US EditionGeorgia Tech Squeaks by Again, Escapes SE Louisiana
Leonard Wood scored three touchdowns, leading Georgia Tech to its first historic victory over Georgia amid hostile crowd behavior and allegations of cheating.
- On Nov. 4, Georgia Tech football team defeated the University of Georgia football team 28-6 at Alumni Athletic Field, Athens, Georgia, marking its first-ever program win.
- Leonard Wood, a 33-year-old Army surgeon and veteran of the Apache Wars, enrolled as a sub-apprentice woodworking class student and offered to coach and play, with Georgia Tech registrar's Nov. 2 enrollment records confirming his status.
- Tech raced out to an 18-0 halftime lead as Leonard Wood dominated the line and scored three touchdowns.
- After the upset, the exhausted Tech players boarded a freight train in Athens, Georgia to escape mobs chasing them as Georgia fans hurled rocks and mud and Leonard Wood suffered a cruel blow.
- Eligibility and cheating accusations followed the upset, fueling the Georgia–Georgia Tech rivalry later called `Clean, Old Fashioned Hate`, while Leonard Wood became Tech's first sports star and earned a Medal of Honor.
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