1936 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1936 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
CaptainMiddleton Fitzsimmons
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1935
1937  
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 09 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 18 0 1
Auburn 4 1 17 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 26 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 07 3 1
Georgia 3 3 05 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 15 5 1
Tulane 2 3 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 13 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 06 4 0
Florida 1 5 04 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 15 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1936 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 1936 college football season. In their 17th year under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 5–5–1, with a conference record of 3–3–1, and finished seventh in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Presbyterian *W 55–0 [2]
October 3 Sewanee
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 58–08,000 [3]
October 10 Kentucky
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 34–030,000 [4]
October 17at Duke *L 6–1932,000 [5]
October 24at Vanderbilt T 0–010,000 [6]
October 31 Clemson *
L 13–1411,000 [7]
November 7No. 20 Auburn
L 12–1318,000 [8]
November 14No. 4 Alabama
L 16–2020,000 [9]
November 21 Florida
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 38–1410,000 [10]
November 28at Georgia L 6–1623,000 [11]
December 26 California *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–715,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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