The 1904 Yellow Jackets the first great team at Georgia Tech

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The first great team at Georgia Tech was the 8-1-1 1904 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets coached by John Heisman. The Georgia Tech football program had been pretty nondescript with two winning seasons since 1892(2-1-1 in 1893 under Frank O. Spain and Lt Leonard Wood and 4-0-1 in 1901 under Dr Cyrus W. Strickler) and not very competitive overall. With hard work by John Heisman GT became a power in the old Southern only behind Vanderbilt and Auburn.

The 8-1-1 1904 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Lob Brown was All Southern Conference(GT's first All Conference Player) and the Captain was Barien Moore

October 1st@Piedmont Park) Ft. McPherson W 11-5
October 8th@ Piedmont Park) Florida State College(Lake City) W 35-0
October 15th@ Piedmont Park) Mooney School(TN) W 51-0
October 17th@Piedmont Park) Florida Agricultural College W 77-0
October 22nd@ Piedmont Park) Tennessee W 2-0
October 29th@ Auburn) Auburn L 12-0
November 5th@Piedmont Park) Clemson T 11-11
November 12th@Piedmont Park) Georgia W 23-6(First win over UGAG since 1893)
November 16th@Piedmont Park) Tennessee Medical College W 59-0
November 24th@Piedmont Park) Cumberland College W 18-0

Scoring in 1904 was 5 points for a touchdown,1 point for an extra point,4 points for a field goal and 2 points for a safety

 

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The first great team at Georgia Tech was the 8-1-1 1904 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets coached by John Heisman. The Georgia Tech football program had been pretty nondescript with two winning seasons since 1892(2-1-1 in 1893 under Frank O. Spain and Lt Leonard Wood and 4-0-1 in 1901 under Dr Cyrus W. Strickler) and not very competitive overall. With hard work by John Heisman GT became a power in the old Southern only behind Vanderbilt and Auburn.

The 8-1-1 1904 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Lob Brown was All Southern Conference(GT's first All Conference Player) and the Captain was Barien Moore

October 1st@Piedmont Park) Ft. McPherson W 11-5
October 8th@ Piedmont Park) Florida State College(Lake City) W 35-0
October 15th@ Piedmont Park) Mooney School(TN) W 51-0
October 17th@Piedmont Park) Florida Agricultural College W 77-0
October 22nd@ Piedmont Park) Tennessee W 2-0
October 29th@ Auburn) Auburn L 12-0
November 5th@Piedmont Park) Clemson T 11-11
November 12th@Piedmont Park) Georgia W 23-6(First win over UGAG since 1893)
November 16th@Piedmont Park) Tennessee Medical College W 59-0
November 24th@Piedmont Park) Cumberland College W 18-0

Scoring in 1904 was 5 points for a touchdown,1 point for an extra point,4 points for a field goal and 2 points for a safety

They beat Tenn 2-0? Wow, that must have been a thrilling game.....NOT. LOL

 

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Here's a photo of the 1904 Georgia Tech team

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Georgia_Tech_football_team#/media/File:04gatech.jpg

 

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They beat Tenn 2-0? Wow, that must have been a thrilling game.....NOT. LOL

Passing was illegal in 1904. Tennessee was 3-5-1 in 1904

 

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Passing was illegal in 1904

Regardless, a 2 pointer even then was a safety, or I assume it was. That means there was very little offense at all

 

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Regardless, a 2 pointer even then was a safety, or I assume it was. That means there was very little offense at all

Everything then was defense and the kicking game. Until 1903 field goals were 5 points

 

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Everything then was defense and the kicking game. Until 1903 field goals were 5 points

The scores in most of those other games, including Georgia, don't indicate defensive battles.

 

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Here's a photo of the 1904 Georgia Tech team

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Georgia_Tech_football_team#/media/File:04gatech.jpg

I think the guy with the white sweater on his knee was future GT head coach William Alexander

 

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The scores in most of those other games, including Georgia, don't indicate defensive battles.

GT took advantage of poor play by UGAG. They blocked a UGAG punt that went over a wood fence and was recovered next to a creek for a touchdown(It was legal then).

 

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GT took advantage of poor play by UGAG. They blocked a UGAG punt that went over a wood fence and was recovered next to a creek for a touchdown(It was legal then).

WOW. Boy, you sure know a lot about Tech football. I'm in awe.

 

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WOW. Boy, you sure know a lot about Tech football. I'm in awe.

I remember that from the Good Ole Fashioned Hate book

 

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I remember that from the Good Ole Fashioned Hate book

It's been too long since I read that book. Maybe I should pull it off the shelf and read it again.

 

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It's been too long since I read that book. Maybe I should pull it off the shelf and read it again.

The 1905 GT team was even better they went 6-0-1

@The Flats)North Georgia College W 54-0
@The Flats)Alabama W 12-5
@The Flats)Cumberland College W 51-0
@The Flats)Tennessee W 45-0
@The Flats)Sewanee College T 18-18
@The Flats)Georgia W 46-0
@The Flats)Clemson W 17-10

 

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The 1905 GT team was even better they went 6-0-1

@The Flats)North Georgia College W 54-0
@The Flats)Alabama W 12-5
@The Flats)Cumberland College W 51-0
@The Flats)Tennessee W 45-0
@The Flats)Sewanee College T 18-18
@The Flats)Georgia W 46-0
@The Flats)Clemson W 17-10

Most of those games were not exactly defensive battles either. lol

 

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Most of those games were not exactly defensive battles either. lol

The first season passing was legal. John Heisman campaigned to legalize passing because the middle of the line was so bunched up. A football back then looked like a rugby ball and you could pretty much only pass it underhand

 

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The first season passing was legal. John Heisman campaigned to legalize passing because the middle of the line was so bunched up. A football back then looked like a rugby ball and you could pretty much only pass it underhand

I knew that much

 

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I knew that much

those were great times for GT they dominated UGAG until when George MacWhorter played running back for Georgia from 1910-1912 when UGAG won 11-6,5-0 and 20-0

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

The 1905 GT team was even better they went 6-0-1

@The Flats)North Georgia College W 54-0
@The Flats)Alabama W 12-5
@The Flats)Cumberland College W 51-0
@The Flats)Tennessee W 45-0
@The Flats)Sewanee College T 18-18
@The Flats)Georgia W 46-0
@The Flats)Clemson W 17-10

From memory, Sewanee was an original SEC member and pretty good, until they realized they couldn't keep up with the arms race.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Great stuff. When I did my stats for GT football, I started them in 1904. That's because before that time, football at GT didn't have a paid coach, just a prof doing a collateral duty.

Every year I look at the history of GT football and how we did historically. Trying to get a perspective. Data is largely from http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cfindex.htm In 1904 and 1905, the SOS was about 10% (weak). But in 1906 and 1907 it got up to ~55%. So then, like now, you have to consider the SOS Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the Scout star statistics that far bac, .....

Here's the "early years through Heisman (04-19):

 

[VolJacket]

Great stuff. When I did my stats for GT football, I started them in 1904. That's because before that time, football at GT didn't have a paid coach, just a prof doing a collateral duty.

Every year I look at the history of GT football and how we did historically. Trying to get a perspective. Data is largely from http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cfindex.htm In 1904 and 1905, the SOS was about 10% (weak). But in 1906 and 1907 it got up to ~55%. So then, like now, you have to consider the SOS Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the Scout star statistics that far bac, .....

Here's the "early years through Heisman (04-19):

That's really cool