1894 Georgia Tech football team

1894 Georgia Tech football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
CaptainTom Raoul
Home stadiumAthletic Park Grounds
Uniform
Seasons
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1896 →
1894 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VMI     6 0 0
Hampden–Sydney     1 0 0
Tennessee     2 0 2
Vanderbilt     7 1 0
Ole Miss     6 1 0
Texas     6 1 0
Georgia     5 1 0
Kentucky State College     5 1 0
VAMC     4 1 0
Virginia     8 2 0
Centre     3 1 0
Alabama     3 1 0
Navy     4 1 2
North Carolina     6 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
LSU     2 1 0
West Virginia     2 2 0
Texas A&M     1 1 0
Delaware     1 1 0
Georgetown     4 5 0
Sewanee     3 4 0
Auburn     1 3 0
Johns Hopkins     1 4 1
Richmond     0 4 2
Centenary     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 1 0
North Carolina A&M     0 2 0
South Carolina     0 2 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Tulane     0 4 0

The 1894 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia School of Technology during the 1894 college football season. It was the team's third season. R. T. "Dutch" Dorsey coached the team, at least in the early stages of the season, and Adger Stewart served as the manager.[1] Tom Raoul was named captain. Only two players, Raoul and Murdock McRae, returned from the previous year,[2] and McRae suffered a broken leg in the first game.

During the year, the team was referred to as the Techs, and its colors were old gold and white (the first year Georgia Tech used "old gold" versus "gold").[3] Home games were played at Athletic Park Grounds in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stewart was able to supply the team with new uniforms and Dorsey led the team through practice every afternoon from 4 p.m. until dark.[1][4] The team was able to secure "first-class" sleeping and bathing quarters and went on a carefully planned diet, though the team's low weight proved to be a major disadvantage against its heavier opponents. The team also played a scrimmage against officers from Fort McPherson, losing 0 to 4.[5]

Despite all of the preparations, optimism, and a packed proposed schedule, the season soon broke down due to lack of adequate coaching and training, games that didn't materialize, financial issues, and the inability to maintain a consistent line-up. Only ten men had been selected for the team as late as October 15, five days before the season had originally planned to begin.[4] The result was one of the worst seasons in Georgia Tech history: the team failed to score a point and went winless over three games while suffering its worst ever defeat, a 0–94 loss to Auburn.

One consequence of the disappointing season was the absence of a Georgia Tech team in 1895. Dorsey reported that Georgia Tech's Trustees would not allow the Techs to field a football team the following year. Georgia Tech would not return to the field until October 31, 1896.[6]

  1. ^ a b "The Hall and Campus". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 14, 1894.
  2. ^ "The Football Season". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. October 6, 1894.
  3. ^ "Football Next". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 16, 1894.
  4. ^ a b "On the Football Field". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. October 15, 1894.
  5. ^ "Ball on Thursday". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 26, 1894.
  6. ^ "Now for the Gridiron!". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. September 14, 1895.