page_title: 1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
section_title: North Carolina
hierarchical_section_title: 1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team / Season summary / North Carolina
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Everett Strupper
context_page_description: The 1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Georgia Tech was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Tornado was coached by John Heisman in his 13th year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–0–1 and outscoring opponents 421 to 20. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. One writer claimed the 1916 team "seemed to personify Heisman." This was the first team to vault Georgia Tech to national prominence.
  The season featured the 222–0 defeat of Cumberland, the largest margin of victory in football history. Tech scored the second-most points in the nation, behind Georgetown. Everett Strupper was third in the nation in scoring, including 16 touchdowns.
  Several players received post-season honors. Pup Phillips was the first Tech center selected All-Southern, and was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp. Along with Phillips and Strupper, tackle Walker Carpenter, guard Bob Lang, and fullback Tommy Spence were also All-Southern.
context_section_description: Tech beat North Carolina 10–6 in a hard-fought contest. Bill Folger starred for the Tar Heels. 
  After six minutes of play, Everett Strupper caught a punt and ran 55 yards for a touchdown. Five minutes later, Tommy Spence kicked a goal from the 33–yard line. In the fourth quarter, Carolina scored on a forward pass from Folger to Ramsey which set up a touchdown.
  Jim Senter broke a bone in his left ankle in the second period, and Spence was threatened with a concussion by game's end.
  The starting lineup was: Dunwoody (left end), Mauck (left tackle), Preas (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarterback),  Strupper (left halfback),  Johnston (right halfback), and Spence (fullback).
caption: Everett Strupper
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