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1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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
Centre 1 0 0 9 0 0
Kentucky 3 1 1 3 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 1 0 7 3 0
Tulane 3 1 1 6 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 1 2 5 1 2
Furman 2 1 1 6 2 1
Mississippi A&M 5 2 0 6 2 0
Georgia 4 2 2 4 2 3
LSU 3 2 0 6 2 0
Clemson 3 2 2 6 2 2
Florida 2 2 0 5 3 0
Wofford 1 1 0 3 2 1
Transylvania 1 1 0 2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0 4 4 0
The Citadel 1 4 0 4 4 1
Sewanee 1 4 0 3 6 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tennessee 0 3 2 3 3 3
South Carolina 0 4 1 1 7 1
Mercer 0 1 0 0 2 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0 3 5 1
Howard (AL) 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.

Schedule

September 20, 1919Camp Logan*

W 48–0  September 27, 1919Furman*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 74–0  October 4, 1919Wake Forest*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 14–0  October 11, 1919Clemson

W 28–0  October 18, 1919Vanderbilt

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 20–0  October 25, 1919at Pittsburgh*

L 6–16  November 1, 1919Davidson*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 33–0  November 8, 1919Washington & Lee*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

L 0–3  November 15, 1919Georgetown*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 27–0  November 27, 1919Auburn

L 7–14 

Template:CFB Schedule End[3]

Season summary

Pittsburgh

Tech was beaten 16–6 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 27–0 win over Georgetown.[5]

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.[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. Open access icon
  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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