1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
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{{Infobox sports season
|title=1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
|sport=College football
|league=NCAA
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = Vanderbilt
| no_of_teams = 14
| duration = September 28, 1907
through December 25, 1907
| seasonslistnames = Football
| prevseason_year = 1906
| nextseason_year=1908
}}
{{1907 SIAA football standings}}
The 1907 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 1907 college football season. The season began on September 28 with conference member Clemson hosting Gordon. Howard College was a new addition to the SIAA.
Vanderbilt gave a shock to the football world by tying Eastern power Navy 6–6.{{refn|group=n|Navy was captained by Arch Douglas, the second player from the South to get third-team All-American honors from Walter Camp.}} The Commodores also beat Georgia Tech by the largest margin in coach John Heisman's tenure, and beat a powerful Sewanee team on a double pass play which Grantland Rice called the greatest thrill in his years of watching sports. Innis Brown later wrote "Sewanee in all probability had the best team in the South."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523//|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had|date=February 19, 1911|accessdate=March 8, 2015|page=52|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide
LSU played the University of Havana in Cuba, the first time any Southern team played in a foreign country.
Results and team statistics
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|1 | Vanderbilt | Dan McGugin | 5–1–1 | 3–0 | 34.6 | 5.1 |
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|2 | Sewanee | Arthur G. Erwin | 8–1 | 6–1 | 27.8 | 3.0 |
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|3 | Alabama | Doc Pollard | 5–1–2 | 3–1–2 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
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|4 | LSU | Edgar Wingard | 7–3 | 2–1 | 26.6 | 5.2 |
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|5 (tie) | Auburn | Willis Kienholz | 6–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 20.6 | 3.3 |
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|5 (tie) | Tennessee | George Levene | 7–2–1 | 3–2 | 16.9 | 1.7 |
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|7 | Georgia | W. S. Whitney | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | 12.9 | 5.9 |
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|8 | Mississippi A&M | Fred Furman | 6–3 | 2–3 | 23.3 | 8.6 |
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|9 | Georgia Tech | John Heisman | 4–4 | 2–4 | 18.5 | 12.5 |
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|10 | Clemson | Frank Shaughnessy | 4–4 | 1–3 | 8.4 | 5.6 |
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|11 | Mercer | H. R. Schenker | 3–3 | 0–3 | ||
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|12 | Howard | John Counselman | 2-5 | 0–5 | ||
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|13 | Mississippi | Frank A. Mason | 0–6 | 0–5 | 1.0 | 32.5 |
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|14 | Nashville |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/1907.html|title = 1907 Independent Year Summary}}
Regular season
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|Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won |
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|Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost |
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|Non-conference matchup; tie |
Conference matchup |
SIAA teams in bold.
= Week One =
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! Date !! Visiting team !! Home team !! Site !! Result !! Attendance !! class="unsortable"|Reference | ||||||
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|September 27 | Mooney | Sewanee | Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN | W 23–0 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chattanooga-news-sewanee-took-footba/136977112/|work=The Chattanooga News|title=Sewanee took football game|date=September 28, 1907|accessdate=May 6, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} | |
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|September 28 | {{cfb link|year=1907|team=Gordon Bulldogs|school=Gordon College (Georgia)|title=Gordon}} | Clemson | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | W 5–0 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-clemson-held-to/146749726/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Clemson held to five points|date=September 29, 1907|accessdate=May 6, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} |
= Week Two =
=Week Three=
=Week Four=
=Week Five=
=Week Six=
=Week Seven=
=Week Eight=
=Week Nine=
=Week Ten=
Bowl games
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! Date !! Bowl Game !! Site !! SIAA Team !! Opponent !! Score !! Reference | ||||||
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|December 25, 1907 | Bacardi Bowl | La Tropical Stadium • Havana, Cuba | LSU | Havana University | LSU 56–0 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-democrat/15802574/|work=The Times-Democrat|title=L.S.U. downs Cubans|date=December 26, 1907|accessdate=May 6, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} |
Awards and honors
=All-Americans=
{{Main|1907 College Football All-America Team}}
- E - Bob Blake, Vanderbilt (FY-1, AFR)
- C - Stein Stone, Vanderbilt (AFR)
=All-Southern team=
Notes
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