The 1922 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the
Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the
Georgia Institute of Technology
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during the
1922 Southern Conference football season
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. The Tornado was coached by
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in his third year as head coach, compiling a record of 7–2 (4–0 SoCon) and outscoring opponents 157 to 59.
Red Barron
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made
Walter Camp
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's second-team
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Before the season
1922 is the first season of the new
Southern Conference
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, and
freshmen
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were barred from play.
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Oscar Davis, who with Barron was later named to an All-Tech Alexander era team.
Schedule
Game summaries
Oglethorpe
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The season opened with a 31–6 defeat over the ]Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels
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.[ ] Red Barron
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scored two touchdowns, and Oglethorpe's Adrian Maurer had a 90-yard touchdown run.[
The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Johnson (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).][
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Davidson
In the second week of play, Tech beat the Davidson Wildcats
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19–0. Red Barron ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns despite playing for only part of the contest.[
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Alabama
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Tech defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide
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33–7. Alabama's score came when Country Oliver returned a kickoff 95 yards.
The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Cornell (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Mitchell (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), McWhorter (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).
Navy
Red Barron played well in the 13–0 loss to the Navy Midshipmen
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's Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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for the first time. The Four Horsemen were sophomores playing their first year on the varsity, and beat Tech 13–3. The Irish stopped Red Barron
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The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Usry (left tackle), McConnel (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback)
Clemson
The Clemson Tigers
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were defeated 21–7. Coach Alexander used a different platoon each quarter.[
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Georgetown
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Tech's backfield starred in a 19–7 defeat of the Georgetown Blue and Gray. Jack McDonough scored two touchdowns and Brewster another.][ Flavin scored for Georgetown.][ ]
The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Usry (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Mitchell (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).[
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NC State
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The Tornado shutout the NC State Wolfpack
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17–0. Henry Reeves made a 40-yard drop kick.[
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Auburn
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Tech beat coach ]Mike Donahue
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's rival Auburn Tigers
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to secure a share of the SoCon championship. The 1922 team is considered one of Auburn's greatest football teams, and they had lost only to undefeated Army
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. Still Tech held the Tigers without a first down in the second and third periods.[ ] Ed Sherling
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scored Auburn's touchdown on a 16-yard rush.[
The starting lineup was J. Staton (left end), Usry (left tackle), McIntyre (left guard), Frye (center), Davis (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Brewster (right halfback), Hunt (fullback).][
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Postseason
Red Barron and Vanderbilt's Lynn Bomar
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were the only unanimous All-Southern selections.
Personnel
Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tech's lineup during the 1922 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift
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has taken place.
Notes
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Georgia Tech
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons
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1920s in Atlanta