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1906 Georgia Tech

5–⁠3–⁠1, coached by John Heisman. The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠3–⁠1, over 10 games to the nine on file here.

Heisman is holding his pet dog "Woo".
Heisman is holding his pet dog “Woo”.Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1906, game by game: tied vs. Maryville (TN) 6–6; won vs. North Georgia 11–0; won vs. Chattanooga 18–0; lost vs. Sewanee 0–16; won vs. Davidson 4–0; won vs. Auburn 11–0; won at Georgia 17–0; lost vs. Vanderbilt 6–37; lost vs. Clemson 0–10+18−31Tied 6–6 vs. Maryville (TN)0Maryville (TN)Won 11–0 vs. North Georgia+11North GeorgiaWon 18–0 vs. Chattanooga+18ChattanoogaLost 0–16 vs. Sewanee-16SewaneeWon 4–0 vs. Davidson+4DavidsonWon 11–0 vs. Auburn+11AuburnWon 17–0 at Georgia+17GeorgiaLost 6–37 vs. Vanderbilt-31VanderbiltLost 0–10 vs. Clemson-10Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsMaryville (TN)T 6–⁠692%
Oct 6vsNorth GeorgiaW 11–⁠091%
Oct 13vsChattanoogaW 18–⁠069%
Oct 20vsSewaneeL 0–⁠1656%
Oct 27vsDavidsonW 4–⁠063%
Nov 3vsAuburnW 11–⁠067%
Nov 10atGeorgiaW 17–⁠063%
Nov 17vsVanderbiltL 6–⁠3741%
Nov 29vsClemsonL 0–⁠1057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 10–⁠0.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Georgia Tech’s 1906 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 24atMercerW 61–⁠0Georgia Tech’s article
Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
73–⁠69
Coach
John Heisman
Elo
1527 −28 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−8.5 No. 44 of 64 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
E.C. Davies