Washington and Lee at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 8, 1919

Washington and Lee beat Georgia Tech 3–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayWashington and Lee8–⁠1 in 1919
3
HomeGeorgia Tech7–⁠3 in 1919
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story: Washington and Lee Downs Georgia Tech

    The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., November 9, 1919, page 8

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    Washington and Lee Downs Georgia Tech Atlanta. Ca, Nov. s.-Cnach Heisnans jump shift was out to lunch this afternoon and whom he nrany brought the famous play out ri the cold storage in the last quarler II arrived on the scene too late 10 prevent the Washington and Lee Generals from getting away with 30 Victory. n WAS the hardest Tough. rs me ever seen on Grant tield aud the irst urie that Techs c0lors had been trampled on on her hon1a grounds in FIVE years. IT’S = sad hunch that rambles through the streets OF Atlanta tonight for naa,.y mad given twenty points in their citing. Tech can attribute her !oss to funbles, Many times she fumhled the ball and once over the enemy’s goal line with a touchdown IN her grasp. Carver was the guilty person On this occasion and victory slipped from the CRASH al the Jackets. After the first half was over Tech depleted her stock Of hrst downs and was not guilty Of making a nrst down from then until rear the close OF the game when Hetsman brought tho julnp shift into play. For three quarters the teams bar. lied docgedly with The score stand. ing nothing 10 nothing darw. In the last period ot Way the Generals By series Of emf runs and forward pa@soy worked the ban to .rrch,a 2G-yard line and .rrm that yxntsa~ roint I Mattox applied Mis- toe tc the oval ana il shot through n1sl1naa Ter = AeA – z5....

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS.

    Evening star, November 9, 1919, page 28 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS. Gallaudet, 27; Western Maryland, s. Catholic University, 81: Boiling Field Aviators, 10. Navy, O.; Georgetown, 6. Maryland State. 27: st. Johns. 0. Virginia NJ. l.. 29; North Carolina, I. Davidson, 6; North Carolina State, SO. Wake Forest, 0; Virginia Polly, 40. Georgia Tech, 0; Washington and Lee, 3. Vanderbilt. 16: Alabama, 12. Tennessee, 6; South Carolina, 0. Sewanee. II; Oglethorpe, 10. Georgetown (ky), 13; Maryville College. Z. Mississippi Aggies, “a; Mississippi. O. Richmond College, II; Williams and Mary, Q. Mississippi College. 0; Louisiana. “a. Arkansas, Z; Texas. 80. Newport Naval Station, 10; Great Lakes, u. Hampden-Sydney. 10; Randolph Citadel, Il; Newberry. 0. Naval Base, 81; Philadelphia Navy Yard, o. Chattanooga. Z: Cumberland Uni versity, 0. Tulane. IA: Florida. .. Marietta. q; West Virginia Wesleyan. 0. Haverford, I: Johns Hopkins. o. EAST Harvard, 10: Princeton, 10. Pennsylvania, 13; Dartmouth, 20. Yale, IA; Brown, 0. Pittsburgh, Z: Washington and JEFF ferson, 6. Carnegie Tech. o; Cornell, 20. Syracuse, 8; Bucknell, 0. Colgate, 21; Rochester, 0. Army, 8; Notre Dame, II. WaSf VirOipia 6. Center. IA. New York. II; Union. s. Penn State. 20; Lehigh, Z. Rutgers, 13: Boston College, z. Swarthmore, 20; Franklin and Marshall, 0. Colby, 0; Holy Cross. Al. Dickinson, 0; Lafayette, 48. Yale Freshmen. 10; Cornell Fresh men, 0. Princeton Freshmen. 13: Harvard Freshmen, 0. WEST. Michigan, 0; Chicago, 49, Illinois, 10: Minnesota, 6. Iowa, IA; Northwestern, Z. Purdue, 0; Ohio State. 20. Nebraska, IL; Missouri. 5. Washington. 13; Drake, IA. Oklahoma, o; Kansas, 0. South Dakota, 0 Michigan Aggies, 13. Tufts, Z F.; Detroit, 3. Utah Aggies, Z; Colorado Aggies, 27. Utah. Z :. Colorado. O.. California, IA: Southern Califormia. 13. Drake, IA; Washington University, 13. Cincinnati. Z; kentucky State. 0. Depauw. o; Wabash. 0. Earlham. 6; Franklin, 2. Nebraska Wesleyan. IA: Wyoming, 0. | ST. Louis, 0; Marquette, 0. | Idaho, Z; Montana, 0. | Washington State, Z; Oregon, O. | North Dakota Aggies. 6; Fargo Col lege, 0. ! Western Reserve. IA; Kenyon, 0. | Case, II; Mount Union, IL. Oberlin. At; Hiram. 0.

