1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
American college football season
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The 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] 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 10â0 (7â0 SoCon) and outscored his opponents 213 to 40. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field.
- William Alexander (9th season)
| 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football | |
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Rose Bowl, W 8â7 vs. California | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 10â0 (7â0 SoCon) |
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| Offensive scheme | Jump shift |
| Captain | Peter Pund |
| Home stadium | Grant Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Georgia Tech $ | 7 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 6 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 0 | â | 7 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team was selected national champion by Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, NCF, Poling, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess), while Parke Davis named them co-champion as shared with Detroit.[3] Additionally, USC also earned recognition under the Dickinson System. USC declined the 1929 Rose Bowl invitation, resulting in a matchup of 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 13â0 defeat of Notre Dame, "I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one manâPeter Pund". Tackle Frank Speer was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press.
Before the season
After the defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs' 1927 Dream and Wonder team,[4][5] Georgia Tech returned all but one of its key players.[6][7][note 2] Alabama coach Wallace Wade said Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Vanderbilt had the best chances of winning a southern title.[9][10] Georgia Tech head coach William Alexander held daily scrimmages.[11]
The Golden Tornado was led by center and senior captain Peter Pund, who was never penalized,[12] and was a key player on defense.[13] Halfback Warner Mizell headed a powerful backfield that also included Stumpy Thomason and Father Lumpkin.[5][13]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | VMI | W 13â0 | 18,000 | [14] | ||
| October 13 | at Tulane | W 12â0 | [15] | |||
| October 20 | Notre Dame* |
| W 13â0 | 35,000 | [16] | |
| October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at North Carolina | W 20â7 | 20,000 | [17] | |
| November 3 | Oglethorpe* |
| W 32â7 | 8,000 | [18] | |
| November 10 | Vanderbilt |
| W 19â7 | 30,000 | [19] | |
| November 17 | Alabama |
| W 33â13 | 26,000 | [20][21] | |
| November 29 | Auburn |
| W 51â0 | 20,000 | [22] | |
| December 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Georgia |
| W 20â6 | 40,000 | [23] |
| January 1, 1929 | vs. California* | W 8â7 | 66,604 | [24] | ||
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Game summaries
VMI
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VMI | 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)
- Sources:[26]
Georgia Tech opened the season on October 6 with a 13â0 defeat of the VMI Keydets, in a game marred by fumbles in every quarter.[26] Tech gained 307 yards and VMI 159.[27] The Georgia Tech line "tore the V. M. I. line to shreds" and all members of the backfield played well.[26] W. R. Tichenor was umpire.[26] Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Holland (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[26]
Tulane
| Team | 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
- Sources:[28]
In the second week of play, Georgia Tech scored twice on forward passes to beat the Tulane Green Wave 12â0. The first one came in the second quarter; Warner Mizell threw a 25-yard (23 m) pass to Tom Jones. The second came in the fourth quarter on a pass from Dunlap to Stumpy Thomason.[28] Georgia Tech started the second half of the game with a fierce drive down to the 1-yard (0.91 m) line when Randolph fumbled the ball away.[28]
Notre Dame
| Team | 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
- Sources:[29]
Georgia Tech next defeated coach Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13â0.[29] Father Lumpkin intercepted two Irish passes, setting up the winning score by running the second interception down to the 3-yard (2.7 m) line.[30] After the game, coach Rockne said, "I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one manâPeter Pund ... Nobody could stop him. I counted 20 scoring plays that this man ruined".[31][32] Rockne later also wrote of an attack on his coaching in the Atlanta Journal, "I am surprised that a paper of such fine, high standing [as yours] would allow a zipper to write in his particular vein ... the article by Fuzzy Woodruff was not called for".[33]
