1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
|title=1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
|sport=College football
|league=NCAA
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = Vanderbilt
Auburn
| no_of_teams = 14
| duration = September 24, 1910
through December 3, 1910
| seasonslistnames = Football
| prevseason_year = 1909
| nextseason_year=1911
}}
{{1910 SIAA football standings}}
The 1910 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 1910 college football season. The season began on September 24.
Vanderbilt lineman Will Metzger was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp, the third player from the South ever to receive such an honor.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211|title=On the Gridiron and Diamond|page=211|journal=The Kappa Alpha Journal|year=1913|volume=30|issue=2}}
Results and team statistics
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|1 (tie) | Vanderbilt | Dan McGugin | 8–0–1 | 5–0 | 18.4 | 0.9 |
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|1 (tie) | Auburn | Mike Donahue | 6–1 | 4–0 | 25.1 | 1.3 |
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|3 | Sewanee | Harris G. Cope | 8–2 | 3–1 | 28.5 | 6.4 |
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|4 | Georgia | W. A. Cunningham | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 31.2 | 5.8 |
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|5 | Ole Miss | Nathan Stauffer | 7–1 | 2–1 | 18.00 | 1.13 |
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|6 (tie) | Mississippi A&M | W. D. Chadwick | 7–2 | 3–2 | 24.3 | 4.0 |
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|6 (tie) | Mercer | Charles C. Stroud | 6–3 | 3–2 | 13.2 | 8.1 |
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|7 | Georgia Tech | John Heisman | 5–3 | 3–3 | 24.6 | 6.3 |
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|8 | Clemson | Bob Williams | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 13.3 | 6.8 |
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|9 | Tennessee | Lex Stone | 3–5–1 | 1–4 | 5.6 | 14.9 |
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|10 | The Citadel | Sam Costen | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3.7 | 10.7 |
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|11 | LSU | John W. Mayhew | 1–5 | 0–3 | 7.5 | 19.8 |
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|12 | Alabama | Guy Lowman | 4–4 | 0–4 | 8.1 | 13.4 |
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|13 | Howard (AL) | James C. Donnelly | 1–8 | 0–5 | 1.11 | 33.78 |
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/1910.html|title = 1910 Independent Year Summary}}
=Regular season=
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!Index to colors and formatting |
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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 24 | Locust Grove Institute | Mercer | Central City Park • Macon, GA | W 32–0 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121084621/mercer-defeats-prep-school-team-32-to-0/|title=Mercer defeats prep school team 32 to 0|newspaper=The Macon Daily Telegraph|date=September 25, 1910|accessdate=May 17, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} | |
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|September 24 | {{cfb link|year=1910|team=Gordon Bulldogs|school=Gordon College (Georgia)|title=Gordon}} | Clemson | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | W 26–0 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-clemson-eleven-won-f/136955075/|title=Clemson eleven won from Gordon squad|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|date=September 25, 1910|accessdate=May 17, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} |
== Week Two ==
==Week Three==
==Week Four==
==Week Five==
==Week Six==
==Week Seven==
==Week Eight==
==Week Nine==
==Week Ten==
==Week Eleven==
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|December 3 | Charleston Navy | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, SC | W 10–0 |
Awards and honors
=All-Americans=
{{Main|1910 College Football All-America Team}}
- G - W. E. Metzger, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
=All-Southern team=
{{main|1910 College Football All-Southern Team}}
The composite All-Southern team of four sporting writers and three coaches included:{{Closed access}} {{Cite news|url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Y4ET4ESEMTQxMDI3Njg5OC40Mjc3NTE6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=30&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=30&p_docnum=8&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@EANX-122ACF8107A1BC40@2419014-1228336458E2E538@11-13204451DD2BE891@All%20S.%20I.%20A.%20A.%20Team.%20Consensus%20of%20Opinion%20Gives%20Places%20to%20Players.%20Vanderbilt%2C%20Sewanee|title = All S. I. A. A. Team.|date = December 8, 1910|work = Times-Picayune}}
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!Position !Name !First-team selectors !Team |
QB
|C |
HB
|C |
HB
|C |
FB
|C |
E
|C |
T
|C |
G
|C |
C
|C |
G
|C |
T
|C |
E
|C |