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Sports season
1926 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 18, 1926
through January 1, 1927
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsAlabama
Football seasons
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1926 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
Tennessee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
VPI 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Clemson 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Kentucky 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
NC State 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1926 college football season. The season began on September 18.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the Dickinson System, Stanford 7–7. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama guard Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.

Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt."

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Alabama Wallace Wade 9–0–1 8–0 24.9 2.7
2 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 8–1 4–1 26.8 4.7
3 Tennessee Robert Neyland 8–1 5–1 16.8 3.8
4 (tie) South Carolina Branch Bocock 5–4 4–2 15.9 6.2
4 (tie) Georgia Kid Woodruff 4–5 2–4 15.0 12.8
6 Virginia Greasy Neale 6–2–1 4–2–1 16.1 5.3
7 (tie) VPI Andy Gustafson 5–3–1 3–2–1 14.9 8.9
7 (tie) Washington and Lee Pat Herron 4–3–2 3–2–1 10.3 10.4
9 Georgia Tech William Alexander 4–5 4–3 9.7 9.7
10 (tie) LSU Mike Donahue 6–3 3–3 14.2 5.0
10 (tie) Auburn Dave Morey 5–4 3–3 13.6 9.4
10 (tie) North Carolina Chuck Collins 4–5 3–3 6.6 8.2
10 (tie) Ole Miss Homer Hazel 5–4 2–2 12.6 12.2
14 Mississippi A&M Bernie Bierman 5–4 2–3 14.9 10.9
15 (tie) VMI Blandy Clarkson 5–5 2–4 8.0 9.8
15 (tie) Tulane Clark Shaughnessy 3–5–1 2–4 7.9 6.7
17 Maryland Curley Byrd 5–4–1 1–3–1 16.1 9.3
18 Clemson Bud Saunders 2–7 1–3 2.2 18.8
19 (tie) Florida Tom Sebring 2–6–2 1–4–1 9.4 13.6
19 (tie) Kentucky Fred Murphy 2–6–1 1–4–1 9.3 10.1
20 NC State Gus Tebell 4–6 0–4 6.6 10.2
21 Sewanee M. S. Bennett 2–6 0–5 9.1 8.4

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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 18 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 7–0
September 18 Wofford VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 20–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 24 Millsaps Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 54–0 4,000
September 24 Elon NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 13–0
September 25 Chattanooga Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 15–6
September 25 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 16–0
September 25 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina L 14–0
September 25 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 20–0 4,500
September 25 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 7–6 10,000
September 25 Louisiana Normal LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 47–0
September 25 Washington College Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 63–0
September 25 Jonesboro A&M Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 28–0
September 25 Mississippi A&M Birmingham–Southern Munger Bowl • Birmingham, Alabama W 19–7
September 25 North Carolina Wake Forest Gore Athletic Field • Wake Forest, North Carolina L 6–0 8,000
September 25 Bryson College Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 15–6
September 25 Erskine South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 41–0
September 25 Carson–Newman Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 13–0
September 25 Louisiana Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 40–0 7,000
September 25 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 69–0
September 25 Hampden–Sydney Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia T 0–0
September 25 Richmond VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 10–0
September 25 Roanoke VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 47–0
September 25 Lynchburg Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 35–0

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 2 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee ALA 19–7 16,000
October 2 Clemson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama AUB 47–0
October 2 Florida Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois L 12–6 30,000
October 2 VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 13–0
October 2 Maryville (TN) Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 25–0
October 2 Southwestern Louisiana LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 34–0
October 2 Ole Miss Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, Arkansas L 21–6
October 2 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 41–0
October 2 Maryland South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 12–0
October 2 Furman NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 31–0
October 2 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 48–0
October 2 North Carolina Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 34–0
October 2 Tulane Missouri Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri T 6–6
October 2 Georgia Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UGA 27–7
October 2 Hampden–Sydney VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 30–0
October 2 Washington & Lee West Virginia Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia L 18–0

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 9 Alabama Mississippi A&M Meridian Fairgrounds • Meridian, Mississippi ALA 26–7
October 9 Auburn Howard (AL) Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 33–14
October 9 NC State Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina CLEM 7–3
October 9 Florida Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi MISS 12–7
October 9 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 19–0
October 9 Tulane Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 9–6
October 9 Kentucky Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 14–6
October 9 Tennessee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana TENN 14–7
October 9 Maryland Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois L 21–0 35,000
October 9 South Carolina North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 7–0
October 9 Sewanee Texas A&M Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas L 6–3
October 9 Bryson College Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 48–0
October 9 Lynchburg Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 38–0
October 9 VPI Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, New Hampshire L 20–0
October 9 Roanoke VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia L 13–7
October 9 Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey T 7–7

