1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1908 record	6–3 (5–3 SIAA)
Head coach	John Heisman (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Home stadium	Ponce de Leon Park

1908 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	1	–	1	4	–	1	–	3
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Dahlonega	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Memphis U. School	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Gordon	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Nashville			–					–

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1908 college football season. J. R. Davis was selected All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."^[1]

The University of Georgia attacked Tech's recruitment tactics in football.^[2] UGA alumni incited a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association investigation into Tech's recruitment of a player UGA had recruited as well. The Georgia Alumni claimed that Tech had created a fraudulent scholarship fund, which they used to persuade the player to attend Tech rather than UGA.^[2] The SIAA ruled in favor of Tech, but the 1908 game was cancelled that season due to bad blood between the rivals.^[2]

Schedule

The team in action.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	Gordon	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 32–0
October 10	Mooney*	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 30–0
October 17	Mississippi A&M	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	W 23–0
October 24	Alabama	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	W 11–6
October 31	Tennessee	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	L 5–6
November 7	Auburn	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry)	L 0–44
November 14	Sewanee	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	L 0–6
November 19	Mercer	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA	W 16–6
November 26	Clemson	Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry)	W 30–6
*Non-conference game.

^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.
1 2 3 "Inventory of the Athletic Association Records, 1892–1978". Georgia Tech Archives (Georgia Tech Library). Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
↑ "Georgia Tech Media Guide".
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/1908-schedule.html

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Venues	Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Bobby Dodd Stadium (1913–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Tulane Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game Toe meets leather

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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