1906 Mercer

0–⁠1 (0–⁠1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association), coached by E.E. Tarr. The season’s Wikipedia article records 1–⁠4, over five games to the one on file here.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultElo
Nov 3vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠5577%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 55–⁠0; tied for 13th in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Mercer’s 1906 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 24vsGeorgia TechL 0–⁠61Georgia Tech’s article
Record
0–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠1 tied for 13th in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
0–⁠55
Coach
E.E. Tarr
Elo
1431 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—

1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Vanderbilt2–⁠08–⁠1
Texas A&M2–⁠06–⁠1
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠14–⁠0–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠15–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠14–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠1–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1
NC State0–⁠0–⁠10–⁠1–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1
LSU0–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠2
Tennessee0–⁠2–⁠11–⁠6–⁠2
Samford0–⁠2–⁠10–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠2–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn0–⁠31–⁠5–⁠1
Mercer0–⁠10–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.