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1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. In the third season under coach John Heisman, Georgia Tech posted a 6–3–1 record.

1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Heisman is holding his pet dog "Woo".
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3–1 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainE. C. Davies
Home stadiumThe Flats
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 3
Sewanee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
LSU 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
Mercer 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
Tulane 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 1
Auburn 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
Cumberland (TN)   –     –  
Nashville   –     –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

Before the season

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In no small part thanks to Heisman, the forward pass was legalized in 1906.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Maryville (TN)*
T 6–6[1]
October 6North Georgia*
  • The Flats
  • Atlanta, GA
W 11–0[2]
October 13Grant*
  • The Flats
  • Atlanta, GA
W 18–0[3]
October 20Sewanee
  • The Flats
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–16[4]
October 27Davidson
  • The Flats
  • Atlanta, GA
W 4–0[5]
November 3Auburn
W 11–0[6]
November 10Georgia
W 17–0[7]
November 17Vanderbilt
L 6–37[8]
November 24at Mercer
W 61–0[9]
November 29Clemson
L 0–10[10]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

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Maryville

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Maryville at Georgia Tech
1 2Total
Maryville 0 6 6
Ga Tech 0 6 6

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Under the new rules, Maryville surprised Tech with a tie, 6–6.[13]

The starting lineup was: Hightower (left end), Munroe (left tackle), Bell (left guard), Luck (center), Henderson (right guard), McCarty (right tackle), Hill (right end), Robert (quarterback), Davids (left halfback), Means (right halfback), Sweet (fullback).[13]

North Georgia

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In the second week of play, Tech defeated North Georgia 11–0.

Grant

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Against Grant, Tech won 18–0. The game proved a punting duel between Brown and Grant's Reupert.[14] The highlight of the game was a 40-yard punt return for a touchdown by Tech's Hightower.

Sewanee

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Sewanee defeated Georgia Tech 16–0. The game's account is the first involving the jump shift.[15] The starting lineup was Brown (left end), Luck (left tackle), Bell (left guard), Munroe (center), Smith (right guard), McCarty (right tackle), Hill (right end), Robert (quarterback), Hightower (left halfback), Davies (right halfback), Sweet (fullback).

Davidson

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Davidson at Georgia Tech
1 2Total
Davidson 0 0 0
• Ga Tech 4 0 4

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Lob Brown was responsible for the win over Davidson by a 40-yard field goal.[16]

Auburn

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Brown also helped in the victory over rival Auburn, the school's first.[17]

Georgia

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"Tech's cup of joy overflowed" as they defeated rival Georgia 17–0. An ambitious game with Vanderbilt was scheduled.[18]

Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech
1 2Total
• Vanderbilt 23 14 37
Ga Tech 0 6 6

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Vanderbilt defeated Tech in the rain and mud of Atlanta 37–6.[20] Lobster Brown scored Tech's points.[19] Atlanta Constitution sportswriter Alex Lynn wrote after the game that Owsley Manier was: "the greatest fullback and all round man ever seen in Atlanta."[19] He again scored five touchdowns.

The starting lineup was: Brown (left end); McCarty (left tackle); Snyder (left guard); Munroe (center); Henderson (right guard); Luck (right tackle); Brown (right end); Robert (quarterback); Davies (left halfback); Hightower (right halfback); Adamson (fullback).[19]

Mercer

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The season's largest win came over Mercer, 61–0.[21]

Clemson

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The season ended with a disappointing, 10–0 loss to Clemson. Fritz Furtick scored Clemson's first touchdown.[22] Baseball star Ty Cobb attended the game.[23]

Postseason

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At season's end, Brown was elected captain for next season.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Maryville's fine showing". The Journal and Tribune. September 30, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Yellowjackets sting N.G.A.'s to a lurid fare-you-well". The Atlanta Journal. October 7, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Old-fashioned game". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sewanee beats the Yellowjackets in hard fought game; Invaders stronger than rivals". The Atlanta Journal. October 21, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech wins". The Courier-Journal. October 28, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tech captured game from Auburn team". The Macon Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia Tech eleven defeats University". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vanderbilt's easy win". The Courier-Journal. November 18, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mercer beaten by heavy count". The Atlanta Constitution. November 25, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Easy for Clemson; Georgia School of Technology no match for South Carolina eleven". The Washington Post. November 30, 1906. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Georgia Tech Media Guide". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  12. ^ "1906 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  13. ^ a b Alex Lynn (September 30, 1906). "Yellow jackets Tied by Maryville eleven". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved January 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.  
  14. ^ "Tech wins good game from Grant". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1906. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 189
  16. ^ ""Lobster" Brown". Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
  17. ^ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. p. 92.
  18. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 192
  19. ^ a b c d Alex Lynn (November 18, 1906). "Brown's Toe and the Wet Cave Score". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
  20. ^ "The times dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, November 18, 1906, SPORTING SECTION, Image 25". The Times Dispatch. November 18, 1906. ISSN 1941-0700. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  21. ^ "Tech "Didn't Do A T-ing' To The Baptist Squad". The Macon Daily Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. November 25, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  22. ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 196
  23. ^ Hornbaker, Tim (April 7, 2015). War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781613217931 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ ""Lobster" Brown Will Make Fine Leader For Tech Team". Atlanta Georgian. December 17, 1906.
  25. ^ John F. Stegeman (September 1997). The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron. p. 77. ISBN 9780820319599.

Additional sources

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  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 1.
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