1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team information
American college football season
1920Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football
Conference
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record
8–1 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach
William Alexander (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Jump shift
Captain
Buck Flowers
Home stadium
Grant Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Georgia +
7
–
0
–
0
8
–
0
–
1
Tulane +
5
–
0
–
0
6
–
2
–
1
Georgia Tech +
4
–
0
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
Alabama
6
–
1
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
Centre
4
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Furman
3
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
South Carolina
3
–
1
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Tennessee
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Auburn
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Mississippi A&M
4
–
2
–
0
5
–
3
–
0
Sewanee
3
–
3
–
1
4
–
3
–
1
Vanderbilt
3
–
3
–
0
4
–
3
–
1
Transylvania
2
–
2
–
0
3
–
4
–
0
Howard (AL)
2
–
3
–
0
3
–
5
–
1
Mississippi College
2
–
4
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
Florida
1
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Clemson
2
–
6
–
0
4
–
6
–
1
LSU
1
–
3
–
0
5
–
3
–
1
Chattanooga
1
–
3
–
0
3
–
4
–
1
The Citadel
1
–
4
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Ole Miss
0
–
2
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
Kentucky
0
–
3
–
1
3
–
4
–
1
Georgetown (KY)
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
Millsaps
0
–
3
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
Mercer
0
–
4
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Wofford
0
–
4
–
0
0
–
8
–
1
+ – Conference co-champions
The 1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[n 1] represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his first year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 8–1 (4–0 SIAA), outscored opponents 312 to 16, and tied for first place with Georgia and Tulane in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).[3]
Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. Its only loss was a controversial one to Pop Warner's Pittsburgh Panthers at Forbes Field.[4][5] Florent Gibson of the Pittsburgh Post rated Tech as the best team in the country. Tech also handed Centre College its first loss to a southern team since 1916.
Several players received postseason honors. Tackle Bill Fincher made Walter Camp's first-team All-American, then just the fourth Southern player to do so. Captain and senior halfback Buck Flowers made some third-team All-America selections, and led the country with an average of 49.4 yards per punt.[6]
^Van Brimmer & Rice 2011, p. 147
^"Golden Tornadoes". Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^Cite error: The named reference cfbsiaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 8.
^Chris Yandle. "GT Vault: It's Been Awhile". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
^"Renowned Athlete Buck Flowers Dies". Sumter Daily Item. April 11, 1983. p. 3A.
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