1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football

National champion (Boand, Helms, Houlgate, et al.) Co-national champion (Davis) SoCon champion
Rose Bowl, W 8–7 vs. California
Conference	Southern Conference
1928 record	10–0 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach	William Alexander (9th year)
Assistant coach	Don Miller
Assistant coach	Bill Fincher
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Captain	Peter Pund
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

1928 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

V. M. I. at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
V. M. I.	0	0	0	0	0
• Ga. Tech	0	6	7	6	19

Date: October 6
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 18,000
Referee: Foster (South Carolina)

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Georgia Tech at Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ga. Tech	0	6	0	6	12
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 14
Location: Tulane Stadium
New Orleans, LA

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Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	0
• Ga. Tech	7	0	0	6	13

Date: October 20
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 35,000

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Georgia Tech at North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ga. Tech	6	14	0	0	20
UNC	0	0	0	7	7

Date: October 27
Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium
Chapel Hill, NC
Game start: 3:00 p. m.
Game attendance: 20,000

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Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oglethorpe	0	7	0	0	7
• Ga. Tech	0	7	6	10	23

Date: November 3
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 8,000
Game weather: Rain
Referee: Buck Cheves

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Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	7	7
• Ga. Tech	0	7	6	6	19

Date: November 10
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gardner (Illinois)

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Alabama at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Alabama	0	13	0	0	13
• Ga. Tech	6	7	0	20	33

Date: November 17
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 26,000

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Georgia at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	6	0	0	0	6
• Ga. Tech	0	7	13	0	20

Date: December 8
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game start: 2:00 p. m.
Game attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gardner (Cornell)

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The 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly known as Georgia Tech) during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team, which was a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), was coached by William Alexander in his ninth year as head coach. Alexander compiled a record of 10–0 (7–0 SoCon) and outscored his opponents 213 to 40. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field.

Both USC and Georgia Tech claimed national championships for 1928. Under the Dickinson System, USC was recognized as number 1, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the number 2 and 3 teams, California and Georgia Tech. The game was decided by a safety, which was scored after Cal's Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels ran 65 yards (59 m) in the wrong direction.

Several Georgia Tech players received postseason honors. Captain and center Peter Pund was a consensus All-American. Coach Knute Rockne said of Tech's 13–0 defeat of Notre Dame, "I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one man–Peter Pund". Tackle Frank Speer was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press.

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