1923 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1923 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southern Conference
1923 record 3–2–4 (0–0–4 SoCon)
Head coach William Alexander (4th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Home stadium Grant Field
Uniform
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 4 0 1     5 2 1
Washington & Lee + 4 0 1     6 3 1
Florida 1 0 2     6 1 2
VPI 4 1 0     6 3 0
Alabama 4 1 1     7 2 1
Tennessee 4 2 0     5 4 1
Maryland 2 1 0     7 2 1
Georgia 3 2 0     5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 1 2     5 2 2
North Carolina 2 1 1     5 3 1
Tulane 2 2 1     6 3 1
Clemson 1 1 1     5 2 1
Georgia Tech 0 0 4     3 2 4
Auburn 0 1 3     3 3 3
NC State 1 4 0     3 7 0
Kentucky 0 2 2     4 3 2
Virginia 0 3 1     3 5 1
LSU 0 3 0     3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 0     4 6 0
South Carolina 0 4 0     4 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1923 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1923 college football season. Tech had ties in every one of its conference games.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 29 Oglethorpe* Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 28–13    
October 6 VMI* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 10–7    
October 13 Florida Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 7–7    
October 20 Georgetown* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 20–10    
October 27 at Notre Dame* South Bend, IN L 7–35    
November 3 Alabama Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 0–0    
November 10 2:30 p. m. at Penn State* New Beaver FieldState College, PA L 0–7    
November 17 Kentucky Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 3–3    
November 29 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) T 0–0    
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Week 3: Florida

The game with the Florida Gators brought considerable interest.[4] In front of 12,000 at Grant Field, the Gators were up 7 to 0 until a rush of substitutes in the fourth quarter got the Yellow Jackets the tying score.

Week 5: at Notre Dame

Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish subs ran up a 35–7 score.[5]

Week 6: Alabama

In a driving rain, Tech and Alabama under first year coach Wallace Wade played to a scoreless tie.[6]

Week 9: Auburn

In awfully muddy conditions, Auburn and Tech fought to a scoreless tie.[7]

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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