1919 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1919 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record 73 (21 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (16th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Home stadium Grant Field
1919 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Auburn + 5 1 0     8 1 0
Centre + 3 0 0     9 0 0
Alabama 6 1 0     8 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 2     5 1 2
Mississippi A&M 5 2 0     6 2 0
Kentucky 3 1 1     3 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 1 0     7 3 0
Georgia 4 2 2     4 2 3
Furman 2 1 1     6 2 1
Tulane 3 2 1     6 2 1
Clemson 3 2 2     6 2 2
LSU 2 2 0     6 2 0
Florida 2 2 0     5 3 0
Wofford 1 1 0     3 2 1
Ole Miss 1 4 0     4 4 0
The Citadel 1 4 0     4 4 1
Sewanee 1 4 0     3 6 0
Tennessee 0 3 2     3 3 3
South Carolina 0 4 1     1 7 1
Transylvania 0 1 0     0 1 0
Mercer 0 1 0     0 2 0
Georgetown 0 2 0     0 2 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0     3 5 1
Howard 0 4 0     3 5 2
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1919 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1919 college football season. The Tornado was coached by John Heisman in his 15th year as head coach, compiling a record of 73 (21 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 257 to 33.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 20, 1919 Camp Logan* Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 480    
September 27, 1919 Furman* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 740    
October 4, 1919 Wake Forest* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 140    
October 11, 1919 Clemson Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 280    
October 18, 1919 Vanderbilt Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 200    
October 25, 1919 at Pittsburgh* Forbes FieldPittsburgh, PA L 616    
November 1, 1919 Davidson* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 330    
November 8, 1919 Washington & Lee* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 03    
November 15, 1919 Georgetown* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 270    
November 27, 1919 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) L 714    
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Pittsburgh

Tech was beaten 166 by Pop Warner's Pittsburgh Panthers.

Washington & Lee

Quarterback Jim Mattox made the field goal to help Washington & Lee upset Tech.[4]

Georgetown

Dewey Scarboro returned a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown in the 270 win over Georgetown.[5]

Auburn

The Auburn Tigers beat Tech 147, its first loss to an SIAA school in five years. Auburn's Fatty Warren "waddled" for a 40-yard touchdown off a blocked punt in the victory.[6][7]

Postseason

After a divorce in 1919, Heisman left Atlanta to prevent any social embarrassment to his former wife, who chose to remain in the city.[8] He picked Bill Alexander as successor and went back to Penn for three seasons from 1920–1922.

Notes

  1. Although Georgia Tech's teams are officially known as the "Yellow Jackets", northern writers called the team the "Golden Tornado" in 1917; the name was commonly used until 1928 and for many years afterwards as an alternate nickname.[1] It may have been coined by Morgan Blake.[2]

Endnotes

  1. Van Brimmer & Rice 2011, p. 147
  2. "Golden Tornadoes". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. "1919 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  4. "Calyx". 1920.
  5. http://www.moultrieobserver.com/sports/dewey-scarboro-a-limousine-gone-crazy/article_99c91f74-021c-5139-8594-a5ab9d3224ad.html
  6. 1920 Glomerata p. 173
  7. John Staton (November 17, 1921). "Golden Tornado Spends Day Studying Auburn Formations". Atlanta Constitution. p. 12. Retrieved April 24, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tech Timeline: 1910s". Tech Traditions. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-05-21.

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