1919 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1919 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record 7–3 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (16th season)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain Pup Phillips
Home stadium Grant Field
Uniform
1919 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Auburn $ 5 1 0     8 1 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
Tulane 3 1 1     6 2 1
Georgia Tech 2 1 0     7 3 0
Georgia 4 2 2     4 2 3
Furman 2 1 1     6 2 1
Clemson 2 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 champion

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 7–3 (2–1 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 257 to 33.

Before the season

Jack McDonough started at quarterback as a true freshman when Marshall Guill was moved to end.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 20 Camp Logan* Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 48–0    
September 27 Furman* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 74–0    
October 4 Wake Forest* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 14–0    
October 11 Clemson Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 28–0    
October 18 Vanderbilt Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 20–0    
October 25 at Pittsburgh* Forbes FieldPittsburgh, PA L 16–6    
November 1 Davidson* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 33–0    
November 8 Washington & Lee* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 3–0    
November 15 Georgetown* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 27–0    
November 27 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) L 14–7    
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Vanderbilt

Tech-Vanderbilt

Tech beat Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores in the mud 20–0, giving the Commodores their only loss on the season. Buck Flowers and fullback Bill Gaiver starred.[4]

The starting lineup was: Fincher (left end), Higgins (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), Dowling (right guard), Huffines (right tackle), Staton (right end), Guill (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Gavier (fullback).[5]

Pittsburgh

Tech was beaten 16–6 by Pop Warner's Pittsburgh Panthers.

Davidson

Tech beat 33–0, Flowers running around his old teammates.[6]

Washington & Lee

Quarterback Jim Mattox made the field goal to help Washington & Lee upset Tech.[7] the first loss to a Southern team since 1914 for Tech.

The starting lineup was: Fincher (left end), Doyal (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Phillips (center), Dowling (right guard), Higgins (right tackle), Staton (right end), Guill (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Ferst (right halfback), Gavier (fullback).[8]

Georgetown

Dewey Scarboro returned a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown in the 27–0 win over Georgetown.[9]

Auburn

The Auburn Tigers beat Tech 14–7, 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.[10][11]

The starting lineup was Guill (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Phillips (center), Dowling (right guard), Huffines (right tackle), Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Ferst (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).[12]

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.[13] 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. "Georgia Tech Swamps Vanderbilt, 20 to 0". The Washington Post. October 19, 1919. p. 23. Retrieved May 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Woodruff 1928, p. 84
  6. Woodruff 1928, p. 93
  7. "Calyx". 1920.
  8. Woodruff 1928, p. 95
  9. http://www.moultrieobserver.com/sports/dewey-scarboro-a-limousine-gone-crazy/article_99c91f74-021c-5139-8594-a5ab9d3224ad.html
  10. 1920 Glomerata p. 173
  11. John Staton (November 17, 1921). "Golden Tornado Spends Day Studying Auburn Formations". Atlanta Constitution. p. 12. Retrieved April 24, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Outplaying Tornado, Auburn Eleven Won". The Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved May 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "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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