1923 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

1923 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1923 record 56 (33 SIAA)
Head coach Jim Robertson (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Tod Browning
Captain "Jug" Brown
1923 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Furman $ 5 0 0     10 1 0
Centre 2 0 0     7 1 1
Vanderbilt* 2 0 0     5 2 1
Western Kentucky 2 0 0     3 4 0
Mississippi College 3 0 1     5 1 2
The Citadel 2 1 1     5 3 1
Presbyterian 2 1 1     4 3 1
Louisville 2 1 0     5 2 0
Sewanee 3 2 0     5 4 1
Oglethorpe 3 3 0     5 6 0
Chattanooga 1 3 1     3 4 2
Howard 1 3 1     3 4 3
Wofford 1 3 0     6 3 0
Mercer 1 3 0     3 6 0
Millsaps 0 1 1     0 1 1
Louisiana College 0 1 0     0 1 0
Georgetown 0 1 0     0 3 0
Transylvania 0 3 0     0 3 0
Newberry 0 4 0     2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * co-member of SoCon

The 1923 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1923 college football season. The 1923 season was not without its challenges. The Petrels did not do well in out of conference games, but amassed a decent conference record.

One game of note is the Mercer game. Mercer scored in the opening drive on an 85-yard touchdown run by Kid Cecil, the third longest in southern football history,[1] but missed the extra point. Oglethorpe held Mercer for the whole game until almost the end of the fourth quarter. Oglethorpe scored, which brought the score to 7-6 for Oglethorpe. The tired Oglethorpe team knew the game was not over and tried to fight on. Mercer edged its way to the 15 yard line, but Oglethorpe was able to stop them as the time ran out securing a Petrel win.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 29 at  Georgia Tech* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 1328  
October 6 at Georgia* Athens, GA L 620  
October 7 at Manhattan College* Brooklyn, NY W 60  
October 20 at  Centre Danville, KY L 029  
October 27 at  Sewanee Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 013  
November 1 at Wofford Spartanburg, SC W 320  
November 3 at Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC L 029  
November 10 at  Mercer Oglethorpe University Field • Atlanta, GA W 76  
November 17 at Fort Benning* Columbus, GA W 360  
November 24 at  Centenary (LA)* Atlanta, GA L 014  
November 29 at  Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 120  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

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