1919 Georgia Tech
7–3 (3–1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association), coached by John Heisman. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Furman 74–0Sep 27
By 74 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vsCamp Logan | W 48–0 | 94% |
| Sep 27 | vs Furman | W 74–0 | 87% |
| Oct 4 | vs Wake Forest | W 14–0 | 84% |
| Oct 11 | vs Clemson | W 28–0 | 72% |
| Oct 18 | vs Vanderbilt | W 20–0 | 74% |
| Oct 25 | at Pittsburgh | L 6–16 | 50% |
| Nov 1 | vs Davidson | W 33–0 | 75% |
| Nov 8 | vsWashington and Lee | L 0–3 | 75% |
| Nov 15 | vs Georgetown | W 27–0 | 60% |
| Nov 27 | vs Auburn | L 7–14 | 77% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Auburn 14–7; tied for 3rd in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season article and Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1920) list one game of Georgia Tech’s 1919 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. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | vsCamp Gordonservice team | W 48–0 | Georgia Tech’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1920Our records have Georgia Tech playing Wake Forest on October 4. |
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1919.
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 3–1 tied for 3rd in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 257–33
- Coach
- John Heisman
- Elo
- 1654 +14 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 12.7 No. 33 of 99 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Pup Phillips
- Offense
- Jump shift
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 5–1 | 8–1 | |
 Alabama | 5–1 | 8–1 | |
 Georgia Tech | 3–1 | 7–3 | |
 Kentucky | 1–0–1 | 3–4–1 | |
 Mississippi State | 4–2 | 6–2 | |
| Furman | 2–1–1 | 6–2–1 | |
 Tulane | 2–1–1 | 6–2–1 | |
| Vanderbilt | 2–1–2 | 5–1–2 | |
 LSU | 2–2 | 6–2 | |
| Clemson | 2–2–2 | 6–2–2 | |
 Georgia | 2–2–2 | 4–2–3 | |
 Wofford | 1–1 | 3–2–1 | |
 Florida | 1–2 | 5–3 | |
 Tennessee | 0–3–1 | 3–3–3 | |
 The Citadel | 0–4 | 4–4–1 | |
 Ole Miss | 0–4 | 4–4 | |
 Samford | 0–3 | 3–5–2 | |
 Chattanooga | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
 Mercer | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.