1909 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1909 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain J. R. Davis
Home stadium Ponce de Leon Park
Seasons
  1908
1910  
1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 4 0 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 07 3 0
Alabama 4 1 15 1 2
LSU 3 1 06 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 4 2 05 2 0
Howard (AL) 2 2 05 2 1
Clemson 2 2 06 3 0
Ole Miss 1 2 14 3 2
Georgia 1 4 11 4 2
The Citadel 0 1 14 3 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 05 4 0
Mercer 0 4 03 5 0
Tennessee 0 5 01 6 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1909 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1909 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2 Gordon *W 18–6 [1]
October 10Mooney*
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 35–6 [2]
October 16 South Carolina *
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 59–0 [3]
October 23 Sewanee
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–15 [4]
October 30at Tennessee W 29–0 [5]
November 6 Auburn
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 0–8 [6]
November 13at Mercer
W 35–0 [7]
November 20 Georgia
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
W 12–6 [8]
November 25 Clemson
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
W 29–3 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Jackets win from Gordon". The Atlanta Constitution. October 3, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tech beats Mooney, but preps score". Nashville Banner. October 11, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "South Carolina trimmed proper". The Atlanta Constitution. October 17, 1909. Retrieved January 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tigers trim Tech eleven by good score". The Atlanta Constitution. October 24, 1909. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Jackets swamp Tennessee team". The Atlanta Constitution. October 31, 1909. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Yellow Jackets play great ball, but are beaten by Auburn". The Atlanta Constitution. November 7, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tech wallops Mercer". The Atlanta Constitution. November 14, 1909. Retrieved March 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tech defeats Georgia". The Charlotte Observer. November 21, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tech beats Clemson". The Tampa Tribune. November 26, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Georgia Tech Media Guide". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  11. "1909 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".