[4] Georgia Tech went undefeated in 1901 ending a streak of three straight winless seasons.

In the off-season, it was reinstated into the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association following a year of suspension on claims of using professional players on its 1901 baseball team.

From this experience, he taught the Georgia Tech players using hand signals and concentrating on speed.

He began selecting the players for the varsity team on September 22 and practice was held each afternoon during the week.

This sparked life into Auburn's offense who drove through the Georgia Tech line and scored a touchdown a couple of minutes later.

[2] Young and Cannon played will for Georgia Tech and Coach Andree said that he was in no way disappointed with the result.

[10] Clemson received the kick and its left end, Sitton, scored on a 60-yard run thirty seconds into the game.

With the ball, the Blacksmiths went on the attack and made several good plays including a 40-yard run on Clemson's right end by McDaniel.

[10] With the game already decided, the teams played a shortened second half of fifteen minutes.

McDaniel, playing in his first game just a few days since joining the team, was Tech's best player on both sides of the ball and scored its only touchdown.

Cannon, Davis, and B. Moore played well, however, Captain Brinson was criticized for not displaying his usual judgment and for poor positioning on the defensive side.

The game was the first played by Georgia Tech's future star, Jesse Thrash.

Georgia was considered to be a 5–1 favorite, but Tech entered the game healthy for the first time of the season.

The second half was much of the same, though Georgia was finally able advance the ball deep into Tech's territory towards the end of the game.

At the five-yard line, the Blacksmith's defense put up a strong stand and stopped Georgia from scoring on downs.