1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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]

1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainL. W. Robert Jr.
Home stadiumPonce de Leon Park
1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 2 –0 –010 –0 –0
Auburn + 4 –1 –06 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –0 –17 –2 –1
Tennessee 3 –2 –07 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Georgia 2 –2 –15 –2 –1
Alabama 1 –1 –16 –1 –1
Sewanee 1 –1 –14 –1 –3
Mississippi A&M 1 –3 –03 –4 –0
Ole Miss 0 –2 –03 –5 –0
Mercer 0 –3 –03 –4 –0
Clemson 0 –4 –01 –6 –0
Nashville   –    –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

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
The team in action
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Gordon*
W 32–0
October 10Mooney*
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–0
October 17Mississippi A&M
W 23–0
October 24Alabama
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
W 11–6[3]
October 31Tennessee
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 5–6[4]
November 7Auburn
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 0–44
November 14Sewanee
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–6
November 19at Mercer
W 16–6[5]
November 26Clemson
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
W 30–6
  • *Non-conference game

[6][7]

References
  1. Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
  2. "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.
  3. "Tech played havoc with Alabama plays". The Atlanta Constitution. October 25, 1908. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tennessee won fierce game from Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1, 1908. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "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.
  6. "Georgia Tech Media Guide". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  7. "1908 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".


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