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1923 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1923 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southern Conference
1923 record 3–2–4 (0–0–4 SoCon)
Head coach William Alexander (4th year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Home stadium Grant Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 4 – 0 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
Washington & Lee + 4 – 0 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Florida 1 – 0 – 2     6 – 1 – 2
VPI 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Maryland 3 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 1 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Tulane 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Clemson 1 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 0 – 0 – 4     3 – 2 – 4
NC State 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 1 – 3     3 – 3 – 3
Kentucky 0 – 2 – 2     4 – 3 – 2
Virginia 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
LSU 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SIAA
Week 1: Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Oglethorpe 7 6 0 0 13
• Ga. Tech 7 0 14 7 28
Week 3: Florida at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 7 0 0 0 7
Ga. Tech 0 0 0 7 7
Week 4: Georgetown at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Georgetown 7 3 0 0 10
• Ga. Tech 0 0 14 6 20
Week 5: Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Ga. Tech 0 0 7 0 7
• Notre Dame 7 7 14 7 35
Week 6: Alabama at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0
Week 7: Georgia Tech at Penn State
1 2 3 4 Total
Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0
• Penn State 7 0 0 0 7
Week 9: Auburn at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0

The 1923 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1923 college football season. Tech had ties in every one of its conference games.

Tech used a starting backfield, including sophomore Doug Wycoff, and a "pony backfield" full of smaller, fast substitutes such as Jerry Albright and Frank Harris.

Oglethorpe led at the half on Tech, but Tech came back to win 28–13.

The starting lineup was: Staton (left end), Carpenter (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), McConnell (right guard), Usry (right tackle), Gardner (right end), Carter (quarterback), Hunt (left halfback), Reeves (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback).

Tech beat VMI 10–7. Both teams touchdowns came on interceptions. The starting lineup was: Staton (left end), Merkle (left tackle), McConnell (left guard), Frye (center), McIntyre (right guard), Usry (right tackle), Gardner (right end), I. Williams (quarterback), Hunt (left halfback), Reeves (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback).

The game with the Florida Gators brought considerable interest. In front of 12,000 at Grant Field, the Gators were up 7 to 0 until a rush of substitutes in the fourth quarter got the Yellow Jackets the tying score.

The starting lineup was: Staton (left end), Merkle (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), McConnell (right guard), Usry (right tackle), Gardner (right end), Carter (quarterback), Hunt (left halfback), Farnsworth (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback).

Georgetown led 10–0 at the half, but Tech won 20–10. The starting lineup was: Staton (left end), Merkle (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), McConnell (right guard), Huffines (right tackle), Gardner (right end), Hunt (quarterback), Williams (left halfback), Reeves (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback).

Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish subs ran up a 35–7 score. Over 20,000 fans were in attendance. The starting lineup was: Staton (left end), Merrin (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), McConnell (right guard), Huffines (right tackle), Gardner (right end), Hunt (quarterback), Albright (left halfback), Reeves (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback)


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