1918 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1918 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
SIAA Champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1918 record 6–1 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (15th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain Bill Fincher
Home stadium Grant Field
1918 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 3 – 0 – 0     6 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 0 – 0     4 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 2 – 0 – 0     3 – 2 – 0
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 0
South Carolina 1 – 1 – 1     2 – 1 – 1
Centre 0 – 0 – 0     4 – 0 – 0
Furman 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 1 – 1     0 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0     3 – 2 – 0
Wofford 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 3 – 0
Auburn 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0     1 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1918 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1918 college football season. The Tornado was coached by John Heisman in his 15th year as head coach, compiling a record of 6–1 (2–0 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 466 to 32. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. Its only road game was its only loss, to national champion Pittsburgh at Forbes Field. Pittsburgh was the only team to score on Tech this year. The defeat ended Georgia Tech's 33-game streak without a loss.

Center Bum Day was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. He was a first-team selection by Walter Camp.[1][2] Day's selection by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American was a historic first; he was the first Southerner to be chosen for Camp's annual All-America first team, which had been historically loaded with college players from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other Northeastern colleges.[3] Captain Bill Fincher was also a consensus All-American, as well as Joe Guyon. Halfback Buck Flowers was a second-team All-American, though he played as a backup.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 5, 1918 Clemson Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 28–0    
October 12, 1918 Furman Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 118–0    
October 19, 1918 11th Cavalry* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 123–0    
October 26, 1918 Camp Gordon* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 28–0    
November 10, 1918 North Carolina State* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 128–0    
November 23, 1918 at Pittsburgh* Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–32    
November 28, 1918 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 41–0    
*Non-conference game.

References

  1. ↑ 2013 Georgia Tech Football Information Guide, Georgia Tech Athletic Association, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 170, 178, 180 (2013). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2014 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 2, 4, 14 (2014). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Joe Williams, "Joe Williams Says," El Paso Herald-Post, p. 10 (November 12, 1935). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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