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1934 Southeastern Conference football season

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1934 Southeastern Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 21, 1934 – January 1, 1935 (1934-09-21 – 1935-01-01)
Number of teams13
ChampionTulane
Alabama
SEC seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 0 10 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 0 8 2 0
LSU 4 2 0 7 2 2
Georgia 3 2 0 7 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 6 3 0
Florida 2 2 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 1 4 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 5 5 0
Auburn 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 0 2 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 Southeastern Conference football season was the second season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1934 college football season. Tulane compiled a 10–1 overall record, with a conference record of 8–0; and, Alabama compiled a 10–0 overall record, with a conference record of 7–0, and were SEC co-champions. Five of the 13 selectors recognized as "major" by the NCAA (Berryman, Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, and Williamson – all match systems) recognize the 1934 Alabama team as the national champion.[1]

Results and team statistics

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Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record DS
final
PPG PAG
1 (tie) Tulane Ted Cox 10–1–0 (.909) 8–0–0 (1.000) #11 19.5 7.5
1 (tie) Alabama Frank Thomas 10–0–0 (1.000) 7–0–0 (1.000) #6 31.6 4.5
3 Tennessee Robert Neyland 8–2–0 (.800) 5–1–0 (.833) NR 17.5 5.8
4 LSU Biff Jones 7–2–2 (.727) 4–2–0 (.667) NR 15.6 7.0
5 Georgia Harry Mehre 7–3–0 (.700) 3–2–0 (.600) NR 14.1 5.6
6 Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 6–3–0 (.667) 4–3–0 (.571) NR 11.7 11.1
7 Florida Dennis K. Stanley 6–3–1 (.650) 2–2–1 (.500) NR 11.3 11.0
8 Ole Miss Ed Walker 4–5–1 (.450) 2–3–1 (.417) NR 11.4 9.8
9 Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 5–5–0 (.500) 1–3–0 (.250) NR 12.3 8.6
10 Auburn Jack Meagher 2–8–0 (.200) 1–6–0 (.143) NR 5.8 10.7
11 Sewanee Harry E. Clark 2–7–0 (.222) 0–4–0 (.000) NR 4.4 16.3
12 Mississippi State Ross MacKechnie 4–6–0 (.400) 0–5–0 (.000) NR 7.9 12.6
13 Georgia Tech William Alexander 1–9–0 (.100) 0–6–0 (.000) NR 5.6 18.7

Key
DS final = Rankings from the Dickinson System. See 1934 college football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold

Week Zero

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 21 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL L 0–7   [3]
September 21 Mississippi State Howard (AL) Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 13–7   [4]
September 22 Maryville (TN) Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, KY W 26–0   [5]

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 Chattanooga Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA W 41–0   12,000 [6]
September 29 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL W 24–0   6,000 [7]
September 29 Centre Tennessee Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 32–0   7,500 [8]
September 29 LSU Rice Rice FieldHouston, TX T 9–9   [9]
September 29 Stetson Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, GA W 42–0   5,000 [10]
September 29 Rollins Florida Fairfield StadiumJacksonville, FL W 13–2   6,000 [11]
September 29 West Tennessee State Teachers Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumUniversity, MS (rivalry) W 44–0   [12]
September 29 Washington & Lee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY L 0–7   6,000 [13]
September 29 Oglethorpe Auburn Drake FieldAuburn, AL W 15–0   5,000 [14]
September 29 Sewanee Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN (rivalry) L 0–2   [15]
September 29 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA (rivalry) W 12–7   [16]
September 29 Mississippi State Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN  VAN 7–0   [17]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 5 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott FieldStarkville, MS L 6–7   [18]
October 5 Southwestern (TN) Ole Miss Soldiers' Field • Clarksdale, MS W 19–0   6,200 [19]
October 5 Tennessee North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 19–7   [20]
October 6 Georgia Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 7–2   [21]
October 6 Florida VPI Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 20–13   [22]
October 6 Kentucky Cincinnati Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH W 27–0   [23]
October 6 SMU LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA T 14–14   [24]
October 6 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  TUL 13–0   [25]
October 6 Sewanee Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL  ALA 36–6   [26]
October 6 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  VAN 27–12   10,000 [27]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 13 North Carolina Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 0–14   10,000 [28]
October 13 Clemson Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 7–0   [29]
October 13 Tennessee Wesleyan Sewanee Hardee FieldSewanee, TN W 21–0   [30]
October 13 Vanderbilt Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 32–0   8,000 [31]
October 13 Georgia Tech Duke Duke StadiumDurham, NC L 0–20   30,000 [32]
October 13 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)  ALA 41–0   6,000 [33]
October 13 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  UT 27–0   10,000 [34]
October 13† Auburn LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 20–6   [35]
October 13 Tulane Florida Florida FieldGainesville, FL  TUL 28–12   15,000 [36]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 NC State Florida Plant FieldTampa, FL W 14–0   12,000 [37]
October 20 Kentucky North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–6   [38]
October 20 Sewanee Army Michie StadiumWest Point, NY L 0–20   [39]
October 20 Mississippi State Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN W 21–6   4,000 [40]
October 20 Georgia Tech Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI L 2–9   20,901 [41]
October 20 Howard (AL) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • University, MS L 6–7   [42]
October 20 Arkansas LSU State Fair StadiumShreveport, LA (rivalry) W 16–0   12,000 [43]
October 20 Georgia Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 7–6   23,000 [44]
October 20 Tennessee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  ALA 13–6   18,000 [45]
October 20 Auburn Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  VAN 7–6   [46]

