R. T. "Dutch" Dorsey coached the team, at least in the early stages of the season, and Adger Stewart served as the manager.

[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.

Savannah was a community association that had played football the previous year and re-formed as an organization prior to the opening of the 1894 season.

Gradually, field possession began to tip in Savannah's favor, and the home team scored a touchdown with their left halfback.

[7] In the second half, Tech made much better progress and reached a few yards of Savannah's goal on a couple of occasions.

[14] Ahead of the game, the Thomas M. Clarke & Co., displayed two large silk flags inside its show windows to represent both teams, Auburn's in blue and orange and Georgia Tech's in old gold and white.

The papers said that the Tech players were "not in any shape to play football; they were not in training and had received insufficient coaching".

[8] Ironically, Dutch Dorsey, Georgia Tech's coach and a former Auburn player, served as one of the referees.

The team was no longer receiving regular coaching or training and needed its next game to be a financial success in order to refit the program for the next season.

[17] In preparation for the game, Georgia Tech brought in new players including Ernest Nourse, a veteran of the 1893 team.

The game was considered to be a messy affair lacking great skill with many plays that began offsides and reckless illegal forward passes that were not called by the referee.

[10] The first half started out well for the Techs and Ogletree and Meyer were all able to make big runs up the center, but eventually their momentum ran out and they were forced to punt.

At one point, Tech attempted a fake punt, but then fumbled the ball for no gain after trying to capitalize on Fort McPherson's surprise.

[10] The second half became repetitive as Georgia Tech would get stopped on runs or would fumble and then Fort McPherson would score after a few plays.

Romeyn continued his great performance for Fort McPherson and had several runs of twenty yards including a forty-five-yard touchdown.