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 15 Wofford South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 27–13
October 15 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 6–0
October 16 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia ALA 21–0 20,000
October 16 LSU Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama LSU 10–0
October 16 Florida Mercer Centennial Stadium • Macon, GA L 6–3 6,000
October 16 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia L 14–7
October 16 VPI Maryland League Park • Norfolk, Virginia VPI 24–8 12,000
October 16 Loyola (IL) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 13–7
October 16 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 34–0
October 16 Duke North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 6–0
October 16 Davidson NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 3–0
October 16 Tulane NYU Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York L 0–21 25,000
October 16 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 7–0
October 16 Virginia VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia UVA 14–7
October 16 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W&L 14–13

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 21 Clemson South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 24–0 12,000
October 23 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 2–0
October 23 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana AUB 2–0
October 23 Kentucky Florida Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida UK 18–13
October 23 Washington & Lee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 19–7
October 23 Mississippi A&M LSU State Fairgrounds • Jackson, Mississippi MSA&M 7–6
October 23 North Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland MD 14–6 3,500
October 23 Centre Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 30–7
October 23 Georgia Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 14–13
October 23 NC State VMI Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia VMI 7–0
October 23 Virginia VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia VPI 6–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 28 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina L 12–9
October 28 Clemson Wofford Snyder Field • Spartanburg, South Carolina L 3–0
October 30 LSU Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 24–0
October 30 Sewanee Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama AUB 9–0
October 30 Florida Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 32–9
October 30 Georgia Tech Notre Dame Cartier Field • South Bend, Indiana L 12–0 11,000
October 30 Gallaudet Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 38–7
October 30 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 6–0
October 30 Tennessee Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi TENN 33–0
October 30 NC State North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 12–0
October 30 VPI Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky T 13–13
October 30 Virginia South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina UVA 6–0
October 30 Southwestern (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 50–0
October 30 Davidson VMI Lynchburg, Virginia W 12–7

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 Kentucky Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 14–0
November 6 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 16–6
November 6 Clemson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida FLA 33–0
November 6 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia VAN 13–7
November 6 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana W 14–0
November 6 Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut W 15–0
November 6 Ole Miss Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee W 32–27
November 6 Mississippi A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana MSA&M 14–0
November 6 VMI North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 28–0
November 6 Lenoir–Rhyne NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 6–0
November 6 South Carolina VPI Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia SCAR 19–0
November 6 Sewanee Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 12–0
November 6 Washington & Lee Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 30–7

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 Duke NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 26–19
November 13 Florida Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama ALA 49–0
November 13 Marquette Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama L 19–3
November 13 The Citadel Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina L 15–6
November 13 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia UGA 14–13
November 13 Kentucky VMI Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia VMI 10–9
November 13 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 3–0
November 13 Mississippi A&M Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 19–6
November 13 North Carolina Davidson Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina L 10–0
November 13 Furman South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina L 10–7
November 13 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 20–3
November 13 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 19–7
November 13 Virginia Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland T 6–6
November 13 VPI Washington & Lee Municipal Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia W&L 13–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 20 Centre Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky L 7–0
November 20 NC State South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 20–14
November 20 Randolph–Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 57–0
November 20 Maryland Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W&L 3–0

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 23 North Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 3–0
November 25 Georgia Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 33–6 17,000
November 25 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 20–7
November 25 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina L 30–0
November 25 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana LSU 7–0
November 25 Washington & Lee Florida Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida T 7–7
November 25 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland W 17–14
November 25 Ole Miss Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi MISS 7–6
November 25 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 6–0
November 25 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee TENN 6–0
November 25 VMI VPI Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia VPI 14–7
November 27 Wake Forest NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 7–3 11,000

Postseason

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1927 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California Alabama Stanford T 7–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1926 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1926 College Football All-Southern Team

The following is the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press.

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Bill Spears AP Vanderbilt
HB George Morton AP Georgia
HB Red Barnes AP Alabama
FB Ty Rauber AP Washington & Lee
E Hoyt Winslett AP Alabama
T Curtis Luckey AP Georgia
G Fred Pickhard AP Alabama
C Gordon Holmes AP Alabama
G Charles Mackall AP Virginia
T John Barnhill AP Tennessee
E Herschel Caldwell AP Alabama

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