1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team information
American college football season
1928Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football
National champion (Boand, Helms, Houlgate, et al.) Co-national champion (Davis) SoCon champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 8–7 vs. California
Conference
Southern Conference
Record
10–0 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach
William Alexander (9th season)
Offensive scheme
Jump shift
Captain
Peter Pund
Home stadium
Grant Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Georgia Tech $
7
–
0
–
0
10
–
0
–
0
Tennessee
6
–
0
–
1
9
–
0
–
1
Florida
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
VPI
4
–
1
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Alabama
6
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
LSU
3
–
1
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Clemson
4
–
2
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Vanderbilt
4
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Tulane
3
–
3
–
1
6
–
3
–
1
Ole Miss
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
North Carolina
2
–
2
–
2
5
–
3
–
2
Kentucky
2
–
2
–
1
4
–
3
–
1
South Carolina
2
–
2
–
1
6
–
2
–
2
Maryland
2
–
3
–
1
6
–
3
–
1
VMI
2
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
2
Georgia
2
–
4
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
NC State
1
–
3
–
1
4
–
5
–
1
Mississippi A&M
1
–
4
–
0
2
–
4
–
2
Virginia
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
6
–
1
Washington and Lee
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
Sewanee
0
–
5
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Auburn
0
–
7
–
0
1
–
8
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
The 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team[note 1] represented the Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly known as Georgia Tech) during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team, which was a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), was coached by William Alexander in his ninth year as head coach. Alexander compiled a record of 10–0 (7–0 SoCon) and outscored his opponents 213 to 40. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field.
The team was selected national champion by Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, NCF, Poling, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess), while Parke Davis named them co-champion as shared with Detroit.[3] Additionally, USC also earned recognition under the Dickinson System. USC declined the 1929 Rose Bowl invitation, resulting in a matchup of California and Georgia Tech. The game was decided by a safety, which was scored after Cal's Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels ran 65 yards (59 m) in the wrong direction.
Several Georgia Tech players received postseason honors. Captain and center Peter Pund was a consensus All-American. Coach Knute Rockne said of Tech's 13–0 defeat of Notre Dame, "I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one man–Peter Pund". Tackle Frank Speer was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press.
^Van Brimmer & Rice 2011, p. 147
^"Golden Tornadoes". gatech.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 112. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
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