Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 25, 1919 Share
Pittsburgh beat Georgia Tech 16–6. It was their second meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 52°F
In the newspapers

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 26, 1919, page 18
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GEORGIA TECH DEFEATED PITT WINS SPECTACULAR CONTEST FROM JACKETS Southern Eleven Smn.hrs Panther Line Like CcnpinS I’m second Half, Hut Loses. rITTSHuRGAt oct. 25;-,The Universi;y Of P!ttSbUrgh football team dea spectacular game, ;hat was featured by strong come back on the part OF the yellow Jackets. In the second half oi the game. when they played the Panthers off their feet and crossed their line III ;he third period. they held the Siue and Gold on their own the ball on downs. Then they fel back, and Davies. the star player OF PITT. by a splendid run OF foFiE-hNe yards. put the bail on Techs fourtecn-yard line in the last minute OF play. but before the Pan theirs could push their man over the Tornados aside in the FIRST half of the zane In the second part OF the game. the Tornados showed little Of the spiri, that gave them that name, and Harlan and Flowers smashed through me FIT line like tcnpins, the former down. fincher just missed goal, and while the Painters played the best lheE knew how. they We’re unable to advanc” their score. although they had the ball on Techs foUrtcen-yard line when the game ended. summary and lineup: ..: ict, ‘ end go Ts he M Ia5iaan: i iSft , s”dlS iissias MsTyis riEh, tls ......iiuMin “s Dciiart... quarter bsrk ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘S - , Pm W WaEiSsi III half back Flowers Hastings. ....:..; full back ....,......Harian Tech ........... ...... 0 Ss summary: northumberland. Hastings Harlan ,:a. Goal from iouchdowns- iisstimEEs. G,oaL from hciG-ltavies Substitution tiNsSurSh; Bremen for Hastings Brown for Etnh, i.auE hcran for Deiiart. Kratzert for Mclean. Bond for Mcrvis. Ashnan Tor Nenn”f IHch-Fcrst for Barron. MELON “nGh for Gill Bruitt for station Rcforrr Nathan \. Tufts CBrown, Umpire II Max, ~ ~ .Hwari nmorol. Head lincSman. NJ.
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Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 27, 1919, page 13
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FOOTBALL FAVORITES CONTINUE TO SLUMP AND UPSET THE DOPE w. and ]. Jolts Chesty Syracuse, Army Drops Boston College, Pitt Dozens Georgia Tech, While Colgate and Dartmouth Haze Hard Time to Vim WE HAVE passed through another day of football surprises where the w fav0ritcs received wn0ngS which were entirely Washington and JcGcr Boston College” fresh the victory Yale Pitt Georgia Tech However has often been said before you Syracuse Boston College spoiled perfectly good ball record by taking Georgia Techs Golden Tornado o Il breeze in Pittsburgh carry surprise back made do to Cornell field Pennsylvania Yale Harvard Penn state and L”hgh came little difficulty. the nnthcrs, with years physical walopug Warmers heap played football looked like a At that was more of a triumph system anything away On charged secondary the make big of handed outf got o the Pitt coach. easy jump they received. THE fought bHcr,y crcrv has tc proud of her

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 26, 1919, page 1
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YELLOW JACKETS FALL BEFORE PITTSBURG CREW PITTSBURG. Oct. 25.-The Uni versity Of Pittsburg football team defeated Georgia Tech Saturday 16 to 6 In a spectacular game that was featured by a strong comeback on the part of the Yellow Jackets in the second half Of the game, when they played the Panthers off their feet. crossed their line in the third period and held the Blue and Gold on their own one yard line where they recovered the ball on downs. Then they fell back and Davies. the star player at Pitt, by splendid run of A. yards put ball on Techs on Il yard line in the last minute of play, but before the Panthers could push their man over, the whistle blew.
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 50% to win. Pittsburgh won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Georgia Tech–Pittsburgh gamePittsburgh leads 12–6 in 18 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
Around this game
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. DavidsonNov. 1, 1919
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1919
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gameat LehighNov. 1, 1919
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1919
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

