1922 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

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1922 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
1922 record 7–2 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach William Alexander (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Jump shift
Captain John McIntyre
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
« 1921 1923 »
1922 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 5 0 0     8 0 1
North Carolina + 5 0 0     9 1 0
Georgia Tech + 4 0 0     7 2 0
VPI 3 0 0     8 1 1
Florida 2 0 0     7 2 0
Auburn 2 1 0     8 2 0
Tennessee 3 2 0     8 2 0
Alabama 3 2 1     6 3 1
Virginia 1 1 1     4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0     3 4 2
Kentucky 1 2 0     6 3 0
Clemson 1 2 0     5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 2 0     5 3 1
Maryland 1 2 0     4 5 1
LSU 1 2 0     3 7 0
Georgia 1 3 1     5 4 1
Tulane 1 4 0     4 4 0
South Carolina 0 2 0     5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0     4 5 1
NC State 0 5 0     4 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SIAA

The 1922 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1922 college football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his 3rd year as head coach, compiling a record of 7–2 (4–0 SoCon) and outscoring opponents 157 to 59.

Red Barron made Walter Camp's second-team All-America.

Before the season

1922 is the first season of the new Southern Conference, and freshmen were barred from play.[3][4]

In the line, at either end one finds brothers John and Al Staton. At guard was Oscar Davis, who with Barron was later named to an All-Tech Alexander era team.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 30 Oglethorpe* Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 31–6    
October 7 Davidson* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–0    
October 14 Alabama Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 33–7    
October 21 at Navy* Worden FieldAnnapolis, MD L 0–13    
October 28 Notre Dame* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 3–13    
November 4 Clemson Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 21–7    
November 11 Georgetown* Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–7    
November 18 NC State Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 17–0    
November 30 Auburn Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 14–6    
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Alabama

Tech defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 33–7. Alabama's score came when Country Oliver returned a kickoff 95 yards.[7]

Notre Dame

Tech played Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the first time. The Four Horsemen were sophomores playing their first year on the varsity, and beat Tech 13–3.[8][9] The Irish stopped Red Barron.[10]

McDonough running interference for Brewster

Auburn

Auburn at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 0 0 6 6
Ga. Tech 0 7 7 0 14

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Tech beat coach Mike Donahue's rival Auburn Tigers to secure a share of the SoCon championship. The 1922 team is considered one of Auburn's greatest football teams,[12] and they had lost only to undefeated Army. Still Tech held the Tigers without a first down in the second and third periods.[11] Ed Sherling scored Auburn's touchdown on a 16-yard rush.[11]

The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Usry (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).[11]

Postseason

Red Barron and Vanderbilt's Lynn Bomar were the only unanimous All-Southern selections.

Notes

  1. Although Georgia Tech's teams are officially known as the "Yellow Jackets", northern writers called the team the "Golden Tornado" in 1917; the name was commonly used until 1928 and for many years afterwards as an alternate nickname.[1] It may have been coined by Morgan Blake.[2]

Endnotes

  1. Van Brimmer & Rice 2011, p. 147
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  10. http://archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1922s.pdf
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References

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