# 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1905 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 1905 college football season. The season began on September 30.
One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to Atlanta to see Sewanee play Georgia Tech."

## Season overview
### Results and team statistics

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | Dan McGugin | 7–1 | 5–0 | 46.5 | 2.8 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | John Heisman | 6–0–1 | 5–0–1 | 30.0 | 4.7 |
| 3 | LSU | Dan A. Killian | 3–0 | 2–0 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sewanee | W. C. Hyatt | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 19.4 | 16.4 |
| 5 | Clemson | Eddie Cochems | 3–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 13.5 | 10.5 |
| 6 (tie) | Alabama | Jack Leavenworth | 6–4 | 4–4 | 17.8 | 11.3 |
| 6 (tie) | Cumberland | John Counselman | 4–4 | 2–2 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 8 | Nashville | | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| 9 | Auburn | Mike Donahue | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6.3 | 16.0 |
| 10 | Mississippi A&M | Daniel S. Martin | 3–4 | 1–4 | 16.3 | 13.4 |
| 11 (tie) | Tulane | John F. Tobin | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 11 (tie) | Mississippi | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| 13 | Tennessee | James DePree | 3–5–1 | 0–4–1 | 18.0 | 16.8 |
| 14 | Georgia | Marvin M. Dickinson | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4.3 | 31.3 |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game

### 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.

#### Week One

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| September 30 | Tennessee School for the Deaf | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 16–6 | | |
| September 30 | Maryville (TN) | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 97–0 | | |

#### Week Two

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 3 | Maryville (TN) | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 17–0 | |
| October 3 | Cumberland | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | CUM 39–10 | |
| October 6 | Cumberland | VPI | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 0–12 | |
| October 7 | North Georgia | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | W 54–0 | |
| October 7 | American Temperance | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 104–0 | |
| October 7 | Alabama | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 34–0 | 1,500 |
| October 7 | Mooney | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 42–0 | |

#### Week Three

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 14 | Mississippi A&M | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | ALA 34–0 |
| October 14 | Vanderbilt | Michigan | Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–18 |
| October 14 | Tennessee | Clemson | Bowman Field • Clemson, SC | T 5–5 |

#### Week Four

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 20 | Davidson | Auburn | West End Park • Birmingham, AL | L 6–0 |
| October 20 | Mississippi A&M | Marion | Marion, AL | W 38–0 |
| October 20 | Cumberland | Sewanee | Nashville, TN | SEW 9–0 |
| October 20 | Nashville | Southwestern Presbyterian | Clarksville, TN | L 0–6 |
| October 21 | Clemson | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | CLEM 35–0 |
| October 21 | Alabama | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 12–5 |
| October 21 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | VAN 45–0 |

#### Week Five

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 25 | Alabama | Clemson | State Fairgrounds • Columbia, SC | CLEM 25–0 |
| October 27 | Auburn | Mississippi A&M | Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS | AUB 18–0 |
| October 28 | Cumberland | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 18–0 |
| October 28 | Tennessee | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | SEW 11–6 |
| October 28 | Texas | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 33–0 |

#### Week Six

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 31 | Cumberland | Grant | Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN | W 11–6 |
| November 4 | Georgia | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 36–0 |
| November 4 | Tennessee | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 45–0 |
| November 4 | Auburn | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 54–0 |

#### Week Seven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 9 | Central University | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 21–0 |
| November 11 | Clemson | Auburn | Drill Field • Auburn, AL | CLEM 6–0 |
| November 11 | Howard (AL) | Mississippi A&M | Hardy Field • Starkville, MS | W 44–0 |
| November 11 | Cumberland | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | L 0–12 |
| November 11 | North Georgia | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | W 16–12 |
| November 11 | Sewanee | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | T 18–18 |

#### Week Eight

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| November 17 | Sewanee | Texas | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 10–17 | |
| November 18 | Auburn | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 30–0 | 4,000 |
| November 18 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 46–0 | |
| November 18 | Louisiana Industrial | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | W 16–0 | |
| November 18 | Central University | Tennessee | Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN | W 31–5 | |
| November 18 | Clemson | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 41–0 | |
| November 18 | Cumberland | Mississippi A&M | Hardy Field • Starkville, MS | CUM 27–5 | |

#### Week Nine

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 20 | Cumberland | Ole Miss | University Park • Oxford, MS | CUM 18–0 |
| November 23 | Sewanee | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | SEW 42–6 |
| November 25 | LSU | Tulane | Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA | LSU 5–0 |

#### Week Ten

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| November 30 | Tennessee | Alabama | State Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL | ALA 29–0 | |
| November 30 | Auburn | Georgia | Central City Park • Macon, GA | AUB 20–0 | |
| November 30 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | The Flats • Atlanta, GA | GT 17–10 | 5,000 |
| November 30 | Mississippi A&M | Ole Miss | State Fairgrounds • Jackson, MS | MSA&M 11–0 | |
| November 30 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 68–4 | |
| December 1 | Mississippi A&M | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | LSU 15–0 | |

#### Week Eleven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| December 3 | Tennessee | Grant | Olympic Park • Field Chattanooga, TN | W 5–0 | | |

## All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:
| Position | Name | Team |
| QB | Frank Kyle | Vanderbilt |
| HB | Honus Craig | Vanderbilt |
| HB | Dan Blake | Vanderbilt |
| FB | Owsley Manier | Vanderbilt |
| E | Bob Blake | Vanderbilt |
| T | Hillsman Taylor | Vanderbilt |
| G | Stein Stone | Vanderbilt |
| C | Emma Patterson | Vanderbilt |
| G | Puss Derrick | Clemson |
| T | Frank Jones | Auburn |
| E | Ed Hamilton | Vanderbilt |