1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1908 record 6–3 (5–3 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (5th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain Chip Robert
Home stadium Ponce de Leon Park
1908 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
LSU + 3 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
Auburn + 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 0 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
Alabama 1 – 1 – 1     6 – 1 – 1
Sewanee 1 – 1 – 1     4 – 1 – 3
Ole Miss 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
Mississippi A&M 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
Clemson 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 6 – 0
Texas A&M 0 – 1 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
Dahlonega 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Memphis U. School 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
Gordon 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 3 – 0
Nashville   –         –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1908 college football season. J. R. Davis was selected All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."[1]

The University of Georgia attacked Tech's recruitment tactics in football.[2] UGA alumni incited a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association investigation into Tech's recruitment of a player UGA had recruited as well. The Georgia Alumni claimed that Tech had created a fraudulent scholarship fund, which they used to persuade the player to attend Tech rather than UGA.[2] The SIAA ruled in favor of Tech, but the 1908 game was cancelled that season due to bad blood between the rivals.[2]

Schedule

The team in action.
Date Opponent Site Result
October 3 Gordon Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 32–0  
October 10 Mooney* Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 30–0  
October 17 Mississippi A&M Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA W 23–0  
October 24 Alabama Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA W 11–6  
October 31 Tennessee Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA L 5–6  
November 7 Auburn Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) L 0–44  
November 14 Sewanee Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA L 0–6  
November 19 Mercer Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA W 16–6  
November 26 Clemson Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 30–6  
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ↑ Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.
  2. 1 2 3 "Inventory of the Athletic Association Records, 1892–1978". Georgia Tech Archives. Georgia Tech Library. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Tech Media Guide".
  4. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/1908-schedule.html
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