1934 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1934 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record1–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Double wing
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1933
1935  
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 010 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 010 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 08 2 0
LSU 4 2 07 2 2
Georgia 3 2 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 06 3 0
Florida 2 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 14 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 05 5 0
Auburn 1 6 02 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 02 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 04 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1934 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 1–9, with a conference record of 0–6, and finished 13th in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Clemson *W 12–7 [2]
October 6 Vanderbilt
L 12–2710,000 [3]
October 13at Duke *L 0–2030,000 [4]
October 20at Michigan *L 2–920,901 [5]
October 27at Tulane L 12–2012,000 [6]
November 3 North Carolina *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–26 [7]
November 10 Auburn
L 6–18 [8]
November 17 Alabama
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–4014,000 [9]
November 24at Florida L 12–13 [10]
December 1at Georgia L 0–714,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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