The 1933 Southeastern Conference football season was the first season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1933 college football season . Alabama compiled a 7–1–1 record, with a conference record of 5–0–1, and was the innugural SEC champion. LSU finished in second place with an undefeated overall record of 7–0–3, and a conference record of 3–0–2.
1933 Southeastern Conference football season Sport Football Duration September 22 – December 9, 1933 (1933-09-22 – 1933-12-09 ) Number of teams 13 Champion Alabama 1934 →
Schedules Index to colors and formatting Non-conference matchup; SEC member won Non-conference matchup; SEC member lost Non-conference matchup; tie SEC teams in bold
Week One
Week Two Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference September 29 Auburn Howard (AL) Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 18–7[5] September 30 Oglethorpe Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 34–012,000 [6] September 30 Rice LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–0[7] September 30 NC State Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 20–10[8] September 30 VPI Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–015,000 [9] September 30 Texas A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 6–1320,000 [10] September 30 Mississippi State Teachers Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 45–0[11] September 30 Vanderbilt Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK T 0–018,000 [12] September 30 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 28–06,000 [13] September 30 Sewanee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY KEN 7–08,000 [14] September 30 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 39–212,000 [15] September 30 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 12–0[16]
Week Three Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 7 Ole Miss Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL T 0–012,000 [17] October 7 Millsaps LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 40–0[18] October 7 Tulane Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA UGA 26–1312,000 [19] October 7 Mississippi State Tulane Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 20–0[20] October 7 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 20–136,000 [21] October 7 Sewanee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL FLA 31–07,500 [22] October 7 Georgia Tech Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY KEN 7–6[23]
Week Four Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 14 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 18–05,000 [24] October 14 Centenary LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 0–018,000 [25] October 14 Georgia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 30–0[26] October 14 Tennessee Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 2–1022,000 [27] October 14 Maryland Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 20–010,000 [28] October 14 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 16–6[29] October 14 Vanderbilt Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 0–2021,568 [30] October 14 Florida NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC T 0–0[31] October 14 Kentucky Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 3–0[32] October 14 Sewanee Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN W 12–7[33] October 14 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI W 7–08,000 [34]
Week Five Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 20 Georgia Mercer Centennial Stadium • Macon, GA W 13–1212,000 [35] October 21 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN ALA 12–625,000 [36] October 21 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 20–015,000 [37] October 21 Tulane Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA TUL 7–0[38] October 21 Auburn George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC L 6–19[39] October 21 Sewanee Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS OM 41–0[40] October 21 Mississippi State Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 7–77,000 [41] October 21 North Carolina Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 9–09,000 [42] October 21 Kentucky Washington & Lee Maher Field • Roanoke, VA L 0–7[43]
Week Six Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference October 27 Southwestern (TN) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS L 0–6[44] October 28 Alabama Fordham Polo Grounds • New York, NY L 0–260,000 [45] October 28 Vanderbilt LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 7–720,000 [46] October 28 NYU Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 25–025,000 [47] October 28 Florida Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 13–6[48] October 28 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA AUB 13–720,000 [49] October 28 Clemson Ole Miss Greer Field • Meridian, MS W 13–0[50] October 28 Duke Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY L 7–1415,000 [51] October 28 Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 10–6[52] October 28 Cumberland (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 14–0[53]
Week Seven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 3 Mississippi College Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 18–0[54] November 4 Kentucky Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 20–015,000 [55] November 4 South Carolina LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 30–7[56] November 4 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL UGA 14–0[57] November 4 Tennessee George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 13–025,000 [58] November 4 Tulane Colgate Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY W 7–020,000 [59] November 4 Auburn Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 7–13[60] November 4 Birmingham–Southern Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 12–0[61] November 4 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA VAN 9–6[62] November 4 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 13–0[63]
Week Eight Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 11 VPI Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 27–010,000 [64] November 11 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 7–035,000 [65] November 11 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 35–612,000 [66] November 11 Mississippi State Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 33–0[67] November 11 Oglethorpe Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 27–66,000 [68] November 11 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 27–14[69] November 11 Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 19–710,000 [70] November 11 VMI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 21–6[71]
Week Nine Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 18 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA ALA 12–918,000 [72] November 18 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 31–018,000 [73] November 18 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA AUB 14–6[74] November 18 Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TEN 33–620,000 [75] November 18 Kentucky Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 34–0[76] November 18 Sewanee Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS MSS 26–133,000 [77]
Week Ten Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 25 Mississippi State LSU Brown Field • Monroe, LA LSU 21–66,000 [78] November 25 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA UGA 7–635,000 [79] November 25 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 26–98,000 [80] November 25 Auburn Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL AUB 14–712,000 [81] November 25 Centenary Ole Miss Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS L 6–7[82]
Week Eleven Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference November 30 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN ALA 7–015,000 [83] November 30 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, TN TEN 27–0[84] December 2 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA T 7–731,000 [85] December 2 Georgia USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 0–3145,000 [86] December 2 South Carolina Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 14–168,000 [87] December 2 Mississippi State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS OM 31–0[88] December 2 Maryland Florida Plant Field • Tampa, FL W 19–010,000 [89] December 2 Duke Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 6–016,000 [90]
Week Twelve Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference December 9 Tennessee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 7–015,000 [91]
All-conference players The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1933 All-SEC football team :
David Ariail , End, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)Graham Batchelor, End, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1) Jack Torrance , Tackle, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)Leroy Moorehead, Guard, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1) Thomas Hupke , Guard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)Talmadge Maples , Center, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)Ripper Williams , Quarterback, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)Beattie Feathers , Halfback, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
All-Americans One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1933 College Football All-America Team :[92]
Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:
Thomas Hupke , Guard, Alabama (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; WD-2)Tal Maples, Center, Tennessee (CP-3) Deke Brackett , Quarterback, Tennessee (CP-2)Dixie Howell , Halfback, Alabama (CP-3)Ralph Kercheval , Fullback, Kentucky (AP-3; CP-3)
Head coaches Records through the completion of the 1933 season
Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record Alabama Frank Thomas 3 50–13–3 (.780) 24–4–1 (.845) 5–0–1 (.917) Auburn Chet A. Wynne 4 61–41–9 (.590) 25–15–2 (.619) 2–2–0 (.500) Florida Dennis K. Stanley 1 5–3–1 (.611) 5–3–1 (.611) 2–3–0 (.400) Georgia Harry Mehre 6 35–20–3 (.629) 35–20–3 (.629) 3–1–0 (.750) Georgia Tech William Alexander 14 75–46–10 (.611) 75–46–10 (.611) 2–5–0 (.286) Kentucky Harry Gamage 7 32–25–5 (.556) 32–25–5 (.556) 2–3–0 (.400) LSU Biff Jones 2 43–11–6 (.767) 13–3–4 (.750) 3–0–2 (.800) Mississippi State Ross MacKechnie 1 3–6–1 (.350) 3–6–1 (.350) 1–5–1 (.214) Ole Miss Ed Walker 4 16–20–4 (.450) 16–20–4 (.450) 2–2–1 (.500) Sewanee Harry E. Clark 3 11–16–2 (.414) 11–16–2 (.414) 0–6–0 (.000) Tennessee Robert Neyland 8 68–7–5 (.881) 68–7–5 (.881) 5–2–0 (.714) Tulane Ted Cox 2 23–6–3 (.766) 12–5–2 (.684) 4–2–1 (.643) Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 29 191–52–19 (.765) 191–52–19 (.765) 2–2–2 (.500)
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