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1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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Heisman is holding the dog.
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1906 record 6–3–1 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain E. C. Davies
Home stadium The Flats, future site of Grant Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 0     8 1 0
Clemson + 4 0 1     4 0 3
Sewanee 5 1 0     8 1 0
Alabama 3 1 0     5 1 0
Texas A&M 2 1 0     6 1 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0     4 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 0     6 3 1
Texas 1 1 0     9 1 0
Davidson 1 1 1     3 2 2
Georgia 2 3 1     2 4 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 1     2 2 1
LSU 0 2 1     2 2 2
Mercer 0 2 0     1 4 0
Tulane 0 3 0     0 4 1
Tennessee 0 4 1     1 6 2
Auburn 0 5 0     1 5 1
Cumberland            
Nashville            
  • + – Conference co-champions
Maryville at Georgia Tech
1 2 Total
Maryville 0 6 6
Ga Tech 0 6 6
  • Location: The Flats • Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: O'Donnell

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Davidson at Georgia Tech
1 2 Total
Davidson 0 0 0
Ga Tech 4 0 4

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Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech
1 2 Total
Vanderbilt 23 14 37
Ga Tech 0 6 6

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The 1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. In the third season under coach John Heisman, Georgia Tech posted a 6–3–1 record. This is the first season of Heisman's jump shift offense.

In no small part thanks to Heisman, the forward pass was legalized in 1906.

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Under the new rules, Maryville surprised Tech with a tie, 6–6.

The starting lineup was: Hightower (left end), Monroe (left tackle), Bell (left guard), Luck (center), Henderson (right guard), McCarty (right tackle), Hill (right end), Robert (quarterback), Davids (left halfback), Means (right halfback), Sweet (fullback).

In the second week of play, Tech defeated North Georgia 11–0.

Against Chattanooga, Tech won 18–0 .

Sewanee defeated Georgia Tech 16–0. The game's account is the first involving the jump shift. The starting lineup was Brown (left end), Luck (left tackle), Bell (left guard), Monroe (center), Smith (right guard), McCarty (right tackle), Hill (right end), Robert (quarterback), Hightower (left halfback), Davies (right halfback), Sweet (fullback).

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Lob Brown was responsible for the win over Davidson by a 40-yard field goal.

Brown also helped in the victory over rival Auburn, the school's first.

"Tech's cup of joy overflowed" as they defeated rival Georgia 17–0. An ambitious game with Vanderbilt was scheduled.

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Vanderbilt defeated Tech in the rain and mud of Atlanta 37–6.Lobster Brown scored Tech's points.Atlanta Constitution sportswriter Alex Lynn wrote after the game that Owsley Manier was: "the greatest fullback and all round man ever seen in Atlanta." He again scored five touchdowns.

The starting lineup was: Brown (left end); McCarty (left tackle); Snyder (left guard); Monroe (center); Henderson (right guard); Luck (right tackle); Brown (right end); Robert (quarterback); Davies (left halfback); Hightower (right halfback); Adamson (fullback).


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