Clemson at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 6, 1920

Georgia Tech beat Clemson 7–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 11–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayClemson4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1920
0
HomeGeorgia Tech8–⁠1 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 73°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Tech Has Hard Fight to Beat Clemson

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1920, page 1

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    Georgia Tech Has Hard Fight to Beat Clemson ATLANTA, Ga. November g. Georgia Tech used only second string players against Clemson here today. and the Yellow Jackets hnd a desperate fight to win, 2 to o, ON a touchdown made by Hunt in the final period. Lyman kicked the goal. Clemson threatened twice, but the first time Gilmer failed mt a place-kick and later when Colbert’s 10-yard run landed the ball on Techs 31-yard line the Tiger backs could not put it over. Clemson likewise held when Scarborough 4O-dash landed the bali ON the Tigers 1O-yard line.

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 81% 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 72 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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