1925 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1925 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southern Conference
1925 record	6–2–1 (4–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	William Alexander (6th year)
Assistant coach	Don Miller
Assistant coach	Bill Fincher
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Captain	Doug Wycoff
Home stadium	Grant Field
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Seasons ← 1924 1926 →

1925 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama +	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Washington and Lee	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Virginia	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
VPI	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
LSU	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

Week 1: Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Oglethorpe 0 0 0 7 7 • Ga. Tech 0 6 0 7 13 Date: September 26 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Sources:

Week 2: V. M. I. at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total V. M. I. 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 7 14 12 33 Date: October 3 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Jogger Elcock Sources:

Week 3: Georgia Tech at Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total • Ga. Tech 0 0 7 9 16 Penn St. 0 7 0 0 7 Date: October 10 Location: Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY Game attendance: 8,000 Game weather: Wind Referee: C. J. McCarty (Germantown) Sources:

Week 4: Florida at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 0 7 0 7 • Ga. Tech 7 3 13 0 23 Date: October 17 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Sources:

Week 5: Alabama at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 0 7 0 7 Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 24 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 20,000 Game weather: Wet Sources:

Week 6: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 6 7 0 0 13 Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 31 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 10,000 Game weather: Cold rain Referee: Burch (Chicago) Sources:

Week 7: Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 7 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Referee: Ed Finlay Sources:

Week 8: Georgia at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 0 0 3 0 3 Date: November 14 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gardner (Big Ten) Sources:

The 1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1925 Southern Conference football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his 6th year as head coach, compiling a record of 6–2–1. The team was captained by Doug Wycoff. It had one of the best defenses in school history.

The team most notably beat Penn State. It suffered losses to national champion Alabama and the defending national champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It also had a surprise tie with rival Auburn.

1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass. Coach William Alexander was a Heisman protege and utilized his "jump shift". Don Miller of Four Horsemen fame assisted Alexander in the backfield, and former star Tech tackle Bill Fincher assisted with the line.

Triple threat Doug Wycoff, mentioned for All-American by Lawrence Perry at the end of last year, was elected captain of the 1925 team, having been "the outstanding back of the South for the past two years." Coach Alexander called him "the best player ever to wear a cleat for Georgia Tech."

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