# 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1920 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 1920 college football season. The season began on September 23 with conference member Auburn hosting the Marion Military Institute.
Georgia and Georgia Tech both claim conference championships with undefeated records, as would Tulane. Clyde Berryman retroactively selected Georgia as a national champion.

## 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 |
| September 23 | Marion | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | W 27–0 |
| September 24 | Erskine | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | W 26–0 |
| September 24 | Howard | Morgan | | T 0–0 |
| September 25 | Southern Military Academy | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 59–0 |
| September 25 | Elon | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | W 33–0 |
| September 25 | Wake Forest | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 44–0 |
| September 25 | Emory & Henry | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 45–0 |

### Week Two

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 1 | Jefferson | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 81–0 |
| October 1 | Presbyterian | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | T 7–7 |
| October 2 | Marion | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 49–0 |
| October 2 | Howard | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | AUB 88–0 |
| October 2 | Newberry | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | W 26–6 |
| October 2 | Erskine | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | W 41–0 |
| October 2 | The Citadel | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 40–0 |
| October 2 | Oglethorpe | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 55–0 |
| October 2 | Rhodes | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | W 62–0 |
| October 2 | Northwestern St. | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 34–0 |
| October 2 | Lanier | Mercer | Macon, Georgia | W 59–0 |
| October 2 | Mississippi College | Mississippi A&M | Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi | MSA&M 27–0 |
| October 2 | Wofford | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | SCAR 10–0 |
| October 2 | Bryson | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 7–0 |
| October 2 | Maryville | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 34–0 |
| October 2 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Tulane | Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans | W 6–0 |
| October 2 | Birmingham–Southern | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 54–0 |
| October 2 | Tusculum | Chattanooga | Knoxville, Tennessee | W 21–0 |

### Week Three

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 9 | Birmingham–Southern | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 45–0 |
| October 9 | Fort Benning | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | W 14–2 |
| October 9 | Howard | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky | L 120–0 |
| October 9 | Wofford | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | CLEM 13–7 |
| October 9 | Furman | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | FUR 21–6 |
| October 9 | Georgia | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | UGA 37–0 |
| October 9 | Davidson | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 66–0 |
| October 9 | Newberry | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 21–0 |
| October 9 | Maryville | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | W 31–0 |
| October 9 | Mississippi College | Tulane | Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans | TUL 29–0 |
| October 9 | Chattanooga | Oglethorpe | | T 14–14 |
| October 9 | Spring Hill | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 40–0 |
| October 9 | Mercer | Stetson | DeLand, Florida | W 19–6 |
| October 9 | Georgetown | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | SEW 54–0 |
| October 9 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | VAN 20–0 |

### Week Four

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 13 | Georgia | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | UGA 7–0 |
| October 15 | Auburn | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | AUB 21–0 |
| October 15 | Wofford | Newberry | • Newberry, South Carolina | L 9–7 |
| October 16 | Mississippi College | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ALA 57–0 |
| October 16 | Ole Miss | Birmingham–Southern | Birmingham, Alabama | L 27–6 |
| October 16 | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | GT 44–0 |
| October 16 | Centre | Transylvania | • Lexington, Kentucky | L 55–0 |
| October 16 | Mercer | Howard | | HOW 33–13 |
| October 16 | Sewanee | Oglethorpe | Brookhaven, Georgia | W 21–13 |
| October 16 | Texas A&M | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | T 0–0 |
| October 16 | Tennessee | Chattanooga | Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee | TENN 35–0 |
| October 16 | South Carolina | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | L 7-0 |
| October 16 | Southern Military Academy | Mississippi A&M | Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi | W 14–13 |
| October 16 | Kentucky | Miami | Oxford, Ohio | L 14–0 |
| October 16 | Tulane | Rice | Rice Field • Houston, Texas | T 0–0 |
| October 16 | The Citadel | VMI | Lynchburg, Virginia | L 35–0 |

### Week Five

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 23 | Presbyterian | South Carolina | Augusta, Georgia | W 14–0 |
| October 23 | Howard | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ALA 33–0 |
| October 23 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | AUB 56–6 |
| October 23 | Mercer | Chattanooga | Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee | CHAT 20–0 |
| October 23 | Wofford | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | CIT 19–0 |
| October 23 | Florida Southern | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 13–0 |
| October 23 | Wake Forest | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | W 17–0 |
| October 23 | Georgia | Oglethorpe | Brookhaven, Georgia | W 27–3 |
| October 23 | Mississippi A&M | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | MSA&M 12–7 |
| October 23 | Ouachita | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | W 6–0 |
| October 23 | Georgia Tech | Pittsburgh | Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | L 10–3 |
| October 23 | Kentucky | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | T 6–6 |
| October 23 | Clemson | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 26–0 |
| October 23 | Tulane | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | TUL 32–0 |

