1902 College Football All-Southern Team

Clemson won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship, though Virginia was often ranked as best team in the south.

[1] Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football records the first All-Southern team as in 1902.

Woodruff relates "The first selections that had any pretense of being backed by a judicial consideration were made by W. Reynolds Tichenor, old-time Auburn quarterback, who had kept in intimate contact with football through being a sought after official.

"[2] Reynolds Tichenor's eleven as posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football includes: Bold = Tichenor's selection WRT = selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football WA = selected by W. A.

[10] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. JLD = selected by UVA coach John L.