# 1925 Southern Conference football season

The 1925 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1925 college football season. The season began on September 19. 1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass.
In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored PCC champion Washington Huskies by a single point, 20–19, and became the first southern team ever to win a Rose Bowl. It is commonly referred to as "the game that changed the south." Alabama halfback Johnny Mack Brown was the Rose Bowl game's MVP. Alabama was retroactively named as national champion for 1925 by several major selectors, along with Dartmouth.
Tulane back Peggy Flournoy led the nation in scoring with his 128 points, a school record not broken until 2007 by Matt Forte. With also Lester Lautenschlaeger in the backfield to lead the Green Wave, Tulane beat Northwestern i a game which helped herald the arrival of Southern football.
The Georgia Tech team, led by Doug Wycoff, had one of the best defenses in school history.

## Season overview
### Results and team statistics

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 (tie) | Alabama | Wallace Wade | 10–0 | 7–0 | 29.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 (tie) | Tulane | Clark Shaughnessy | 9–0–1 | 5–0 | 24.6 | 3.2 |
| 3 | North Carolina | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 7–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 13.7 | 2.2 |
| 4 | Washington and Lee | James DeHart | 5–5 | 5–1 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Virginia | Greasy Neale | 7–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 16.0 | 3.4 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | William Alexander | 6–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 11.3 | 5.3 |
| 7 | Kentucky | Fred Murphy | 6–3 | 4–2 | 14.3 | 11.0 |
| 8 | Florida | Tom Sebring | 8–2 | 3–2 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 9 | Auburn | Dave Morey | 5–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 9.0 | 12.7 |
| 10 (tie) | VPI | Ben Cubbage | 5–3–2 | 3–3–1 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| 10 (tie) | Vanderbilt | Dan McGugin | 6–3 | 3–3 | 17.6 | 7.0 |
| 10 (tie) | Tennessee | M. B. Banks | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 16.1 | 9.1 |
| 10 (tie) | South Carolina | Branch Bocock | 7–3 | 2–2 | 15.0 | 2.7 |
| 14 (tie) | Georgia | Kid Woodruff | 4–5 | 2–4 | 14.8 | 10.1 |
| 14 (tie) | VMI | Blandy Clarkson | 5–5 | 2–4 | 15.3 | 10.8 |
| 16 (tie) | Sewanee | M. S. Bennett | 4–4–1 | 1–4 | 13.1 | 9.9 |
| 16 (tie) | Mississippi A&M | Bernie Bierman | 3–4–1 | 1–4 | 12.6 | 7.5 |
| 18 | LSU | Mike Donahue | 5–3–1 | 0–2–1 | 10.0 | 7.8 |
| 19 (tie) | NC State | Gus Tebell | 3–5–1 | 0–4–1 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| 19 (tie) | Ole Miss | Homer Hazel | 5–5 | 0–4 | 14.7 | 8.7 |
| 19 (tie) | Maryland | Curley Byrd | 3–5 | 0–4 | 7.9 | 11.1 |
| 19 (tie) | Clemson | Bud Saunders | 1–7 | 0–4 | 2.3 | 20.0 |
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; SoCon member won
* Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
* Non-conference matchup; tie
* Conference matchup
SoCon teams in bold.

#### Week One

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| September 19 | Wofford | VMI | Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia | W 9–0 | | |
| September 19 | Lynchburg | VPI | Miles Field • Blacksburg, Virginia | W 10–0 | | |

#### Week Two

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| September 25 | Richmond | NC State | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | W 20–0 | | > |
| September 26 | Union (TN) | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 53–0 | | |
| September 26 | Auburn | Birmingham–Southern | Munger Bowl • Birmingham, Alabama | W 25–0 | | |
| September 26 | Presbyterian | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | L 14–0 | | |
| September 26 | Georgia | Mercer | Centennial Stadium • Macon, Georgia | W 32–0 | | |
| September 26 | Oglethorpe | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia | W 13–7 | 10,000 | |
| September 26 | Maryville (TN) | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | W 13–6 | | |
| September 26 | Louisiana Normal | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 27–0 | | |
| September 26 | Washington College | Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland | W 13–0 | | |
| September 26 | Wake Forest | North Carolina | Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | L 6–0 | 7,000 | |
| September 26 | Jonesboro A&M | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 53–0 | | |
| September 26 | Bryson College | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 14–0 | | |
| September 26 | Erskine | South Carolina | University Field • Columbia, South Carolina | W 33–0 | | |
| September 26 | Louisiana College | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | W 77–0 | 4,500 | |
| September 26 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 27–0 | | |
| September 26 | Hampden–Sydney | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 40–0 | | |
| September 26 | Emory & Henry | VMI | Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia | W 46–0 | | |
| September 26 | Roanoke | VPI | Miles Field • Blacksburg, Virginia | W 28–0 | | |