### Week Six

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 28 | Clemson | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | SCAR 3–0 |
| October 29 | Marion | Howard | | W 21–6 |
| October 29 | Mercer | Florida | Valdosta, Georgia | FLA 30–0 |
| October 29 | Furman | Newberry | Newberry, South Carolina | W 42–0 |
| October 29 | Wofford | Oglethorpe | Brookhaven, Georgia | L 14–0 |
| October 30 | Carson-Newman | Chattanooga | Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee | W 83–0 |
| October 30 | Auburn | Georgia | McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia | UGA 7–0 |
| October 30 | Centre | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 24–0 |
| October 30 | Sewanee | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 21–0 |
| October 30 | Tulane | Michigan | Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, Michigan | L 21–0 |
| October 30 | Mississippi College | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | LSU 41–9 |
| October 30 | Tennessee | Mississippi A&M | Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi | MSA&M 13–7 |
| October 30 | Kentucky | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 20–0 |
| October 30 | The Citadel | Davidson | Charlotte, North Carolina | L 27–13 |

### Week Seven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 6 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 14–7 |
| November 6 | Birmingham–Southern | Auburn | Montgomery, Alabama | W 49–0 |
| November 6 | Newberry | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | W 35–10 |
| November 6 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 7–0 |
| November 6 | Georgia | Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | T 0–0 |
| November 6 | Oglethorpe | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | W 42–3 |
| November 6 | Gordon | Mercer | Macon, Georgia | L 14–0 |
| November 6 | Cincinnati | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | W 7–6 |
| November 6 | Arkansas | LSU | Shreveport, Louisiana | W 3–0 |
| November 6 | Howard | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | MSCOLL 21–7 |
| November 6 | Ole Miss | Mississippi A&M | Greenwood, Mississippi | MSA&M 20–0 |
| November 6 | Wofford | Presbyterian | Clinton, South Carolina | L 13–0 |
| November 6 | Chattanooga | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | SEW 33–0 |
| November 6 | Tulane | Florida | Plant Field • Tampa, Florida | TUL 14–0 |
| November 6 | Transylvania | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 49–0 |
| November 6 | South Carolina | Davidson | Davidson, North Carolina | L 27-0 |

### Week Eight

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 11 | Clemson | The Citadel | County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina | CLEM 26–0 |
| November 11 | Florida | Stetson | Palatka, Florida | W 26–0 |
| November 12 | Chattanooga | Birmingham–Southern | Birmingham, Alabama | L 27–0 |
| November 13 | Millsaps | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | MSCOLL 60–0 |
| November 13 | Centre | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | L 49–0 |
| November 13 | South Carolina | Navy | Annapolis, Maryland | L 63–0 |
| November 13 | Washington & Lee | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | W 77–0 |
| November 13 | Furman | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | FUR 69–0 |
| November 13 | Georgetown | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 35–6 |
| November 13 | Florida | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 56–0 |
| November 13 | Millsaps | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | MSCOLL 56–0 |
| November 13 | LSU | Alabama | Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ALA 21–0 |
| November 13 | Oglethorpe | Mercer | Macon, Georgia | L 42–0 |
| November 13 | Tennessee | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | TENN 20–0 |
| November 13 | Mississippi A&M | Tulane | Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans | TUL 6–0 |
| November 13 | Middle Tennessee State | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 34–0 |

### Week Nine

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 20 | Birmingham–Southern | Howard | | L 14–7 |
| November 20 | Newberry | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | W 48-0 |
| November 20 | Stetson | Florida | Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 21–0 |
| November 20 | Clemson | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | FUR 14–0 |
| November 20 | Alabama | Georgia | Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta | UGA 21–14 |
| November 20 | Virginia | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | T 7–7 |
| November 20 | Wake Forest Freshmen | Mercer | Macon, Georgia | L 14–0 |
| November 20 | Wofford | NC State | Raleigh, North Carolina | L 90-7 |

### Week Ten

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 25 | Georgetown | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky | L 103–0 |
| November 25 | Wofford | Duke | Durham, North Carolina | T 0–0 |
| November 25 | Florida | Oglethorpe | Columbus, Georgia | L 21–0 |
| November 25 | Auburn | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 34–0 |
| November 25 | Clemson | Georgia | Athens, Georgia | UGA 55–0 |
| November 25 | Mississippi A&M | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 24–7 |
| November 25 | Davidson | Furman | Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina | W 7–0 |
| November 25 | South Carolina | The Citadel | College Park Stadium •Charleston, South Carolina | SCAR 7–6 |
| November 25 | Tulane | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | TUL 21–0 |
| November 25 | Kentucky | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 14–7 |
| November 27 | Alabama | Case | Cleveland, Ohio | W 40–0 |
| November 27 | Mercer | Erskine | Due West, South Carolina | L 20–6 |
| November 27 | Sewanee | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 21–3 |
| November 28 | Millsaps | Howard | | HOW 42–0 |

### Week Eleven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| December 4 | Detroit Mercy | Tulane | Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans | L 7–0 | | |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

* E – Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (WC-1, LP-1 [as T])
* G – Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (LP-2)
* QB – Bo McMillin, Centre (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 [hb])
* HB – Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (UP-3 [hb]; INS-3)

### All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.
| Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
| QB | Bo McMillin | C | Centre |
| HB | Red Barron | C | Georgia Tech |
| HB | Buck Flowers | C | Georgia Tech |
| FB | Riggs Stephenson | C | Alabama |
| E | Owen Reynolds | C | Georgia |
| T | Bill Fincher | C | Georgia Tech |
| G | Fatty Warren | C | Auburn |
| C | Bum Day | C | Georgia |
| G | Noah Caton | C | Auburn |
| T | Artie Pew | C | Georgia |
| E | John Staton | C | Georgia Tech |