Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 2, 1920

Georgia Tech beat Oglethorpe 55–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOglethorpe4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1920
0
HomeGeorgia Tech8–⁠1 in 1920
55

FinalHigh 69°F, low 35°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 3, 1920, page 13 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Local Georgetown so. st. John 0. George Washington, :; Western Maryland Z. East. Harvard. Al; Maine. 0. Yale, A; Carnegie, 0. Cornell, 13; Rochester, s. Princeton, II; Swarthmore. g. Army, 35; Union, 0. CFirst Camel Army 3S; Marshall College, 0. (Second Game). Norlh Carolina. IA; Navy. Z. Syracuse. 40: Vermont. 0. Rutgers, 6; Maryland, 0. Holy Cross, rs; New London Submarine, 0. Wesleyan. 20: Rhode Island State, 0. Columbia. II; Trinity, 0. Stevens. II; Pennsylvania Military College. 0. Albright. 6: Dickinson, 0. Tufts, /; Bowdoin, 0. Boston University, 6; Worcester Tech. c. Massachusetts, Aggies, IS; Connecticut State, o. West Virginia. Z; Lehigh, :. Hobart. IA; Canisius. o. New York University, 46; L. S. S. Pennsylvania, 0. Colby, IA; Fort Mckinley. 0. Williams, 63; Rensselaer, Poly, s. Johns Hopkins. SO; Mt. So Mary’s, IA. Allegheny. o; Thiel, o. Colgate. 0. Susquehanna, o. Baldwin-Wallace, 80; Western Reserve, 13. Dartmouth, 81; Norwich, 0. Delaware. IA; Ursinus, o. Lafayette, 90; Muhlenberg. o. Penn, :; Bucknell, 0. Ohio State. So; Ohio Wesleyan. 0. p Iowa, IA: Indiana, :. COe, s; Ames. 0. Cornell, “a; Upper Iowa College, 0. Creighton. 7; YanktOn, Z Nebraska, IA; Washburn, 0. Butler. 0: Wittenberg, 80. Marquette. 81; Carroll 0. Grinnell, 40; Penn College. 0. University of Detroit. “a; Duquesne. 0. Minnesota, Al; North Dakota. 3. N6tre Dame. 80; Kalamazoo. .. Knox, 0; Northwestern. IA Purdue. 10; Depauw, O. Wisconsin, 60; Lawrence, o. Drake, Al; Simpson, 0. South. Virginia. 65; Randolph Macon. o. Austin College, 0; Baylor 9. st. Louis, 8; Rose Poly, 0. Missouri, Al; Wesleyan. O. Alabama Poly, IS; Howard Col lege, 0. North Carolina. 6; Wake Forest. 0. Tennessee. Al; Maryville College. o. Louisiana State. 50; jefferson. 0. Georgia Tech, 55; Oglethorpe. 0. Vanderbilt, 54; Birmingham Southern. 0. Mississippi A. and NJ, 81; Mississippi College. o. Alabama, 40; Marion, 0. Center College, Sc; Morris Harvey, 0.

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Georgia Tech 32, Oglethorpe 7
1927Georgia Tech 19, Oglethorpe 7
1926Oglethorpe 7, Georgia Tech 6
1925Georgia Tech 13, Oglethorpe 7
1924Georgia Tech 19, Oglethorpe 0
1923Georgia Tech 28, Oglethorpe 13

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