#### Week Three

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 2 | Birmingham–Southern | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 50–7 |
| October 3 | Auburn | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | AUB 13–6 |
| October 3 | Mercer | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 24–0 |
| October 3 | VMI | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 33–0 |
| October 3 | Kentucky | Chicago | Stagg Field • Chicago | L 9–0 |
| October 3 | Louisiana-Lafayette | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 38–0 |
| October 3 | Millsaps | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | W 34–0 |
| October 3 | North Carolina | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | UNC 7–0 |
| October 3 | North Carolina State | Duke | Durham, North Carolina | W 13–0 |
| October 3 | Middle Tennessee State | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 53–0 |
| October 3 | Emory & Henry | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 51–0 |
| October 3 | Missouri | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | T 6–6 |
| October 3 | Henderson-Brown | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 41–0 |
| October 3 | Virginia | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UVA 7–6 |
| October 3 | Hampden-Sydney | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Virginia | W 13–3 |
| October 3 | Furman | Washington & Lee | Lexington, Virginia | L 20–15 |

#### Week Four

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 9 | Florida Southern | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 9–0 |
| October 10 | Hampden-Sydney | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 22–6 |
| October 10 | Alabama | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ALA 42–0 |
| October 10 | Virginia Tech | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | AUB 19–0 |
| October 10 | Clemson | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | UK 19–6 |
| October 10 | Georgia | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut | L 35–7 |
| October 10 | Georgia Tech | Penn State | Bronx, New York | W 16–7 |
| October 10 | Maryland | Rutgers | Philadelphia | W 16–0 |
| October 10 | Ouachita | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | T 3–3 |
| October 10 | North Carolina | Duke | Durham, North Carolina | W 41–0 |
| October 10 | Sewanee | Texas A&M | Dallas, Texas | T 6–6 |
| October 10 | Maryville | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 13–0 |
| October 10 | Ole Miss | Tulane | New Orleans | TUL 26–7 |
| October 10 | Vanderbilt | Texas Longhorns football | Fair Park Stadium • Dallas | W 14–6 |
| October 10 | Richmond | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 19–0 |
| October 10 | Roanoke | VMI | Lexington, Virginia | W 17–14 |
| October 10 | Washington & Lee | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey | L 15–6 |
| October 11 | South Carolina | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | SCAR 7–6 |

#### Week Five

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 15 | North Carolina | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | UNC 17–0 |
| October 16 | Wofford | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | W 6–0 |
| October 17 | Sewanee | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 27–0 |
| October 17 | Florida | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 23–7 |
| October 17 | Furman | Georgia | Augusta, Georgia | W 21–0 |
| October 17 | LSU Freshmen | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 6–0 |
| October 17 | Virginia Tech | Maryland | Washington, D. C. | VT 3–0 |
| October 17 | Union (TN) | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 7–6 |
| October 17 | Mississippi A&M | Tulane | Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana | TUL 25–3 |
| October 17 | Tennessee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 34–7 |
| October 17 | VMI | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | UVA 18–10 |
| October 17 | Washington & Lee | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | W&L 25–0 |

#### Week Six

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 22 | Clemson | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | SCAR 33–0 |
| October 24 | Alabama | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | ALA 7–0 |
| October 24 | Howard | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | W 7–6 |
| October 24 | Wake Forest | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 24–3 |
| October 24 | Sewanee | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | UK 14–0 |
| October 24 | LSU | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | T 0–0 |
| October 24 | North Carolina | Mercer | Macon, Georgia | W 3–0 |
| October 24 | Ole Miss | Mississippi A&M | Jackson, Mississippi | MSA&M 6–0 |
| October 24 | Tulane | Northwestern | Chicago | W 18–7 |
| October 24 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 26–7 |
| October 24 | Virginia | Maryland | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | UVA 6–0 |
| October 24 | North Carolina State | VMI | Richmond, Virginia | VMI 27–6 |
| October 24 | Virginia Tech | Washington & Lee | Lynchburg, Virginia | W&L 20–0 |

#### Week Seven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 28 | South Carolina | The Citadel | County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina | W 30–6 |
| October 29 | Clemson | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | L 13–0 |
| October 31 | Mississippi A&M | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ALA 6–0 |
| October 31 | Tulane | Auburn | Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama | TUL 13–0 |
| October 31 | Georgia | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 12–7 |
| October 31 | Rollins | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 61–0 |
| October 31 | Notre Dame | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | L 13–0 |
| October 31 | Kentucky | Centre | Danville, Kentucky | W 16–0 |
| October 31 | LSU | Arkansas | Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana | L 12–0 |
| October 31 | North Carolina | Maryland | Baltimore, Maryland | UNC 16–0 |
| October 31 | Davidson | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | L 9–0 |
| October 31 | Sewanee | Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Tennessee | W 28–0 |
| October 31 | South Carolina | Virginia Tech | Richmond, Virginia | VT 6–0 |
| October 31 | Ole Miss | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 7–0 |
| October 31 | Lynchburg | VMI | Lexington, Virginia | W 33–0 |
| October 31 | Washington & Lee | West Virginia | Charleston, West Virginia | L 21–0 |

