1924 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1924 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southern Conference
1924 record	5–3–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach	William Alexander (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Home stadium	Grant Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1923 1925 →

1924 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Sewanee*	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt*	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
VPI	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	2	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SIAA

V. M. I. at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total V. M. I. 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 4 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Jogger Elcock

Florida at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 7 0 0 7 Ga. Tech 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 11 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: W. R. Tichenor

Penn State at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Penn St. 0 0 0 13 13 • Ga. Tech 3 9 3 0 15 Date: October 18 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia Game attendance: 22,000 Referee: C. J. McCarty (Germantown) Sources:

Alabama at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 7 0 7 14 Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 25 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Sources:

Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Vanderbilt 3 0 0 0 3 Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 15 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia Sources:

Auburn at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 17 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia Sources:

The 1924 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his 5th year as head coach, compiling a record of 5–3–1 record.

The Tornado defeated eastern power Penn State, and suffered losses to SoCon champion Alabama, national champion Notre Dame, and Vanderbilt, which defeated Tech in Atlanta for the first time since 1906.

Doug Wycoff was All-American.

The season opened with a 19–0 defeat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association co-champion Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels.

Tech edged VMI with an Ike Williams field goal.

The starting lineup was Merkle (left end), Usry (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Carpenter (right guard), Gardner (right tackle), Nebelle (right end), Wilton (quarterback), Williams (left halfback), Reeves (right halfback), Wycoff (fullback).

Tech and the Florida Gators fought to a 7–7 tie, the second Florida-Tech tie in two years.

Within the first few minutes, Tech scored when Gus Merkle launched at Edgar C. Jones, causing him to crash into the approaching Cy Williams and fumble. Doug Wycoff picked it up and ran 35 yards for the score. Florida once fumbled at Tech's 1-yard line. Again the Gators drove to the goal, and a Jones to Ark Newton pass tied the game.

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