Clemson at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 5, 1918 Share
Georgia Tech beat Clemson 28–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 9–4–1 in the games on file.
Final
In the newspapers

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 6, 1918, page 29
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GEORGIA Tech takes SEASONS FIRST GAME. Jackets Defeat Clemson College to the Count OF % to q. FINcHER is STAR OF CONTEST Kicks All -Four Goals Made by Win. ming Aggrcsation-Many Games In All Parts of Country SignuIizc Opening OF Gridiron Play. ATLANTA. CA. October 5.-t;eorria iech defeated Clemson College, IS 10 o. IN the first football game OF the season here to-day. The Jackets scored two of their tcuchdowns in the second quarter and one each In the third and fourth, Fin cher, orc ~ the stars of last years cen downs were made when the To- Gals intercepted forward passes The third was put over by lr. plung!nS. followed by a long punt by smith and the fourth resulted from a iifty-fiveyard dash by Joe Guyon
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Georgia Tech 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Georgia Tech gameOfficially, Georgia Tech leads 51–36–2; as played, 52–34–2 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2025 | Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 21 | |
| 2023 | Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 2021 | Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 8 | |
| 2020 | Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7 | |
| 2019 | Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat South CarolinaNov. 2, 1918
- SeasonClemson in 1918
- ProgramClemson history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. FurmanOct. 12, 1918
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1918
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

