1923 Southern Conference football season

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1923 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Duration September 29, 1923
through December 1, 1923
Number of teams 20
Regular Season
Season champions Vanderbilt
Washington & Lee
Football seasons
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1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 4 – 0 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
Washington & Lee + 4 – 0 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Florida 1 – 0 – 2     6 – 1 – 2
VPI 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Maryland 2 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 1 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Tulane 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Clemson 1 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 0 – 0 – 4     3 – 2 – 4
Auburn 0 – 1 – 3     3 – 3 – 3
NC State 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 2 – 2     4 – 3 – 2
Virginia 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
LSU 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SIAA

The 1923 Southern Conference football season began on September 29. Conference play began with Auburn hosting Clemson. The game was fought to a scoreless tie.

Vanderbilt and Washington & Lee finished the season as conference co-champions. A poll of sportswriters elected Vanderbilt as best team in the south, awarding it the Champ Pickens Trophy.[1][2][3][4]

Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar was the last of the few southern players selected a first-team All-American by Walter Camp.

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 29 Union Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 12–0
September 29 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0
September 29 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 7–0
September 29 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 28–13
September 29 Marshall Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 41–0
September 29 Northwestern State LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 40–0
September 29 Randolph-Macon Maryland College Park, MD W 53–0
September 29 Wake Forest North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 22–0
September 29 Roanoke North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 6–0
September 29 Bethel Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 14–6
September 29 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, SC W 35–0
September 29 Army Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 41–0
September 29 Louisiana-Lafayette Tulane New Orleans, LA W 20–2
September 29 Furman Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 13–0
September 29 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 29–0
September 29 McDaniel Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 19–7

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 6 Ole Miss Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 56–0
October 6 Birmingham-Southern Auburn Montgomery, AL W 20–0
October 6 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 32–0
October 6 Florida Army West Point, NY L 20–0
October 6 Oglethorpe Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 20–6
October 6 VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 10–7
October 6 Kentucky Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH W 14–0
October 6 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 7–3
October 6 Maryland Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 3–0
October 6 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 28–6
October 6 North Carolina State Penn State New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 16–0
October 6 Presbyterian South Carolina Columbia, SC L 7–3
October 6 Maryvile Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN T 14–14
October 6 Mississippi College Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 18–3
October 6 Howard Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 27–0
October 6 Richmond Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 9–0
October 6 Davidson Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 7–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 12 North Carolina Duke Durham, NC W 14–6
October 13 Alabama Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 23–0
October 13 Howard Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 30–0
October 13 Clemson Centre Danville, KY L 28–7
October 13 Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 7–7
October 13 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT L 40–0
October 13 Spring Hill LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 33–0
October 13 Richmond Maryland Washington, D. C. W 23–0
October 13 Rhodes Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 33–0
October 13 Ouachita Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 6–0
October 13 South Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC NCST 7–0
October 13 Georgetown (KY) Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 13–6
October 13 Tulane Texas Beaumont, TX L 33–0
October 13 Vanderbilt Michigan Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI L 3–0 30,000
October 13 St. John's Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 32–7
October 13 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY T 6–6

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 18 North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC UNC 14–0
October 19 Newberry South Carolina Columbia, SC W 24–0
October 20 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 7–0
October 20 Auburn Army Parade Ground • West Point, NY L 28–6
October 20 Rollins Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 28–0
October 20 Georgia Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN UGA 17–0
October 20 Georgetown Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 20–10
October 20 Maryville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 28–0
October 20 Virginia Tech Maryland Washington, D. C. VT 16–7
October 20 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Jackson, MS MSA&M 13–6
October 20 Louisiana Tech Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 13–7
October 20 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 16–0
October 20 VMI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA L 35–0
October 20 St. John's Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 28–0

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 25 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 7–6
October 27 Alabama Spring Hill Murphy High School Stadium • Mobile, AL W 59–0
October 27 Fort Benning Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 34–0
October 27 Wake Forest Florida Tampa, FL W 16–7
October 27 Georgia Tech Notre Dame South Bend, IN L 35–7
October 27 Georgetown (KY) Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 35–0
October 27 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA L 26–13
October 27 Maryland North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC MD 14–0
October 27 Saint Louis Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS L 28–3
October 27 Mississippi A&M Tennessee Memphis, TN TENN 7–3
October 27 Tulane Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 17–0 10,000
October 27 Duke Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 33–0
October 27 North Carolina State VMI L 22–7
October 27 Virginia Tech Washington & Lee Lynchburg, VA W&L 12–0

