1920 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1920 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The starters
SIAA co-champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1920 record	8–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach	William Alexander (1st year)
Assistant coach	Fay Wood
Assistant coach	Joe Guyon
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Captain	Buck Flowers
Home stadium	Grant Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1919 1921 →

1920 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia +	8	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Tulane +	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Furman	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Transylvania	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi College	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Howard	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Millsaps	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

Week 2: Oglethorpe @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Oglethorpe 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 7 14 21 13 55 Date: October 2 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 6,000 Referee: W. R. Tichenor Sources:

Week 3: Davidson @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 7 28 28 3 66 Date: October 9 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Coles (Clemson) Sources:

Week 4: Georgia Tech @ Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total • Ga. Tech 14 9 7 14 44 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 16 Location: Curry Field Nashville, TN Referee: Ed Finlay Sources:

Week 5: Georgia Tech @ Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total Ga. Tech 0 3 0 0 3 • Pitt 0 0 0 10 10 Date: October 23 Location: Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA Game attendance: 37,000 Referee: C. J. McCarty (Germantown) Sources:

Week 6: Centre @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Centre 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 3 7 7 7 24 Date: October 30 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 15,000+ Sources:

Week 7: Clemson @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 6 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Paul Magoffin Sources:

Week 8: Georgetown @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Georgetown 0 0 0 6 6 • Ga. Tech 7 0 21 7 35 Date: November 13 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Mike Thompson Sources:

Week 9: Auburn @ Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 6 7 21 34 Date: November 25 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game start: 2:00 p. m. Game attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mike Thompson Sources:

The 1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his first year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 8–1 (5–0 SIAA), outscored opponents 312 to 16, and tied for first place with Georgia and Tulane in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).

Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. Its only loss was a controversial one to Pop Warner's Pittsburgh Panthers at Forbes Field. Florent Gibson of the Pittsburgh Post rated Tech as the best team in the country. Tech also handed Centre College its first loss to a southern team since 1916.

Several players received postseason honors. Tackle Bill Fincher made Walter Camp's first-team All-American, then just the fourth Southern player to do so. Captain and senior halfback Buck Flowers made some third-team All-America selections, and led the country with an average of 49.4 yards per punt.

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