1907 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1907 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (2–4 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainC. A. Sweet
Home stadiumThe Flats, Ponce de Leon Park
Seasons
  1906
1908  
1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 0 05 1 1
Sewanee 6 1 08 1 0
LSU 3 1 07 3 0
Alabama 3 1 25 1 2
Tennessee 3 2 07 2 1
Auburn 3 2 16 2 1
Georgia 3 3 14 3 1
Mississippi A&M 3 3 06 3 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 04 4 0
Clemson 1 3 04 4 0
Mercer 0 3 03 3 0
Howard (AL) 0 5 02 5 0
Ole Miss 0 5 00 6 0
Nashville     
  • $ Conference champion

The 1907 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1907 college football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5 Gordon *
W 51–0 [1]
October 12 North Georgia *
  • The Flats
  • Atlanta, GA
W 70–0 [2]
October 19 Tennessee W 6–4 [3]
October 26 Auburn
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 6–12 [4]
November 2 Georgia
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
W 10–6 [5]
November 9 Sewanee
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 6–37 [6]
November 16at Vanderbilt L 0–54 [7]
November 282:30 p.m. Clemson
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 5–6 [8] [9] [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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