1957 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1957 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–4–2 (3–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Stephenson
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 17 Florida 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
LSU 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Alabama 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1957 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Grant Field in Atlanta.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Fred Braselton with 486 passing yards and Lester Simerville with 275 rushing yards.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21No. 20 KentuckyNo. 11
W 13–040,000[2]
September 28No. 15 SMU*No. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
T 0–030,000[3]
October 12at LSUNo. 17
L 13–2062,500[4]
October 19No. 9 Auburn
L 0–340,000[5]
October 26at Tulane
W 20–1325,000[6]
November 2No. 7 Duke*dagger
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–040,000[7]
November 9at No. 9 TennesseeNo. 18
L 6–2145,500[8]
November 16at Alabama
W 10–730,000[9]
November 23Florida
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
T 0–040,000[10]
November 30Georgia
L 0–740,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "1957 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. Newspapers.com
    .
  3. Newspapers.com
    .
  4. Newspapers.com
    .
  5. Newspapers.com
    .
  6. Newspapers.com
    .
  7. Newspapers.com
    .
  8. Newspapers.com
    .
  9. Newspapers.com
    .
  10. Newspapers.com
    .
  11. Newspapers.com
    .
  12. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 170.


Stub icon

This college football 1950s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a sports team in the US state of Georgia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1957_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team&oldid=1192405241"