University faculty succeeded in preventing a postseason national championship game with Pittsburgh.
In the next season of 1918, after losing several players to World War I, Georgia Tech lost a lopsided game to Pittsburgh 32–0.
Sportswriter Francis J. Powers wrote:
At Forbes Field, the dressing rooms of the two teams were separated only by a thin wall.
As the Panthers were sitting around, awaiting Warner's pregame talk, Heisman began to orate in the adjoining room.
In his charge to the Tech squad, Heisman became flowery and fiery.
He brought the heroes of ancient Greece and the soldier dead in his armor among the ruins of Pompeii.
It was terrific and the Panthers sat, spellbound.
When Heisman had finished, Warner chortled and quietly said to his players: 'Okay, boys.
There's the speech.
Now go out and knock them off.'

Heisman cut back on his expanded duties in 1918, and only coached football between September 1 and December 15.
 Georgia Tech went 6–1 and eclipsed 100 points three different times.
Buck Flowers, a small back in his first year on the team, had transferred from Davidson a year before, where he had starred in a game against Georgia Tech.
Flowers had grown to weigh 150 pounds and was a backup until Heisman discovered his ability as an open-field runner on punt returns.

Also in 1918, center Bum Day became the first player from the South selected for Walter Camp's first-team All-America, historically loaded with college players from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other northeastern colleges.
Flowers and tackle Bill Fincher made Camp's second team.
Guyon made Menke's first team All-America as a tackle.
University faculty succeeded in preventing a postseason national championship game with Pittsburgh. In the next season of 1918, after losing several players to World War I, Georgia Tech lost a lopsided game to Pittsburgh 32–0. Sportswriter Francis J. Powers wrote:
At Forbes Field, the dressing rooms of the two teams were separated only by a thin wall. As the Panthers were sitting around, awaiting Warner's pregame talk, Heisman began to orate in the adjoining room. In his charge to the Tech squad, Heisman became flowery and fiery. He brought the heroes of ancient Greece and the soldier dead in his armor among the ruins of Pompeii. It was terrific and the Panthers sat, spellbound. When Heisman had finished, Warner chortled and quietly said to his players: 'Okay, boys. There's the speech. Now go out and knock them off.'
Heisman cut back on his expanded duties in 1918, and only coached football between September 1 and December 15.  Georgia Tech went 6–1 and eclipsed 100 points three different times. Buck Flowers, a small back in his first year on the team, had transferred from Davidson a year before, where he had starred in a game against Georgia Tech. Flowers had grown to weigh 150 pounds and was a backup until Heisman discovered his ability as an open-field runner on punt returns.
Also in 1918, center Bum Day became the first player from the South selected for Walter Camp's first-team All-America, historically loaded with college players from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other northeastern colleges. Flowers and tackle Bill Fincher made Camp's second team. Guyon made Menke's first team All-America as a tackle.
John Heisman