1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1912 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 1912 college football season. The season began on September 28.
Ole Miss was suspended at year's end.
Conference champion Vanderbilt suffered its only loss to national champion Harvard. The 1912 season saw the NCAA implement several rule changes to increase scoring. These included: the value of a touchdown increased from 5 points to 6, the length of the field was reduced to 100 yards, 10-yard end zones were added, the onside kick was eliminated, and unlimited use of the forward pass was introduced.Regular season
SIAA teams in bold.Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Twelve
Week Thirteen
Week Fourteen
All-Americans
The composite All-Southern team formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison included:
Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
QB | Lee Tolley | C | Sewanee |
HB | Lew Hardage | C | Vanderbilt |
HB | Bob McWhorter | C | Georgia |
FB | Ammie Sikes | C | Vanderbilt |
E | Enoch Brown | C | Vanderbilt |
T | Tom Brown | C | Vanderbilt |
G | Rube Barker | C | Mississippi |
C | Hugh Morgan | C | Vanderbilt |
G | David Peacock | C | Georgia |
T | B. J. Lamb | C | Auburn |
E | Jenks Gillem | C | Sewanee |