Tech's backfield coach Don Miller was a former player of Rockne's, one of the "Four Horsemen". As coach Alexander explained, "Coach Miller knows the Notre Dame offense of Knute Rockne as well as any man alive. It's virtually the same offense that Kid Woodruff has at Georgia."[34]
Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Holland (left end), Maree (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[29]
North Carolina
| Team | 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
- Sources:[35]
The Golden Tornado then invaded North Carolina for the first time and beat the Tar Heels 20â7.[36] Georgia Tech started the game with its second stringers, which seemed to perform sufficiently.[35]
Four minutes into the game, Earl Dunlap hit Tom Jones with a 55-yard (50 m) touchdown pass.[35] The next score came when Fitzgerald cut back on a 37-yard (34 m) touchdown run. The third was a short run Dunlap set up by a pass to Holland.[37] In the second half, Tech made two first downs to ten for North Carolina.[37] Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Watkins (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[38]
Oglethorpe
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| ⢠Ga. Tech | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
- Date: November 3
- Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA - Game attendance: 8,000
- Game weather: Rain
- Referee: Buck Cheves
- Sources:[39]
Georgia Tech defeated the local Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels 32â7. Light rain kept the attendance at 8,000.[40] After a 7â7 tie in the first half, the Petrels were smothered "under an avalanche of off tackle plays" in the second;[39][41] their touchdown drive having used up all of their energy.[40] Cy Bell was Oglethorpe's star.[39]
Stumpy Thomason had multiple long gains.[39] Tech gained 320 yards (290 m) to Oglethorpe's 62 yards (57 m).[40] W. R. Tichenor was umpire. Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Edwards (left guard), Pund (center), Brooke (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Wilson (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[39]
Vanderbilt
| Team | 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)
- Sources:[42]
Georgia Tech ended the Jimmy Armistead-led Vanderbilt Commodores' hopes of a southern title with a 19â7 victory.[43] The ground-gaining of Thomason, Lumpkin, and Mizell carried Georgia Tech.[43]
Georgia Tech's first touchdown came on a 45-yard (41 m) pass from Tom Jones to Warner Mizell on a triple pass play.[42] Georgia Tech's next score came on an end run from Mizell. Vanderbilt's lone score came on an 85-yard (78 m) run by lineman Bull Brown after picking up a Stumpy Thomason fumble.[44] The last score was a short run by Lumpkin.[42] W. R. Tichenor was field judge. Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Maree (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Schulman (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Lumpkin (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[42]
Alabama
| Team | 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
- Sources:[45]
Tech defeated coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide 33â13, scoring three times in the final period to break a 13â13 tie at the half.[45] Coach Alexander gave his team a fiery halftime speech, drawing up defensive plays.[34]
Warner Mizell scored first when he went back to punt, but fumbled the snap, and picked it up and ran it 75 yards (69 m).[45] In the fourth quarter, Alabama drove to Tech's 32-yard (29 m) line when Tony Holm, who had been playing his greatest game, suffered a fractured rib.[45] Georgia Tech took over and the deadlock was eventually broken when Stumpy Thomason ran 46 yards (42 m). Later, Mizell passed to Thomason for another touchdown. The final score came on an interception from Bob Durant returned 55 yards (50 m).[45]
Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Maree (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[46]
Auburn
Prior to the rivalry game with Auburn, Mizell was stricken with the flu.[47] Tech still won 51â0. Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Maree (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Watkins (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Schulman (quarterback), Fiasst (left halfback), Lumpkin (right halfback), and Randolph (fullback).[47]
Georgia
| Team | 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)
- Sources:[48]
In the final game of the regular season, Georgia Tech defeated the rival Georgia Bulldogs 20â6.[48] In the third period, Stumpy Thomason twisted for a 42-yard (38 m) run after an exchange of punts. Lumpkin ran through the line for 15 yards (14 m) and the ensuing touchdown to lead 14â6.[48]
