In what was considered the best Georgia Tech season since 1918,[3] the Tornado shared the SoCon title with the Tennessee Volunteers and NC State Wolfpack.

Tech clinched the SoCon in the season's final game: upsetting rival Georgia's previously undefeated "dream and wonder team" which was nonetheless picked as a national champion by some selectors.

[4] Coach Alexander notably instituted "The Plan" to beat the rival Bulldogs; for weeks saving his regulars for practice.

[18] On a sloppy, wet field, the Tornado beat Tulane 13–6 despite many publications calling the game a "toss-up".

[25] In the biggest upset of the young Southern Conference season,[26] Georgia Tech defeated Wallace Wade's defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide 13–0.

[26] Alabama had the upper hand in the first quarter, advancing the ball steadily to Tech's 14-yard line before being stopped on downs.

[26] The Jackets tipped the scale with a drive in the second quarter, highlighted by a 30-yard touchdown run by Stumpy Thomason.

Tech's defensive line had a stellar game, several times thwarting the Tar Heel as it approached the goal.

[27] At Carter Field, Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish easily defeated Georgia Tech 26–7[29] in one of the season's most important clashes.

[30] "Had Rockne willed it the score might have doubled;"[31] and "only the able punting of Mizell...prevented a greater victory for the Irish.

[33] With the recent loss to Notre Dame, Tech had been overshadowed before the game by rival Georgia and its national championship bid.

A strong game had been predicted, showcasing each team's backfield stars in Stumpy Thomason of Tech and Bill Spears of Vanderbilt.

[34] Starting the game with second-string men only to send them in later and add 20 points, Tech crushed coach Mike Donahue's LSU Tigers 23–0.

[36] The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels led the Tornado through three quarters 7–6, threatening to upset Tech just as it had last year.

[42] Prior to the game, Coach Alexander instituted "The Plan," splitting his team into two squads and playing mostly reserves for four weeks.

Tackle Frank Speer, Center Peter Pund, and Halfbacks Warner Mizell and Stumpy Thomason were all selected All-Southern.