Georgia tech football game 1918. It noted fans at the oct. During the deadly second wave of the 1918 pandemic georgia tech still managed to play seven games six at home and one on the road that was rescheduled for pitt. As with the mlb season fans attending college football games wore masks as shown in these photos of a georgia tech game at grant field in 1918.
There was a rose bowl after the 1918 season but back then it was called the. It was the only game that was. During the deadly second wave of the 1918 pandemic georgia tech still managed to play seven games six at home and one on the road that was rescheduled for pitt.
A georgia tech game that was scheduled with pennsylvania was cancelled when the spanish flu went through philadelphia. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic.
The photo was taken by georgia tech student thomas carter. Georgia tech played its home games at grant field. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team.
It was the only game that was modified because of the pandemic. The 1918 georgia tech golden tornado football team represented the georgia institute of technology during the 1918 southern intercollegiate athletic association football seasonthe tornado was coached by john heisman in his 15th year as head coach compiling a record of 61 30 siaa and outscoring opponents 466 to 32. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below.
A copy of a story in the oct. Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and. A photo of fans in the stands during a georgia tech game in 1918.
Along with the spanish flu pandemic world war i was going on and both events had a huge impact on college.