# 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1898 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 1898 college football season. This was the first season Georgia Tech participated in the conference.
The season began on October 1. As both Virginia and Vanderbilt had claims to Southern titles the previous year, their game in Louisville was most anticipated.
W. A. Lambeth said North Carolina had the best season of any southern team. But both Virginia and North Carolina were accused of playing ineligible players, and Caspar Whitney declared Sewanee champion of the south.

## Season overview
### Results and team statistics

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Conf. record | Win Pct. | Overall record | PPG | PAG |
| 1t | Sewanee | John Gere Jayne | 3–0–0 | 1.000 | 4–0–0 | 13.5 | 1.0 |
| 1t | Auburn | John Heisman | 2–0–0 | 1.000 | 2–1–0 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| 1t | LSU | Edmond Chavanne | 1–0–0 | 1.000 | 1–0–0 | 37.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Georgia | Charles McCarthy | 3–1–0 | .750 | 4–2–0 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| 5t | Clemson | John Penton | 1–1–0 | .500 | 3–1–0 | 27.5 | 5.0 |
| 5t | Tulane | John Lombard | 1–1–0 | .500 | 1–1–0 | 7.0 | 23.0 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | R. G. Acton | 1–2–0 | .333 | 1–5–0 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| 8t | Texas | David Farragut Edwards | 0–1–0 | .000 | 5–1–0 | 22.3 | 0.7 |
| 8t | Mississippi | T. G. Scarbrough | 0–1–0 | .000 | 1–1–0 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| 8t | Nashville | | 0–2–0 | .000 | 0–2–0 | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| 8t | Georgia Tech | J. B. Wood | 0–3–0 | .000 | 0–4–0 | 2.0 | 22.3 |
| – | Kentucky State | W. R. Bass | 0–0–0 | – | 7–0–0 | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| ? | Cumberland | | | | | |
| ? | Southwestern Presbyterian | | | | | |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game t = Tied

### 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 |
| October 1 | Kentucky University | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 18–0 | | |

#### Week Two

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| October 8 | Kentucky State | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown, KY | W 28–0 | | |
| October 8 | Clemson | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | UGA 20–8 | | |

#### Week Three

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 15 | Company H-8th Massachusetts | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 59–0 |
| October 15 | Atlanta Athletic Club | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | W 14–0 |
| October 15 | Texas | Add-Ran Christian | Waco, TX | W 16–0 |
| October 15 | Nashville | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | SEW 10–0 |
| October 20 | Bingham Military School | Clemson | Calhoun, SC | W 55–0 |

#### Week Four

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 22 | Cincinnati | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | L 0–10 |
| October 22 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | Herty Field • Athens, GA | UGA 15–0 |
| October 22 | Texas A&M | Texas | Varsity Athletic Field •Austin, TX | W 48–0 |

#### Week Five

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 29 | Kentucky State | Louisville YMCA | League Park • Louisville, KY | W 16–0 | |
| October 29 | Galveston High School | Texas | Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX | W 17–0 | |
| October 29 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA | UGA 4–0 | 2,000 |

#### Week Six

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 5 | Centre | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 6–0 |
| November 5 | Add-Ran Christian | Texas | Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX | W 29–0 |
| November 5 | Georgia Tech | Auburn | Drill Field • Auburn, AL | AUB 29–6 |
| November 5 | Nashville | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | VAN 5–0 |
| November 10 | Sewanee | Texas | Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX | SEW 4–0 |

#### Week Seven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 8 | 160th Indiana | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 17–0 |
| November 12 | Sewanee | Southern Athletic Club | Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA | W 21–0 |
| November 12 | Vanderbilt | Virginia | Fontaine Ferry Park • Louisville, KY | L 18–0 |
| November 12 | North Carolina | Georgia | Central City Park • Macon, GA | L 0–44 |
| November 14 | North Carolina | Auburn | Drill Field • Auburn, AL | L 0–24 |
| November 17 | Clemson | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | W 24–0 |

#### Week Eight

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| November 19 | New Castle Athletic Club | Kentucky State | Lexington, KY | W 36–0 | | |

#### Week Nine

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| November 24 | Auburn | Georgia | Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA | AUB 18–17 | |
| November 24 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | Baseball Park • Augusta, GA | CLEM 23–0 | 500 |
| November 24 | Dallas | Texas | Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX | W 26–0 | |
| November 25 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | SEW 19–4 | 4,000 |

#### Week Ten

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| December 12 | Ole Miss | Tulane | Tulane Athletic Field • New Orleans, LA | TUL 14–9 |
| December 17 | St. Thomas Hall | Ole Miss | Oxford, MS | W 9–2 |
| December 17 | LSU | Tulane | State Field • Baton Rouge, LA | LSU 37–0 |

## All-Southern team

W. A. Lambeth's All-Southern team:
| Position | Name | Team |
| QB | Frank O. Rogers | North Carolina |
| HB | Jim MacRae | North Carolina |
| HB | Jack Dye | Vanderbilt |
| FB | A. Clarence Jones | Georgia |
| E | H. T. Summersgill | Virginia |
| T | John Loyd | Virginia |
| G | William S. Fitzgerald | Vanderbilt |
| C | John L. Templeman | Virginia |
| G | James Davis | Virginia' |
| T | Frank Bennett | North Carolina |
| E | Herman Koehler | North Carolina |