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 2 LSU Mississippi College Vicksburg, MS T 0–0
November 3 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 0–0
November 3 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA UGA 7–0
November 3 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 19–7
November 3 Kentucky Centre Danville, KY L 10–0
November 3 St. John's Maryland College Park, MD W 28–0
November 3 Birmingham-Southern Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 6–0
November 3 North Carolina South Carolina Columbia, SC UNC 13–0
November 3 Tulane Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 13–2
November 3 Mississippi A&M Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 0–0
November 3 Clemson Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT 25–0
November 3 Virginia Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W&L 7–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Davidson Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 12–0
November 10 Kentucky Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 16–8
November 10 Tulane Auburn Montgomery, AL T 6–6
November 10 Florida Stetson W 27–0
November 10 Virginia Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 13–0
November 10 Georgia Tech Penn State New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 7–0
November 10 Maryland Yale New Haven, CT L 16–14
November 10 Ole Miss Mississippi College Meridian, MS L 6–0
November 10 Union Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 6–0
November 10 North Carolina VMI Richmond, VA L 9–0
November 10 North Carolina State Virginia Tech Norfolk, VA VT 16–0
November 10 South Carolina Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC L 23–3
November 10 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 51–7
November 10 Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, WV L 63–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 15 The Citadel South Carolina County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC W 12–0
November 16 LSU Alabama Montgomery, AL ALA 30–3
November 17 Centre Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 17–0
November 17 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 20–0
November 17 Florida Florida-Southern Lakeland, FL W 53–0
November 17 Georgia Tech Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY T 3–3
November 17 Maryland North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC MD 26–12
November 17 Davidson North Carolina Charlotte, NC W 14–3
November 17 Ole Miss Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 19–0
November 17 VMI Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 33–0
November 17 Georgia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 35–7 15,000
November 17 Virginia Tech Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA VT 6–3
November 17 Washington & Lee South Carolina Columbia, SC W&L 13–7

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Georgia Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL ALA 36–0
November 24 Catholic Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 40–6
November 24 Mississippi A&M Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL T 13–13
November 24 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 10–0
November 24 North Carolina State Wake Forest Wake Forest, NC L 14–0
November 24 LSU Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 20–0
November 24 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 7–0 15,000
November 24 Washington & Lee Centre Louisville, KY L 19–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 29 Florida Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL FLA 16–6
November 29 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 0–0
November 29 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 7–6
November 29 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD T 6–6
November 29 North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA T 0–0
November 29 Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY TENN 18–0
November 29 Wake Forest South Carolina Columbia, SC W 14–7
November 29 Washington (MO) Tulane Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 19–8
November 29 VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, VA L 6–0
November 29 North Carolina State Washington & Lee Norfolk, VA W&L 20–12
December 1 Centre Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA T 3–3
December 1 Ole Miss Fort Benning Columbus, GA W 19–7
December 1 LSU Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS MSA&M 14–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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Main article: 1923 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1923 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team put out by the Atlanta Journal, all of whom received gold medals included:[5]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Grant Gillis 5'10" 165 So. Grove Hill, Alabama Alabama
HB Gil Reese 155 So. Tupelo, Mississippi Vanderbilt
HB Ark Newton 6'1" 185 Jr. Camden, Arkansas Florida
FB Doug Wycoff 6'2" 195 So. St. Louis, Missouri Georgia Tech
E Lynn Bomar 6'1" 205 Jr. Bell Buckle, Tennessee Vanderbilt
T Joe Bennett 180 Sr. Statesboro, Georgia Georgia
G Goldy Goldstein 6'3" 210 So. New Jersey Florida
C Clyde Propst Jr. Ohatchee, Alabama Alabama
G Tuck Kelly 6'0" 170 Jr. Whitesville, Kentucky Vanderbilt
T Robbie Robinson 6'0" 180 Sr. Bessemer, Alabama Florida
E Hek Wakefield 5'10" 180 Jr. Petersburg, Tennessee Vanderbilt

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