Chattanooga Daily Times . October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia wins over Wofford" . The Atlanta Journal . October 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee the victor; Puts it onto Central University to the tune of 6 to 4" . The Nashville American . October 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Chattanooga wins spirited football game at the park yesterday" . Chattanooga Daily Times . October 25, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ " "Old Centre."—The Danville team beats State College by a score of 32 to 0" . The Sunday Leader . November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football yesterday" . The News and Observer . November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techs defeat Mercer, Atlantians win in a close game by a score of 6 to 4" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The University football team went down before Sewanee" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 1, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Gridiron.–Ad[sic Unintersting Game Between S. C. and C. U." The Sunday Leader . November 8, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yesterday's ball game" . Austin Daily Statesman . November 8, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "One-sided game at Auburn" . The Birmingham News . November 9, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Missouri and Vanderbilt" . St. Louis Globe-Democrat . November 7, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0" . The Morning News . November 10, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Local team short on taeties" . The Commercial Appeal . November 10, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0" . The Leaf-Chronicle . November 12, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Exciting football and races; Great day at the successful exposition at Vicksburg" . The Commercial Appeal . November 14, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Shut them out; The Tuscaloosa foot ball team defeats the A. & M." Birmingham State Herald . November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Was most disgraceful" . The Nashville American . November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football—"Old Centre" wins the State Championship" . The Sunday Leader . November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "That Texas team wins once more" . The Daily Picayune . November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "That Texas team wins once more (continued)" . The Daily Picayune . November 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Blacksburg defeated" . The Richmond Dispatch . Library of Virginia. November 15, 1896. p. 13. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
^ "Thirty-six to six! Was the way yesterday's great football contest resulted" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 17, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football; State University trounces the Texas 11" . The Daily Picayune . November 17, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Untitled" . The Daily Clarion-Ledger . November 21, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "At Georgetown—Kentucky State College wins easy from Georgetown University" . The Sunday Leader . November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techs 12, Mercer 12; Football game at Brisbine Park yesterday was a tie" . The Atlanta Constitution . November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dull foot ball game" . Natchez Democrat . November 22, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Auburn knocked out" . Birmingham State Herald . November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bad defeat for Central University" . The Courier-Journal . November 27, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ " 'Varsity, 'Varsity, U. T. A." Austin Daily Statesman . November 27, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi defeated; Tulane wins by a score of 10 to 0" . The Times-Democrat . November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vanderbilt victorious" . Nashville Banner . November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "L. A. C.'s fine victory" . The Courier-Journal . November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cadet champions; Southern Athletic Club football eleven defeated" . The Times-Democrat . November 29, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ " 'Varsity boys defeated" . Austin Daily Statesman . December 15, 1896. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 . Vol. 1.
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