1922 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1922 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
1922 record 72 (40 SoCon)
Head coach William Alexander (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain John McIntyre
Home stadium Grant Field
1922 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 5 0 0     8 0 1
North Carolina + 5 0 0     9 1 0
Georgia Tech + 4 0 0     7 2 0
VPI 3 0 0     8 1 1
Florida 2 0 0     7 2 0
Auburn 2 1 0     8 2 0
Tennessee 3 2 0     8 2 0
Alabama 3 2 1     6 3 1
Virginia 1 1 1     4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0     3 4 2
Kentucky 1 2 0     6 3 0
Clemson 1 2 0     5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 2 0     5 3 1
Maryland 1 2 0     4 5 1
LSU 1 2 0     3 7 0
Georgia 1 3 1     5 4 1
Tulane 1 4 0     4 4 0
South Carolina 0 2 0     5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0     4 5 1
NC State 0 5 0     4 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1922 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1922 college football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his 3rd year as head coach, compiling a record of 72 (40 SoCon) and outscoring opponents 157 to 59.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 30 Oglethorpe* Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 316    
October 7 Davidson* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 190    
October 14 Alabama Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 337    
October 21 at Navy* Worden FieldAnnapolis, MD L 013    
October 28 Notre Dame* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 313    
November 4 Clemson Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 217    
November 11 Georgetown* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 197    
November 18 NC State Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 170    
November 30 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 146    
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Alabama

Tech defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 337. Alabama's score came when Country Oliver returned a kickoff 95 yards.[4]

Notre Dame

Tech played Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the first time. The Four Horsemen were sophomores playing their first year on the varsity, and beat Tech 133.[5][6] The Irish stopped Red Barron.[7]

Auburn

Auburn at Georgia Tech
1 234Total
Auburn 0 006 6
Ga. Tech 0 770 14

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Tech beat coach Mike Donahue's rival Auburn Tigers to secure a share of the SoCon championship. The 1922 team is considered one of Auburn's greatest football teams,[9] and they had lost only to undefeated Army. Still Tech held the Tigers without a first down in the second and third periods.[8] Ed Sherling scored Auburn's touchdown on a 16-yard rush.[8]

The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Usry (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).[8]

Postseason

Red Barron and Vanderbilt's Lynn Bomar were the only unanimous All-Southern selections.

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]

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