The same week, the Tennessee Volunteers upset the high-scoring Florida Gators to give Georgia Tech the only claim to the southern championship.[48] Georgia Tech's starting lineup was Jones (left end), Watkins (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Thrash (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), and Lumpkin (fullback).[48]
Post-season
California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⢠Ga. Tech | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Cal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
- Date: January 1, 1929
- Location: Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA - Game attendance: 66,604
- Referee: C. W. Streit
- Sources:[49]
Under the Dickinson System, USC was recognized as #1 but the 1929 Rose Bowl was contested between the #2 and #3 teams, California and Georgia Tech. The game was decided by a safety scored after California center Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels ran 65 yards (59 m) in the wrong direction, having picked up a fumble by Stumpy Thomason.[49]
Thirty yards (27 m) from Tech's end zone, Riegels was turned around and ran many yards in the wrong direction.[4] Riegels told the Associated Press, "I was running toward the sidelines when I picked up the ball ... I started to turn to my left toward Tech's goal. Somebody shoved me and I bounded right off into a tackler. In pivoting to get away from him, I completely lost my bearings."[50] Teammate and quarterback Benny Lom chased Riegels, screaming at him to stop. Known for his speed, Lom finally caught up with Riegels at California's 3-yard (2.7 m) line and tried to turn him around, but he was immediately rushed by a wave of Georgia Tech players, and tackled by Frank Waddey and Vance Maree at the 1-yard (0.91 m) line.[51] The Bears chose to punt rather than risk a play so close to their own end zone, but Maree blocked Lom's punt for a safety, giving Tech a 2â0 lead.[52][53]
| External videos | |
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 Riegels' wrong way run, YouTube video. |
During Roy's wrong-way run, coach Alexander told his excited players, who were jumping near the team's bench; "Sit down. Sit down. He's just running the wrong way. Every step he takes is to our advantage".[54] Broadcaster Graham McNamee, who was commentating the game on radio, said during Riegels' run; "What am I seeing? What's wrong with me? Am I crazy? Am I crazy? Am I crazy?"[55]
After the play, Riegels was so distraught he had to be persuaded to return to the game for the second half by his head coach Nibs Price. Riegels said, "Coach, I can't do it. I've ruined you, I've ruined myself, I've ruined the University of California. I couldn't face that crowd to save my life." Coach Price responded by saying "Roy, get up and go back out thereâthe game is only half over".[56] Riegels did play on; he turned in a strong second-half performance, including blocking a Georgia Tech punt.[57] Lom passed for a touchdown and kicked the extra point, but that was not enough.[58] Georgia Tech won the game and its second national championship 8â7. Its starting lineup was Waddey (left end), Speer (left tackle), Drennon (left guard), Pund (center), Westbrook (right guard), Maree (right tackle), Jones (right end), Durant (quarterback), Thomason (left halfback), Mizell (right halfback), and Lumpkin (fullback).[59]
Awards and honors
Individual
Several Georgia Tech players received post-season honors. Tackle Frank Speer was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press.[60] Center Peter Pund was recognized as a consensus All-American.[61] Halfback Warner Mizell was a second-team All-American and first-team All-Southern. Ends Tom Jones and Frank Waddey, tackle Vance Maree, and guard Raleigh Drennon were also placed on All-Southern teams.[62] Coach Alexander called Drennon "the best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."[13]
National champions
Both USC and Georgia Tech claimed national championships for 1928.[63] Georgia Tech was retroactively selected as the national champion by the Berryman QPRS system, Billingsley Report, Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin's ELO-Chess methodology system, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[64] In honor of the Rose Bowl victory, Stumpy Thomason was given a bear cub by a local businessman. He grew attached to it, would drive it around town, and feed it Coca-Cola.[65]
Personnel
Depth chart
The following chart depicts Tech's lineup during the 1928 season with games started at the position shown in parentheses.[38] The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.