#### Week Eight

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 7 | Kentucky | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 31–0 |
| November 7 | Auburn | Georgia | McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia | UGA 34–0 |
| November 7 | Florida | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | FLA 42–0 |
| November 7 | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | GT 7–0 |
| November 7 | Rice | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 6–0 |
| November 7 | Maryland | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut | L 43–14 |
| November 7 | Mississippi College | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | W 46–0 |
| November 7 | North Carolina | VMI | Richmond, Virginia | UNC 23–11 |
| November 7 | North Carolina State | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Virginia | T 0–0 |
| November 7 | Ole Miss | Sewanee | Chattanooga, Tennessee | SEW 10–9 |
| November 7 | Tennessee | Centre | Danville, Kentucky | W 12–0 |
| November 7 | Louisiana Tech | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | W 37–9 |
| November 7 | Virginia | Washington & Lee | Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia | W&L 12–0 |

#### Week Nine

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 14 | Florida | Alabama | Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama | ALA 34–0 |
| November 14 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | AUB 10–9 |
| November 14 | Clemson | The Citadel | Charleston, South Carolina | W 6–0 |
| November 14 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 3–0 |
| November 14 | Kentucky | VMI | Charleston, West Virginia | UK 7–0 |
| November 14 | LSU | Loyola | New Orleans | W 13–0 |
| November 14 | Ole Miss | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | W 19–7 |
| November 14 | Davidson | North Carolina | Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | W 13–0 |
| November 14 | Wake Forest | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | W 6–0 |
| November 14 | South Carolina | Furman | Greenville, South Carolina | L 2–0 |
| November 14 | Mississippi A&M | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 14–9 |
| November 14 | Sewanee | Tulane | New Orleans | TUL 14–0 |
| November 14 | Virginia Tech | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | UVA 10–0 |
| November 14 | Washington & Lee | Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland | W&L 7–3 |

#### Week Ten

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 20 | Presbyterian | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | W 21–0 |
| November 21 | Mississippi A&M | Florida | Tampa, Florida | FLA 12–0 |
| November 21 | Rhodes | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 31–0 |
| November 21 | Tulane | LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | TUL 16–0 |
| November 21 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 19–7 |
| November 21 | Randolph-Macon | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 41–0 |
| November 21 | North Carolina State | Washington & Lee | Lexington, Virginia | W&L 12–0 |

#### Week Eleven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 26 | Georgia | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 27–0 |
| November 26 | Auburn | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | T 7–7 |
| November 26 | Clemson | Furman | Greenville, South Carolina | L 26–0 |
| November 26 | Washington & Lee | Florida | Jacksonville, Florida | FLA 17–14 |
| November 26 | Maryland | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore | W 17–14 |
| November 26 | Ole Miss | Millsaps | Jackson, Mississippi | W 21–0 |
| November 26 | North Carolina | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | T 3–3 |
| November 26 | Tennessee | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | UK 23–20 |
| November 26 | Tulane | Centenary | Shreveport, Louisiana | W 14–0 |
| November 26 | VMI | Virginia Tech | Roanoke, Virginia | VT 7–0 |
| November 28 | Centre | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | W 20–0 |

### Postseason
#### Bowl games

| Date | Bowl Game | Site | SIAA Team | Opponent | Score |
| January 1, 1926 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California | Alabama | Washington | ALA 20–19 |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

* E – J. G. Lowe, Tennessee (AP-3, BEHR)
* E – Gus Merkle, Georgia Tech (BEHR)
* T – Goldy Goldstein, Florida (BEHR)
* T – Bob Rives, Vanderbilt (BEHR)
* G – Bill Buckler, Alabama (AP-2; WE-3, BEHR)
* G – Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (COL-2; RKN, BEHR)
* C – Amos Kent, Sewanee (BEHR)
* QB – Lester Lautenschlaeger, Tulane (COL-3)
* QB – Edgar C. Jones, Florida (BEHR)
* HB – Peggy Flournoy, Tulane (AAB-2; AP-2; COL-3; NEA; BE-1; HR [qb]; NB-1; WE–3 [qb], BEHR)
* HB – Johnny Mack Brown, Alabama (AP-3, BEHR)
* FB – Pooley Hubert, Alabama (COL-2, AAB-2 [hb]; WE-2, NB-2 [qb], BEHR [qb])
* FB – Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (BEHR)

### All-Southern team

The following were selected by the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press.
| Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
| QB | Pooley Hubert | AP | Alabama |
| HB | Peggy Flournoy | AP | Tulane |
| HB | Johnny Mack Brown | AP | Alabama |
| FB | Doug Wycoff | AP | Georgia Tech |
| E | J. G. Lowe | AP | Tennessee |
| T | Bob Rives | AP | Vanderbilt |
| G | Bill Buckler | AP | Alabama |
| C | Amos Kent | AP | Sewanee |
| G | Irish Levy | AP | Tulane |
| T | Goldy Goldstein | AP | Florida |
| E | Smack Thompson | AP | Georgia |