1926 Southern Conference football season

1926 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 18, 1926 through January 1, 1927
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Alabama

1926 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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

The 1926 Southern Conference football 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.

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, SC	W 7–0
September 18	Wofford	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 20–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 24	Millsaps	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 54–0
September 25	Chattanooga	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 15–6
September 25	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 16–0
September 25	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	L 14–0
September 25	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 20–0
September 25	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–6
September 25	Northwestern State	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 47–0
September 25	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 63–0
September 25	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 28–0
September 25	Birmingham-Southern	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 19–7
September 25	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	L 6–0
September 25	Elon	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 13–0
September 25	Bryson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 15–0
September 25	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 41–0
September 25	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–0
September 25	Louisiana Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 40–0
September 25	Middle Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 69–0
September 25	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	T 0–0
September 25	Richmond	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 10–0
September 25	Roanoke	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 47–0
September 25	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 35–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 2	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	ALA 19–7
October 2	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 47–0
October 2	Florida	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	L 12–6
October 2	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 13–0
October 2	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 25–0
October 2	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 34–0
October 2	Ole Miss	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	L 21–6
October 2	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 41–0
October 2	Maryland	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 12–0
October 2	Furman	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 31–0
October 2	Middle Tennessee State	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 48–0
October 2	North Carolina	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 34–0
October 2	Tulane	Missouri	Columbia, MO	T 6–6
October 2	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UGA 27–7
October 2	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 30–0
October 2	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 18–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 9	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Meridian, MS	ALA 26–7
October 9	Auburn	Howard	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	W 33–14
October 9	North Carolina State	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 7–3
October 9	Ole Miss	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	MISS 12–7
October 9	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 19–0
October 9	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 9–6
October 9	Kentucky	Indiana	Bloomington, IN	L 14–6
October 9	Tennessee	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	TENN 14–7
October 9	Maryland	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	L 21–0
October 9	South Carolina	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 7–0
October 9	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	L 6–3
October 9	Bryson	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 48–0
October 9	Lynchburg	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 38–0
October 9	Virginia Tech	Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	L 20–0
October 9	Roanoke	VMI	Lexington, VA	L 13–7
October 9	Washington & Lee	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	T 7–7

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 15	Wofford	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 27–13
October 15	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 6–0
October 16	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	ALA 21–0
October 16	LSU	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	LSU 10–0
October 16	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	L 6–3
October 16	Furman	Georgia	Augusta, GA	L 14–7
October 16	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Norfolk, VA	VT 24–8
October 16	Loyola	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 13–7
October 16	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 34–0
October 16	Duke	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 6–0
October 16	Davidson	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 3–0
October 16	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	W 7–0
October 16	Virginia	VMI	Lexington, VA	UVA 14–7
October 16	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W&L 14–13

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 21	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 24–0
October 23	Sewanee	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 2–0
October 23	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	AUB 2–0
October 23	Kentucky	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	UK 18–13
October 23	Washington & Lee	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 19–7
October 23	Mississippi A&M	LSU	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 7–6
October 23	North Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	MD 14–6
October 23	Centre	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 30–7
October 23	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 14–13
October 23	North Carolina State	VMI	Richmond, VA	VMI 7–0
October 23	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	VT 6–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 28	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	L 12–9
October 28	Clemson	Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	L 3–0
October 30	LSU	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 24–0
October 30	Sewanee	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	AUB 9–0
October 30	Florida	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 32–9
October 30	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	South Bend, IN	L 12–0
October 30	Gallaudet	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 38–7
October 30	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 6–0
October 30	Tennessee	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	TENN 33–0
October 30	North Carolina State	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 12–0
October 30	Virginia Tech	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	T 13–13
October 30	Virginia	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	UVA 6–0
October 30	Rhodes	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 50–0
October 30	Davidson	VMI	Lynchburg, VA	W 12–7

Week Eight

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

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 13	Florida	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 49–0
November 13	Marquette	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	L 19–3
November 13	The Citadel	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	L 15–6
November 13	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	UGA 14–13
November 13	Kentucky	VMI	Charleston, WV	VMI 10–9
November 13	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 3–0
November 13	Mississippi A&M	Indiana	Bloomington, IN	L 19–6
November 13	Davidson	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC	L 10–0
November 13	Duke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 26–19
November 13	Furman	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 10–7
November 13	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 20–3
November 13	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 19–7
November 13	Maryland	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	T 6–6
November 13	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, VA	W&L 13–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 20	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	L 7–0
November 20	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 20–14
November 20	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 13–0
November 20	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 57–0
November 20	Maryland	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W&L 3–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 23	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 3–0
November 25	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 33–6
November 25	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 20–7
November 25	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	L 30–0
November 25	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	LSU 7–0
November 25	Washington & Lee	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL	T 7–7
November 25	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 17–14
November 25	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MISS 7–6
November 25	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 6–0
November 25	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	VT 14–7
November 27	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Raleigh, NC	W 7–3

Bowl games

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

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1926 College Football All-America Team

E - Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AP-1; INS; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; RWJ-2; DW-1; ES-2; BEHR)
T - Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2; BEHR)
T - Mack Tharpe, Georgia Tech (BEHR)
G - John Barnhill, Tennessee (BEHR)
C - Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt (BEHR)
QB - Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (AP-2; NYS-2; BE-2; RWJ-3 [as hb]; DW-2; BEHR)
HB - Tolbert "Red" Brown, Alabama (BEHR)
FB - Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3; BEHR)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1926 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press included:^[1]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bill Spears		155	Jr.	Jasper, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
HB	George Morton			Sr.		Georgia
HB	Red Barnes		172	Sr.	Suggsville, Alabama	Alabama
FB	Ty Rauber	5'10"	170	Sr.	Washington, D. C.	Washington & Lee
E	Hoyt Winslett		172	Sr.	Horseshoe Bend, Alabama	Alabama
T	Curtis Luckey			Sr.		Georgia
G	Fred Pickhard	6'2"	201	Jr.	Mobile, Alabama	Alabama
C	Gordon Holmes			Sr.	Springville, Alabama	Alabama
G	Charles Mackall	6'1"	205	Sr.	Washington, D. C.	Virginia
T	John Barnhill		175	Jr.	Savannah, Tennessee	Tennessee
E	Herschel Caldwell			Sr.	Des Arc, Missouri	Alabama

References

↑ "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926. p. 2. Retrieved July 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Southern Conference football

Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers (beginning in 2016) Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers

Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams

Championships & awards	Champions All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy Standings (1921–1971), (1972–present)

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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