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1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1917 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team.jpg
Unanimous national champion (4 of 4 official selectors)
SIAA champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1917 record 9–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach John Heisman (14th year)
Assistant coach Charles "Wahoo" Guyon
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain Walker Carpenter
Home stadium Grant Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0     9 0 0
Auburn 5 1 0     6 2 1
Clemson 4 1 0     6 2 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 0     6 1 0
Sewanee 3 1 1     4 2 2
Tulane 2 1 0     5 3 0
Alabama 2 1 1     5 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 2 0     5 3 0
LSU 2 3 0     3 5 0
Wofford 1 2 0     5 4 0
Furman 1 3 0     3 5 0
Florida 1 3 0     2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0     1 4 1
Howard 0 2 1     0 2 1
The Citadel 0 2 0     3 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0     0 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.
Furman at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Furman 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 6 13 6 0 25
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Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 14 13 6 0 33
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Penn at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Penn 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 14 6 14 7 41
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Davidson at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Davidson 0 3 0 7 10
Ga. Tech 0 6 13 13 32
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Washington & Lee at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
W&L 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 7 14 28 14 63
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Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 27 14 21 21 83
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Georgia Tech at Tulane
1 2 3 4 Total
Ga. Tech 14 21 6 7 48
Tulane 0 0 0 0 0
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Carlisle at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 28 28 28 14 98
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The 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly known as Georgia Tech) in American football during the 1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Golden Tornado, coached by John Heisman in his 14th year as head coach, compiled a 9–0 record (4–0 SIAA) and outscored opponents 491 to 17 on the way to its first national championship. Heisman considered the 1917 team his best, and for many years it was considered "the greatest football team the South had ever produced".

The backfield of Albert Hill, Everett Strupper, Joe Guyon, and Judy Harlan led the Golden Tornado, and all four rushed for more than 100 yards in a 48–0 victory over Tulane. During the regular season Georgia Tech defeated strong opponents by large margins, and its 41–0 victory over eastern Penn shocked many; Davidson, with Buck Flowers (a future Tech star), was defeated 32–10. Tech's 83–0 victory over Vanderbilt is the worst loss in Vanderbilt history, and its 63–0 defeat of Washington & Lee was the worst loss in W&L history at the time. Tech finished the season by defeating Auburn 68–7, clinching the conference title. Davidson and Auburn were the only teams to score points against Georgia Tech.


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