1935 Georgia Tech

5–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by William Alexander.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1935, game by game: won vs. Presbyterian 33–0; won vs. Sewanee 32–0; lost at Kentucky 6–25; won vs. Duke 6–0; lost at North Carolina 0–19; lost vs. Vanderbilt 13–14; lost vs. Auburn 7–33; lost at Alabama 7–38; won vs. Florida 39–6; won vs. Georgia 19–7+33−31Won 33–0 vs. Presbyterian+33PresbyterianWon 32–0 vs. Sewanee+32SewaneeLost 6–25 at Kentucky-19KentuckyWon 6–0 vs. Duke+6DukeLost 0–19 at North Carolina-19North CarolinaLost 13–14 vs. Vanderbilt-1VanderbiltLost 7–33 vs. Auburn-26AuburnLost 7–38 at Alabama-31AlabamaWon 39–6 vs. Florida+33FloridaWon 19–7 vs. Georgia+12Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 19–⁠7; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
162–⁠142
Coach
William Alexander
Elo
1472 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 59 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
R.W. Eubanks
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Middleton FitzsimmonsOGAP-1

Second team

  • Lefty EubanksOTAU-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠3
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠3
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠63–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.