  • The New-York tribune's story: Results of College Football Games Played Yesterday

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 9, 1919, page 1 (results column)

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    Results of College Football Games Played Yesterday EAST Harvard, 10; Princeton. 10. Dartmouth, 20; Pennsylvania. 10. Yale. Ia; Brown. 0. Stevens. 49,; Columbia, o. Penn State. 20; Lehigh, 7. Notre Dame. II; Army, 9. Pittsburgh, Z; w. and j.. S. Rutgers, 13; Boston College. 7. Cornell, 20; Carnegie Tech, o. Georgetown. 6; Navy. 0. Colgate, 81; Rochester, 0. Syracuse. 8; BuckneIl. 0. N. Y. IT,, II: Union, 6. Lafayette, 48; Dickinson, 0. Swarthmore, 20; Franklin & Mar shall, 0. Amherst. o; Wesleyan. 7. Haverford, 7; Johns Hopkins, 0. Gallaudet, II; Western Maryland, 6. Holy Cross, ii; Colby, 0. Maine, 1S; BowSoin. @. Springfield: II; Hamilton, 0. Williams. i9; Middiebury, O. n. ii. State, 50; Worcester Tech, 0. Penn Military College, 3; Ursinus, 6. Westminster 6; Buffalo. 0. Nit. st. Marys, 3; Lebanon Valley, O. Princeton Freshmen, IS; Harvard Freshmen, 0. Yale Freshmen. 10; Cornell Fresh men, O. Newport Naval Training Station, 10: Great Lakes, II. Getty sburg, 20: Villa Nova, 0. Norwich, 10; Vermont, o. Boiling Field Aviators, 10; Catholic University, 81. Penn Freshmen. IA: Mercersburg, 6. Muhlcnburg, 81; Albright. 0. Mass. Aggies, 10; X. l. State, II. Center College of Kentucky, 14 West Virginia, o. Maryland State, 27; ST. Johns, 0. WEST Chicago, 10; Michigan, 0. Ohio State, 20; Purdue, 0. Illinois, 10; Minnesota, 6. Iowa, Ia; Northwestern, L. Tufts, 7; Detroit. 3. Michigan Aggies, 10; S. Dakota, 0. Marietta, q; West Virginia, 0. Cincinnati, Z; Kentucky State, 0. Depauw, 0; Wabash, 0. Earlham, 6: Franklin, 2. North Dakota Aggies, 6; Fargo, 0. Idaho, Z; Montana, 0. California, IA: Southern Califor- MIA, 10 Washington State, 7; Oregon, 0. Nebraska, II; Missouri, 5. Kansas, o: Oklahoma, O. Utah, I; Colorado, 0. Nebraska Wesleyan, “a; Wyoming, o. Drake, “A; Washington University, 10. St. Louis University, o; Marquette, o. Colorado Aggies, 27; Utah Aggies, Z. Denver, o.; Colorado School of Mines, SOUTH Tennessee, 6; South Carolina, 6. Vanderbilt, 16; Alabama. IL. Washington and Lee, 3; Georgia Tech, 0. Tulane, IA; University of Florida, ?.

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 75% to win. Washington and Lee pulled the upset.

Georgia Tech leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Georgia Tech 36, Washington and Lee 0
1948Georgia Tech 27, Washington and Lee 0
1926Georgia Tech 19, Washington and Lee 7
1919Washington and Lee 3, Georgia Tech 0
1917Georgia Tech 63, Washington and Lee 0
1916Washington and Lee 7, Georgia Tech 7

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