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1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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National champion (Billingsley)
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 8–0–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (13th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain Talley Johnston
Home stadium Grant Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 1     8 – 0 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0     2 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Auburn 6 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
The Citadel 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 1
LSU 3 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 2
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 1 – 2     4 – 1 – 2
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
Transylvania 2 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Centre 0 – 1 – 2     5 – 1 – 3
Louisville 0 – 2 – 1     2 – 3 – 1
Howard 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Wofford 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
Florida 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Davidson at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Davidson 0 0 0 0 0
• Ga. Tech 0 0 9 0 9
  • Sources:
North Carolina at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
UNC 0 0 0 6 6
• Ga. Tech 10 0 0 0 10
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: Ellis (West Point)
  • Sources:
Washington & Lee at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
W&L 7 0 0 0 7
Ga. Tech 7 0 0 0 7
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: Paul Magoffin
  • Sources:
Tulane at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulane 0 0 0 0 0
• Ga. Tech 14 14 0 7 35
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: James Halligan
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Alabama at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
• Ga. Tech 0 0 7 6 13
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Sources:
Georgia Tech at Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ga. Tech 0 7 7 7 21
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Sanford Field
    Athens, GA
  • Game attendance: 10,000
  • Referee: Nicholls (Chicago)
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Auburn at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 0 7 0 7
• Ga. Tech 0 20 13 0 33
  • Date: November 30
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: Mike Thompson
  • Sources:

The 1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Georgia Tech was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Tornado was coached by John Heisman in his 13th year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–0–1 (5–0 SIAA) and outscoring opponents 421 to 20. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. One writer claimed the 1916 team "seemed to personify Heisman." This was the first team to vault Georgia Tech to national prominence.

The season featured the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland, the largest margin of victory in football history. Tech scored the second-most points in the nation, behind Georgetown. Everett Strupper was third in the nation in scoring, including 16 touchdowns.

Several players received post-season honors. Pup Phillips was the first Tech center selected All-Southern, and was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp. Along with Phillips and Strupper, tackle Walker Carpenter, guard Bob Lang, and fullback Tommy Spence were also All-Southern.

In 1916 football used a one-platoon system, in which players played both offense and defense. Coach John Heisman's backfield used the pre-snap movement of his "jump shift" offense.


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