Auburn at Georgia Tech
Thursday, November 27, 1919 Share
Auburn beat Georgia Tech 14–7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 12–5.
Final
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 28, 1919, page 10
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SPORTS Auburn Tigers Win GLoriou! Victory Over Georgia Tech Highly Touted Golden TORNADO Mike Donohues Line Outplays Hesmans All the Wa Through-Sloan and Warren Make 35 and 40 Yard Runs for Touchdowns-Tech Was Outfought and Decentralization Makes Safety nlficent game on both offense and al Tense, although the backs were unable gain in straight football in spite of al gaping holes which the forwards woulI open in the line. That inability to u through holes made was due mostly X, the efforts of McDonough and Hari;fH who threw themselves into the breezy time and again to stop what looked It’ll 1t was going to be a getaway. Mar. time-outs we’re taken not from unnecel sary roughness of play but from the sal ageness with which the two teams fougl and tackled, every scrimmage finding I’ll entire lines on the ground and som times as many as two and three me knocked out. The lineup: Auburn. Positions. Ca Tech. Ollinger Gu Left End P. Bonner Finch Left Tackle Sloan Lebe Left Guard Center Rogers Dowlh Right Guard Warren Huftind Right Tackle Pruitt sta4d Right End Trap McDonoue Quarterback Stubbs Barre Left Half Howard Fe- Right Half Shirling HaiJ Fullback Score by periods: Auburn ....-----....-..-...-. Georgia TIE CHI o o OIL Auburn scoring: Touchdowns, Sloa Warren safety (by Harlan of TECH Tech scoring: Touchdowns, McDonougfl goal from touchdown, Fencher. Subst tutions: Auburn, H. Bonner for Roger Shirling for Pruitt, Pruitt for Shirlin Snider for Sloan, Scott for Stubs, Kirl wood for Scott; Tech, Doyal for Hui fines Scarboro for Ferst, Anis for Phi lips, Webb for Bowling. Bowling fe Webb, Brewster for Scarboro. Refere Elcock Dartmouth). Umpire, Full (Brown). Head linesman. Hamilton (vai derbilD. Time of periods, Is minute, each.

Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, November 28, 1919, page 6
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Auburn Defeats Georgia Tech Atlanta. Ga, Nov. 27-After four annual Thansgiving day defeats, the Auburn Plainsmen triumphed over Georgia Techs Yellow Jackets here today, II to 7, the highest score made against the Heisman machine by any team except the University of Pittsburgh during the football careers of most of the players. The Plainsmen won by fighting every minute and taking advantage of the breaks. while Tech fumbled too ire quently and seemed over-anXious. Tech started in the usual manner. earning its first and only touchdown in the first six minutes of play, but the tide turned definitely with Au- burns first score in the second per iod on safety,
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. Auburn pulled the upset.
The series
Every Auburn–Georgia Tech gameAuburn leads 42–41–3 in 86 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2005 | Georgia Tech 23, Auburn 14 | |
| 2003 | Georgia Tech 17, Auburn 3 | |
| 1987 | Auburn 20, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 1986 | Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 1985 | Auburn 17, Georgia Tech 14 | |
| 1984 | Auburn 48, Georgia Tech 34 |
Around this game
Auburn
- Next gamevs. MarionSept. 23, 1920
- SeasonAuburn in 1919
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestSept. 25, 1920
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1919
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

