1924 Southern Conference football season

The 1924 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1924 college football season. The season began on September 20. Sewanee and VMI joined the conference this year. Vanderbilt dropped its comembership with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).

1924 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 20, 1924 through December 6, 1924
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Alabama

1924 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Sewanee *	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt *	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
VPI	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	2	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SIAA

Alabama was awarded the Champ Pickens Trophy as conference champion, though the loss to Centre hindered any claims of a championship of the South.

Vanderbilt end Hek Wakefield was a second-team Walter Camp All-American.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Alabama	Wallace Wade	8–1	5–0	32.2	2.7
2	Florida	James Van Fleet	6–2–2	2–0–1	21.1	4.4
3	Georgia	Kid Woodruff	7–3	5–1	12.9	6.1
4	Tulane	Clark Shaughnessy	8–1	4–1	22.3	6.6
5	Washington and Lee	James DeHart	6–3–1	4–1–1	16.3	6.0
6 (tie)	South Carolina	Sol Metzger	7–3	3–2	12.0	4.8
6 (tie)	Sewanee	M. S. Bennett	5–3	3–2	8.1	4.7
6 (tie)	Mississippi A&M	Earl Abell	5–4	3–2	9.1	10.0
6 (tie)	Virginia	Greasy Neale	5–4	3–2	8.0	9.2
10	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	5–3–1	3–2–1	9.1	8.7
11	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	6–3–1	3–3	15.0	5.3
12	VPI	Ben Cubbage	4–2–3	2–2–3	11.4	2.0
13	VMI	Blandy Clarkson	6–3–1	2–3–1	15.2	2.9
14 (tie)	Kentucky	Fred Murphy	4–5	2–3	14.3	11.0
14 (tie)	North Carolina	Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer	4–5	2–3	4.2	6.3
16	Auburn	Boozer Pitts	4–4–1	2–4–1	5.1	4.4
17	Maryland	Curley Byrd	3–3–3	1–2–1	8.2	8.7
18	NC State	Buck Shaw	2–6–2	1–4–1	4.3	14.7
19 (tie)	LSU	Mike Donahue	3–5–1	0–3	13.8	9.0
19 (tie)	Ole Miss	Chester S. Barnard	4–6	0–3	4.0	15.8
19 (tie)	Clemson	Bud Saunders	2–6	0–3	10.4	16.9
22	Tennessee	M. B. Banks	3–5	0–4	10.0	12.0

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game^[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game^[1]

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 20	Transylvania	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 27–0
September 20	Wofford	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	W 33–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 27	Union (TN)	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 55–0
September 27	Auburn	Birmingham–Southern	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	W 7–0
September 27	Elon	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 60–0
September 27	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 26–7
September 27	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 19–0
September 27	Spring Hill	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 7–6
September 27	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 23–0
September 27	Duke	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 14–0
September 27	Rhodes	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 7–0
September 27	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 47–0
September 27	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 14–0
September 27	Henderson-Brown	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 13–0
September 27	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 13–9
September 27	Emory & Henry	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	W 39–0
September 27	Richmond	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	W 28–0
September 27	Roanoke	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 34–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 4	Alabama	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	W 20–0
October 4	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	AUB 13–0
October 4	Rollins	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 77–0
October 4	South Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 18–0
October 4	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 3–0
October 4	Louisville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 29–0
October 4	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 31–7
October 4	Arkansas State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 10–7
October 4	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	W 28–7
October 4	North Carolina	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 27–0
October 4	North Carolina State	Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania	L 51–6
October 4	Emory & Henry	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 27–0
October 4	Mississippi College	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	W 32–7
October 4	Birmingham–Southern	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 61–0
October 4	Virginia	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, Massachusetts	L 14–0
October 4	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	W 10–0
October 4	Maryland	Washington & Lee	Washington, D. C.	W&L 19–7

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 11	Mississippi College	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 51–0
October 11	Auburn	Virginia Tech	Richmond, Virginia	T 0–0
October 11	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 14–0
October 11	Florida	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	T 7–7
October 11	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 7–6
October 11	Georgetown (KY)	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 42–0
October 11	LSU	Indiana	Indianapolis	W 20–14
October 11	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 7–0
October 11	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	L 12–0
October 11	Duke	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 6–0
October 11	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 10–0
October 11	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Dallas, Texas	L 7–0
October 11	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 28–10
October 11	Louisiana Tech	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	W 42–12
October 11	Quantico Marines	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 13–13	16,000	[2]
October 11	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 26–6
October 11	Roanoke	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	W 28–0
October 11	Wake Forest	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	L 10–8

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 16	North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	UNC 10–0
October 17	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 29–0
October 18	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 14–0
October 18	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	W 17–0
October 18	Wake Forest	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, Florida	W 34–0
October 18	Furman	Georgia	Augusta, Georgia	W 23–0
October 18	Penn State	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	W 15–13
October 18	LSU	Rice	Houston	W 12–0
October 18	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	VT 12–0
October 18	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, Mississippi	MSA&M 20–0
October 18	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 13–0
October 18	Vanderbilt	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans	TUL 21–13	13,000
October 18	VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 13–0
October 18	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W&L 10–7