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Lettermen
Line
| Number | Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Jim Brooke | Guard | 1 | Columbus, Georgia | 5'11" | 180 | 18 | |
| 10 | Raleigh Drennon | Guard | 8 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5'10" | 187 | 21 | |
| 42 | Hudson Edwards | Guard | 1 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'0" | 181 | 18 | |
| 4 | Ed Herron | End | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 5'10" | 170 | 19 | ||
| 2 | Glenn Holland | End | 2 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5'11" | 170 | 20 | |
| 5 | Tom Jones | End | 8 | Clarkesville, Georgia | 5'11" | 175 | 19 | |
| 61 | Slick Keener | End | Gadsden, Alabama | 5'10" | 181 | 21 | ||
| 38 | Vance Maree | Tackle | 4 | Savannah, Georgia | 6'1" | 191 | 19 | |
| 15 | Peter Pund | Center | 9 | Augusta, Georgia | Richmond Academy | 6'0" | 182 | 21 |
| 78 | Seedy Rusk | Center | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'0" | 179 | 21 | ||
| 48 | Frank Speer | Tackle | 7 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'0" | 204 | 20 | |
| 80 | Ken Thrash | Tackle | 3 | Orlando, Florida | 5'10" | 190 | 22 | |
| 22 | Phil Von Weller | End | Albany, Georgia | 6'0" | 178 | 20 | ||
| 26 | Coot Watkins | Tackle | 3 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'0" | 199 | 20 | |
| 70 | Frank Waddey | End | 9 | Memphis, Tennessee | 5'10" | 184 | 23 | |
| 6 | Joe Westbrook | Guard | 8 | Moultrie, Georgia | 5'11" | 180 | 23 |
Source:[38]
Backfield
| Number | Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Earl Dunlap | Halfback | Sumter, South Carolina | 5'10" | 177 | 18 | ||
| 22 | Bob Durant | Quarterback | 7 | Bluefield, West Virginia | 5'9" | 161 | 20 | |
| 7 | Sleepy Faisst | Halfback | 1 | Little Rock, Arkansas | 5'10" | 160 | 20 | |
| 18 | Fite Fitzgerald | Halfback | Jackson, Tennessee | 5'10" | 164 | 20 | ||
| 59 | Father Lumpkin | Fullback | 4 | Dallas, Texas | Oak Cliff High | 6'1" | 176 | 19 |
| 67 | Warner Mizell | Halfback | 8 | Atlanta, Georgia | Miami Senior High | 5'10" | 170 | 20 |
| 63 | Bob Parham | Halfback | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'1" | 176 | 21 | ||
| 24 | Bob Randolph | Fullback | 8 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5'10" | 176 | 21 | |
| 28 | Izzy Shulman | Quarterback, halfback | 2 | Jackson, Tennessee | 5'8" | 155 | 20 | |
| 37 | Shorty Smith | Halfback | Cartersville, Georgia | 5'7" | 153 | 21 | ||
| 71 | Stumpy Thomason | Halfback | 7 | Atlanta, Georgia | 5'8" | 174 | 20 |
Source:[38]
Substitutes
Line
| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Fatty Cain | Center | Savannah, Georgia | 5'9" | 183 | 18 | |
| 65 | Jack Holt | Tackle | Little Rock, Arkansas | 6'1" | 188 | 20 | |
| Joe Kent | Guard | Moultrie, Georgia | 5'10" | 181 | 21 | ||
| 1 | Hobby Law | Center | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 5'9" | 173 | 19 | |
| 81 | Geo Muse | Center | Covington, Kentucky | 5'10" | 178 | 19 |
Source:[38]
Backfield
| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Jimmie Frink | Halfback | Miami, Florida | 5'10" | 162 | 19 | |
| Bob Horn | Halfback | Norfolk, Virginia | 5'10" | 178 | 21 | ||
| 54 | Sol Luna | Halfback | Pittsburg, Tennessee | 5'8" | 163 | 20 | |
| 8 | Russ Russell | Halfback | New York, New York | 5'10" | 160 | 19 | |
| Bob Strickland | Halfback | Sumter, South Carolina | 5'10" | 174 | 19 |
Source:[38]
Coaching staff
- Head coach: William Alexander
- Backfield coach: Don Miller
- Line coach: Bill Fincher
- End coach: Captain Robinson
- Managers: L. J. Harris, L. R. Leach
See also
Notes
- 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]
- 1927's captain Ed Crowley graduated and played baseball with the Washington Senators in 1928.[8]