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 26 Mississippi College Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 13–6   [47]
October 27 Florida Maryland Municipal StadiumBaltimore, MD L 0–21   8,000 [48]
October 27 Duke Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 14–6   20,000 [49]
October 27 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 20–12   12,000 [50]
October 27 Georgia Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  ALA 26–6   15,000 [51]
October 27 LSU Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  LSU 29–0   20,000 [52]
October 27 Sewanee Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • University, MS  OM 19–6   [53]
October 27 Auburn Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  KY 9–0   8,000 [54]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 3 North Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 0–26   [55]
November 3 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 7–6   [56]
November 3 Duke Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 6–13   [57]
November 3 Vanderbilt George Washington Griffith StadiumWashington, DC W 7–6   25,000 [58]
November 3 Tennessee Fordham Polo GroundsNew York, NY L 12–13   25,000 [59]
November 3 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  TUL 15–0   [60]
November 3 Alabama Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  ALA 34–14   13,000 [61]
November 3 Mississippi State LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 25–3   [62]
November 3 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)  UGA 14–0   22,000 [63]

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 10 Kentucky Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, TN W 33–0   2,000–3,000 [64][65]
November 10 Georgia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 14–7   20,000 [66]
November 10 LSU George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 6–0   20,000 [67]
November 10 Tulane Colgate Yankee StadiumBronx, NY L 6–20   40,000 [68]
November 10 Clemson Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) W 40–0   8,000 [69]
November 10 Mississippi State Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN  TEN 14–0   5,000 [70]
November 10 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 19–0   [71]
November 10 Ole Miss Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  T 13–13   [72]
November 10 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  AUB 18–6   [73]

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 16 Cumberland (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 0–14   [74]
November 17 Mississippi State Loyola (LA) Loyola University Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 20–6   [75]
November 17† NC State Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 27–0   8,000 [76]
November 17 Tulane Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  TUL 20–7   12,000 [77]
November 17 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  ALA 40–0   14,000 [78]
November 17 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 13–6   20,000 [79]
November 17 LSU Ole Miss Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS (rivalry)  LSU 14–0   10,000 [80]
November 17 Florida Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL (rivalry)  FLA 14–7   8,000 [81]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 24 Ole Miss Centenary Centenary Stadium • Shreveport, LA L 6–13   7,500 [82]
November 24 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 32–0   [83]
November 24 Auburn Georgia Memorial StadiumColumbus, GA (rivalry)  UGA 18–0   [84]
November 24 Georgia Tech Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  FLA 13–12   [85]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 29 Vanderbilt Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  ALA 34–0   24,000 [86]
November 29 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 19–0   18,000 [87]
December 1 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 14–0   [88]
December 1 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  TUL 13–12   30,000 [89]
December 1 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)  UGA 7–0   14,000 [90]
December 1 Ole Miss Mississippi State Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS (rivalry)  OM 7–3   10,000 [91]

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 8 LSU Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN  TEN 19–13   18,000 [92]

Week Eleven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 15 Oregon LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–13   10,000 [93]

Postseason

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
January 1, 1935 Temple Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) W 20–14   22,206 [94]
January 1, 1935 Stanford Alabama Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 29–13   84,474 [95]

All-conference players

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The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1934 All-SEC football team:

  • Don Hutson, End, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Bennie Fenton, End, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Justin Rukas, Tackle, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Bill Lee, Tackle, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Charlie Marr, Guard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Homer Robinson, Center, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Abe Mickal, Halfback, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Dixie Howell, Halfback, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Claude Simons, Jr., Fullback, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1)

All-Americans

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Three SEC players were consensus first-team picks on the 1934 College Football All-America Team:[96]

  • Dixie Howell, Halfback, Alabama (AAB, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UP)
  • Don Hutson, End, Alabama (AAB, AP, INS, LIB, UP)
  • Bill Lee, Tackle, Alabama (AP, COL, LIB, NANA, SN)

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

Head coaches

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Records through the completion of the 1934 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 4 60–13–3 (.809) 34–4–1 (.885) 12–0–1 (.962)
Auburn Jack Meagher 1 28–34–0 (.452) 2–8–0 (.200) 1–6–0 (.143)
Florida Dennis K. Stanley 2 11–6–2 (.632) 11–6–2 (.632) 4–5–1 (.450)
Georgia Harry Mehre 7 42–23–3 (.640) 42–23–3 (.640) 6–3–0 (.667)
Georgia Tech William Alexander 15 76–55–10 (.574) 76–55–10 (.574) 2–11–0 (.154)
Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 1 66–46–9 (.583) 5–5–0 (.500) 1–3–0 (.250)
LSU Biff Jones 3 50–13–8 (.761) 20–5–6 (.742) 7–2–2 (.727)
Mississippi State Ross MacKechnie 2 7–12–1 (.375) 7–12–1 (.375) 1–10–1 (.125)
Ole Miss Ed Walker 5 20–25–5 (.450) 20–25–5 (.450) 4–5–2 (.455)
Sewanee Harry E. Clark 4 13–23–2 (.368) 13–23–2 (.368) 0–10–0 (.000)
Tennessee Robert Neyland 9 76–9–5 (.872) 76–9–5 (.872) 10–3–0 (.769)
Tulane Ted Cox 3 33–7–3 (.802) 22–6–2 (.767) 12–2–1 (.833)
Vanderbilt Dan McGugin 30 197–55–19 (.762) 197–55–19 (.762) 6–5–2 (.538)

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