1928 Southern Conference football season

1928 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 22, 1928 through January 1, 1929
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech

1928 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1928 Southern Conference football season began on September 22.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, Georgia Tech defeated the California Golden Bears by a score of 8–7. The game was notable for a play by California All-American Roy Riegels in which he scooped up a Georgia Tech fumble and ran towards his own goal line. The two-point safety on the ensuing punt proved to be the margin of victory.^[1] Georgia Tech thus claims a national championship.

The Florida Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, but had their undefeated campaign derailed in the final game by the South's biggest upset that season,^[2] a controversial loss to Tennessee.

Tulane back Bill Banker led the conference in individual scoring with 128 points, tying a school record set by Peggy Flournoy in 1925 which was unbroken until 2007 by Matt Forte.

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
September 22	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 30–0
September 22	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 19–0
September 22	Hampden-Sydney	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 14–7

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 28	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	L 6–0
September 29	Davidson	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 6–0
September 29	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 31–0
September 29	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 25–0
September 29	Ouachita	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	W 20–6
September 29	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 65–0
September 29	Elon	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 57–0
September 29	Bryson	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 14–0
September 29	South Carolina	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	W 6–0
September 29	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 41–0
September 29	Tulane	Northwestern State	Baton Rouge, LA	W 65–0
September 29	Vanderbilt	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 20–0
September 29	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 66–0
September 29	Roanoke	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 34–7
September 29	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 56–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 27–0
October 6	Clemson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	CLEM 33–6
October 6	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 26–0
October 6	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 52–0
October 6	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 13–0
October 6	Carson-Newman	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 61–0
October 6	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 46–0
October 6	North Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	UNC 26–19
October 6	Tulane	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	TUL 51–6
October 6	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	L 69–0
October 6	Centre	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 41–7
October 6	Colgate	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 12–7
October 6	South Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	SCAR 24–13
October 6	Hampden-Sydney	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 32–7
October 6	North Carolina State	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W&L 38–6

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 12	North Carolina State	Clemson	Florence, SC	CLEM 7–0
October 13	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ALA 46–0
October 13	Auburn	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	FLA 27–0
October 13	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	GT 12–0
October 13	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 21–6
October 13	Maryland	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 21–7
October 13	Louisiana College	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 41–0
October 13	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 13–12
October 13	North Carolina	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 20–0
October 13	Transylvania	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	L 14–13
October 13	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	W 13–12
October 13	Virginia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	T 0–0
October 13	Roanoke	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 31–13
October 13	Virginia Tech	Colgate	Hamilton, NY	L 35–14
October 13	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 6–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 18	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 37–0
October 19	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 52–0
October 19	Presbyterian	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 13–0
October 20	Tennessee	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL	TENN 15–13
October 20	Ole Miss	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	MISS 19–0
October 20	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 73–0
October 20	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 7–0
October 20	Notre Dame	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 13–0
October 20	Kentucky	Northwestern	Chicago, IL	L 7–0
October 20	Mississippi A&M	LSU	Jackson, MS	LSU 31–0
October 20	McDaniel	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 13–6
October 20	Virginia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	VT 16–14
October 20	Cumberland	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 38–0
October 20	Vanderbilt	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	VAN 13–6
October 20	Virginia	VMI	Lexington, VA	VMI 9–0
October 20	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 22–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 25	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 32–0
October 27	Sewanee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 42–12
October 27	Howard	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 25–6
October 27	North Carolina State	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 14–7
October 27	Tulane	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 20–14
October 27	Georgia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	GT 20–7
October 27	Centre	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 8–0
October 27	Spring Hill	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 30–7
October 27	Maryland	VMI	Richmond, VA	T 0–0
October 27	Ole Miss	Loyola	New Orleans, LA	L 34–14
October 27	Virginia	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 34–0
October 27	King	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 54–0
October 27	Washington & Lee	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 26–7

