1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
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| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 6–3 (4–3 SIAA) |
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| Captain | L. W. Robert Jr. |
| Home stadium | Ponce de Leon Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard (AL) | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. J. R. Davis was selected All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote, "He has one glaring fault—a tendency to tackle around the eyebrows. Otherwise he is a splendid foot ball man. He weighs two hundred pounds, is never hurt, never fumbles, bucks a line hard and furnishes excellent interference. He was the strength and stay of Tech."[1]
Before the season
The University of Georgia attacked Tech's recruitment tactics in football.[2] UGA alumni incited a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association investigation into Tech's recruitment of a player UGA had recruited as well. The Georgia Alumni claimed that Tech had created a fraudulent scholarship fund, which they used to persuade the player to attend Tech rather than UGA.[2] The SIAA ruled in favor of Tech, but the 1908 game was canceled that season due to bad blood between the rivals.[2]
Schedule
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 3 | Gordon* |
| W 32–0 | [3] |
| October 10 | Mooney* |
| W 30–0 | [4] |
| October 17 | Mississippi A&M |
| W 23–0 | [5] |
| October 24 | Alabama |
| W 11–6 | [6] |
| October 31 | Tennessee |
| L 5–6 | [7] |
| November 7 | Auburn |
| L 0–44 | [8] |
| November 14 | Sewanee |
| L 0–6 | [9] |
| November 19 | at Mercer |
| W 16–6 | [10] |
| November 26 | Clemson |
| W 30–6 | [11] |
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References
- ^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
- ^ a b c "Inventory of the Athletic Association Records, 1892–1978". Georgia Tech Archives. Georgia Tech Library. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ "Tech defeats Gordon Institute in first game of season". The Atlanta Journal. October 4, 1908. Retrieved May 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Inman Bell's arm broken in scrimmage". The Atlanta Journal. October 11, 1908. Retrieved May 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech wins easily". The Times-Democrat. October 18, 1908. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech played havoc with Alabama plays". The Atlanta Constitution. October 25, 1908. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee won fierce game from Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1, 1908. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn downs Georgia Tech". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 8, 1908. Retrieved May 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Techs lose to Sewanee". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 15, 1908. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech's line crossed; Fumble gave Mercer touchdown unlooked for in game at Macon". The Commercial Appeal. November 20, 1908. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clemson goes down". The Charlotte Observer. November 27, 1908. Retrieved May 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Media Guide". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ "1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
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