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 23	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 3–0
October 25	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	ALA 14–0
October 25	LSU	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	AUB 3–0
October 25	Florida	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, Texas	T 7–7
October 25	Sewanee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	UK 7–0
October 25	Maryland	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	MD 6–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Arkansas	Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, Arkansas	L 20–0
October 25	Mississippi A&M	Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee	MSA&M 7–2
October 25	Spring Hill	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	W 33–0
October 25	Georgia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	UGA 3–0
October 25	Virginia	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia	L 27–0
October 25	North Carolina State	VMI	Richmond, Virginia	VMI 17–7
October 25	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lynchburg, Virginia	T 0–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 29	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	W 14–3
November 1	Ole Miss	Alabama	Montgomery, Alabama	ALA 61–0
November 1	Tennessee	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 33–0
November 1	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 26–0
November 1	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	South Bend, Indiana	L 34–3
November 1	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 7–0
November 1	LSU	Arkansas	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana	L 10–7
November 1	Catholic	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	T 0–0
November 1	Davidson	North Carolina State	Pinehurst, North Carolina	T 10–10
November 1	Sewanee	Oglethorpe		L 7–0
November 1	South Carolina	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	SCAR 10–7
November 1	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	MSA&M 14–6
November 1	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 13–0
November 1	Virginia Tech	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	VT 50–6
November 1	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W&L 20–7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 8	Kentucky	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 42–7
November 8	Tulane	Auburn	Montgomery, Alabama	TUL 14–6
November 8	Clemson	Davidson	Charlotte, North Carolina	L 7–0
November 8	Florida	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	L 14–7
November 8	Georgia	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UGA 7–0
November 8	LSU	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 28–7
November 8	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 47–0
November 8	North Carolina	VMI	Richmond, Virginia	VMI 9–0
November 8	North Carolina State	Virginia Tech	Norfolk, Virginia	NCST 6–3
November 8	Ole Miss	Sewanee	Memphis, Tennessee	SEW 21–0
November 8	Furman	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 10–0
November 8	Centre	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	L 32–0
November 8	Mississippi A&M	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 18–0
November 8	The Citadel	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 32–7

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 14	Florida	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	L 10–0
November 15	Centre	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	L 17–0
November 15	Georgia	Auburn	McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	UGA 6–0
November 15	Clemson	The Citadel	Anderson, South Carolina	L 20–0
November 17	Florida	Florida-Southern	Lakeland, Florida	W 53–0
November 17	Georgia Tech	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	T 3–3
November 15	Northwestern State	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 40–0
November 15	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	W 7–6
November 15	Maryland	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	T 0–0
November 15	North Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	W 6–0
November 15	Ole Miss	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 7–2
November 15	Sewanee	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	SEW 10–0
November 15	Tennessee	Tulane	Second Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 26–7
November 15	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	VAN 3–0
November 15	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 6–0
November 15	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, West Virginia	L 6–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 22	Mississippi A&M	Florida	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	FLA 27–0
November 22	Mississippi College	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 10–6
November 22	Vanderbilt	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis	W 16–0	23,000	[3]
November 22	Hampden-Sydney	VMI	Lexington, Virginia	W 25–0
November 22	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	L 12–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 27	Georgia	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 33–0
November 27	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta	GT 7–0
November 27	Furman	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	L 3–0
November 27	Drake	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 10–0
November 27	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	T 0–0
November 27	Ole Miss	Millsaps	Jackson, Mississippi	W 7–0
November 27	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 7–0
November 27	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	UK 27–6
November 27	Wake Forest	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 7–0
November 27	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	TUL 13–0
November 27	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, Virginia	T 0–0
November 27	Washington & Lee	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W&L 34–0
November 29	Georgia	Centre	Danville, Kentucky	L 14–7
November 29	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	SEW 16–0		[4]

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 6	Washington & Lee	Florida	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 16–6
December 6	Kentucky	West Virginia Wesleyan	Charleston, West Virginia	L 24–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1924 College Football All-America Team

• E – Henry "Hek" Wakefield, Vanderbilt (WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC)
• T – Jim Taylor, Georgia (NB-3)
• G – Bill Buckler, Alabama (NB-3)
• G – Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (NB-3)
• C – Clyde Propst, Alabama (LP-2)
• HB – Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (NB-3)
• FB – Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (ASM-3; LP-1 [hb]; NB-2; DW-2; WE-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1924 College Football All-Southern Team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Atlanta Journal.^[5] C2 refers to another composite.

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Edgar C. Jones	AJ, C2	Florida
HB	Pooley Hubert	AJ, C2	Alabama
HB	Gil Reese	AJ, C2	Vanderbilt
FB	Doug Wycoff	AJ, C2	Georgia Tech
E	Hek Wakefield	AJ, C2	Vanderbilt
T	Bob Rives	AJ, C2	Vanderbilt
G	Goldy Goldstein	AJ, C2	Florida
C	Fats Lawrence	AJ, C2	Auburn
C	Clyde Propst	AJ	Alabama
T	Jim Taylor	AJ, C2	Georgia
E	Smack Thompson	AJ, C2	Georgia