1906 Clemson Tigers football team

1906 Clemson Tigers football
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1906 record 4–0–3 (4–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach Bob Williams (1st year)
Captain Fritz Furtick
Home stadium Bowman Field
1906 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 0     8 1 0
Clemson + 4 0 1     4 0 3
Sewanee 5 1 0     8 1 0
Alabama 3 1 0     5 1 0
Texas A&M 2 1 0     6 1 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0     4 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 0     6 3 1
Texas 1 1 0     9 1 0
Davidson 1 1 1     3 2 2
Georgia 2 3 1     2 4 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 1     2 2 1
LSU 0 2 1     2 2 2
Mercer 0 2 0     1 4 0
Tulane 0 3 0     0 4 1
Tennessee 0 4 1     1 6 2
Auburn 0 5 0     1 5 1
Nashville            
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1906 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College during the 1906 college football season. Under first year head coach Bob Williams, the team posted a 4–0–3 record.[1][2] Fritz Furtick was the captain.[3] The team technically tied with Vanderbilt for the SIAA title,[4] but few writers chose them over the vaunted Commodores.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 13 VPI* Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0  
October 20 Georgia Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC (Rivalry) W 6–0  
October 25 vs. North Carolina A&M* Columbia, SC (Rivalry) T 0–0  
November 3 at Davidson Davidson, NC T 0–0  
November 10 Auburn Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC (Rivalry) W 6–4  
November 19 Tennessee Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC W 16–0  
November 29 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 10–0  
*Non-conference game.

Season summary

Davidson

In Davidson, Clemson had its third scoreless tie of the season.

Georgia Tech

Clemson closed the season with a 100 victory over John Heisman's Georgia Tech team. Baseball star Ty Cobb attended the game.[6]

References

  1. Bourret, Tim. "2010 Clemson Football Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University. p. 202. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. "Clemson Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  3. 2010 Media Guide, p. 198
  4. "Clemson Vault: A Measure of Success".
  5. http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt
  6. Hornbaker, Tim (7 April 2015). "War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb". Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. via Google Books.
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