Tech used a starting backfield, including sophomore Doug Wycoff, and a "pony backfield" full of smaller, fast substitutes such as Jerry Albright and Frank Harris.
The game with the Florida Gators brought considerable interest.[17] In front of 12,000 at Grant Field, the Gators were up 7 to 0 until a rush of substitutes in the fourth quarter got the Yellow Jackets the tying score.
In awfully muddy conditions, Auburn and Tech fought to a scoreless tie.[28]
Personnel
Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tech's lineup during the 1923 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.
^Although Georgia Tech's teams are officially known as the "Yellow Jackets", northern writers called the team the "Golden Tornado" in 1917; the name was commonly used until 1928 and for many years afterwards as an alternate nickname.[1] It may have been coined by Morgan Blake.[2]
^"Golden Tornadoes". Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^"Georgia Tech Suffers Worst Season In Years". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 3, 1923. p. 7. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Oglethorpe gives Tech great scare". The Birmingham News. September 30, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"V.M.I. team loses to Georgia Tech". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Florida fights Golden Tornado on even terms". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 14, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Yellow Jackets beat Georgetown". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Tech defeated by long runs of Notre Dame". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 28, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Georgia Tech and Alabama to tie". The Virginian-Pilot. November 4, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Penn State conquers Georgia Tech, 7 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Kentucky weathers Tornado". The Owensboro Inquirer. November 18, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Fighting Tigers hold Tech to tie in annual classic". The Macon News. November 30, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"1923 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^Lawrence Perry (October 12, 1934). "Game's For The Sake". Harrisburg Telegraph. p. 19. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Heisler, Karen Croake (January 1, 2006). Fighting Irish: Legends, Lists, and Lore. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 66 – via Internet Archive.
^"How the Irish Whipped the South". The Fort Wayne Sentinel. October 29, 1923. p. 10. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"1923-11-10 – Georgia Tech at Penn State - Georgia Tech Ticket Stubs". Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^Oriard, Michael (December 15, 2005). King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807864036 – via Google Books.
^"Penn State Grid Teams Wins Over Georgia, 7 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1923. p. 44. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"1923-11-29 – Georgia Tech vs. Auburn - Georgia Tech Ticket Stubs". Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
References
Van Brimmer, Adam; Rice, Homer (2011). 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-61749-703-2.
Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 2.