Clemson at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 11, 1919

Georgia Tech beat Clemson 28–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 10–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayClemson6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1919
0
HomeGeorgia Tech7–⁠3 in 1919
28

FinalAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Line-Up and Summary. GEORGIA TECH PRESSED TO DEFEAT CLEMSON

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1919, page 30

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    Line-Up and Summary. GEORGIA TECH PRESSED TO DEFEAT CLEMSON ATLANTA. Ca, October 11.-Georgia Tech had desperate struggle here today to beat Clemson. % to 0. Both on offense and defense the two elevems were equally matched for two periods. and no score resulted. In the third period long runs by Flowers and Barron netted two touch downs. A forward, pass. Flowers to Fincher. added another in the fourth. Forst bucked through for the final touchdown. Fincher kicked ali GOALS.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 21
2023Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21
2022Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 10
2021Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 8
2020Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7
2019Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14

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