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 1	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	T 0–0
November 3	Alabama	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 15–0
November 3	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 13–0
November 3	Clemson	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	MISS 26–7
November 3	Sewanee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 71–6
November 3	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 32–7
November 3	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 7–0
November 3	Maryland	Virginia Tech	Norfolk, VA	VT 9–6
November 3	Mississippi A&M	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	T 6–6
November 3	North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	T 6–6
November 3	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 57–0
November 3	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 14–7
November 3	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 20–13

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 10	Kentucky	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 14–0	7,500
November 10	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 13–12
November 10	Clemson	VMI	Lynchburg, VA	CLEM 12–0
November 10	Florida	Georgia	Savannah, GA	FLA 26–6
November 10	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 19–7
November 10	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 19–6
November 10	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 6–0
November 10	Centenary	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	T 6–6
November 10	Davidson	North Carolina State	Greensboro, NC	W 14–7
November 10	North Carolina	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	T 0–0
November 10	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 37–0
November 10	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	VT 20–0
November 10	Washington & Lee	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 25–12

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 17	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 33–13
November 17	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	MSA&M 13–0
November 17	Clemson	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 27–6
November 17	LSU	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	LSU 13–12
November 17	Virginia	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	MD 18–2
November 17	Ole Miss	Rhodes	Memphis, TN	W 34–2
November 17	North Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 30–7
November 17	Furman	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 6–0
November 17	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 41–6
November 17	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	TENN 6–0
November 17	VMI	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 23–12
November 17	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	VT 13–7

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 24	Maryland	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	MD 6–0
November 24	North Carolina State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 7–0
November 24	Louisiana College	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 47–7
November 24	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 26–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 29	Georgia	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 19–0
November 29	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 27–12
November 29	Washington & Lee	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	FLA 60–6
November 29	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 51–0
November 29	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
November 29	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	T 0–0
November 29	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 26–6
November 29	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MISS 20–19
November 29	North Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA	UNC 24–20
November 29	South Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	NCST 18–7
November 29	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	VMI 16–6
December 1	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 13–0

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
December 8	LSU	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 13–0
December 8	Clemson	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	L 12–7
December 8	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 20–6
December 8	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–7
December 8	Florida	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 13–12

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1929	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Georgia Tech	California	GT 8–7

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1928 College Football All-America Team

E - Dale Van Sickel, Florida (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
E - Dick Abernathy, Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
T - Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
T - Jimmy Steele, Florida (NEA-2)
G - Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
G - Bill McRae, Florida (UP-2)
C - Peter Pund, Georgia Tech (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
HB - Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, INS, NANA, NEA-2, UP-2)
HB - Clyde Crabtree, Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
HB - Bill Banker, Tulane (UP-2)
FB - Gerald Snyder, Maryland (AP-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1928 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team of more than one hundred sports writers and coaches compiled by the Associated Press included:^[3]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Clyde Crabtree	5'8"	160	Jr.	Cicero, Illinois	Florida
HB	Warner Mizell	6'0"	200	Sr.	Miami, Florida	Georgia Tech
HB	Bill Banker			Jr.	Lake Charles, Louisiana	Tulane
FB	Gerald Snyder	5'8"	190	Sr.	Windber, Pennsylvania	Maryland
E	Dale Van Sickel	6'0"	180	Jr.	Gainesville, Florida	Florida
T	Frank Speer	6'0"	205	Jr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Fred Vaughan		196	Sr.	Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina	NC State
C	Peter Pund	6'0"	182	Sr.	Augusta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
G	Raleigh Drennon	5'10"	180	Sr.	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
T	Jess Tinsley	6'0"	201	Sr.	Homer, Louisiana	LSU
E	Dick Abernathy	6'2"	203	Jr.		Vanderbilt

References

↑ "Roy Riegels, 84, Who Took Off In Wrong Direction in Rose Bowl", The New York Times, March 28, 1993. Accessed January 28, 2008.
↑ "Southern Grid Title Goes To Yellow Jackets". The Anniston Star. December 9, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved July 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.

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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