Auburn at Georgia Tech

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  The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., November 26, 1920, page 18

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  GEORGIA TECH DEFEATS AUBURN Plainsmen FAN Before Terrific + Attack Of Golden Tornado. GRANT FIELD. Nov. 2S--Georgia Tech administered decisive defeat to Auburn in their annual Thanks giving day game here winning, ga to 0. The Tech backs showed their abllity time and again to make the gains that piled up tho five touchdowns, but the greatest plays were the won derful broken field runs Of Captain Flowers, of Tech. Shirling was Auburns best ground gamer. Three Of Techs touchdowns were on steady drives down the field. one OF them being aided by a perfectly executed forward pass from Flow ers to j. Station. Captain Flowers, one Of Techs greatest backfield. men of all time, brought his football ca reer to a spectacular close in defeat ing Auburn. He not only gained time and again, but two Of the three touchdowns he made were on runs OF some 80 yards in returning the long punts that Ollinger sent down the field. Flowers showed himself a wonderful punter, once booting the ball 65 yards before it touched the ground. He also tried two field goals, but missed, one from the 40 yard line and another from A yards. Auburn gained at times. especially during the second and third periods, but never appeared dangerous to Tech. A cheoki showed that Tech made 16 first downs to Auburn’s six. 1t was the last game for three Of Techs stars-Flowers Ferst and Fincher. All Auburn men, 1t was stated, are eligible to play next season, but Captain Sizemore is to graduate in June.

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  Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, Texas, November 26, 1920, page 5

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  Georgia Tech Easily Defeats Auburn, 34-C ATLANTA. Ga, Nov, 25.-Georg’i Techs golden tornado swept through the Auburn plainsmcn here tnsiay TOfive touchdowns and . % tn victory In the annual ThanNsgiving Day con trst. The two great teams. Auburn oui weighing Tech ‘sid fighting Tor ever, inch ut ground they yielded. wcr chccr,d by crowd ~ some 10000 spectators. The game had not progressed “a before Il twas seen that Tech was du, to defeat the powerful eleven that over. whclmcd Washington and Lee . 10 o. Smashing attacks IN which the cntir’ Techs back field starred showed In the first period that the Ncllowjackcir could gu through the Auburn line. and sweeping end runs added another meals of gaining. Three ui Techs touchduwns were on steady drives down the field, one OF them bclng aided by a perfectly exc. cuted forward pass from Flowers to J station. Captain Flowers. one Of Tech = greatest hackficld men ~ all tins, brought his foolinll career 10 a sprc’ iaculnr CLOSE In defeating Auburn.

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], November 26, 1920, page 19

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  GEORGIA TECH SWAMPS AUBURN’S FINE ELEVEN ATLANTA. Ga. Nov. 26.--Georgia Tech literally swamped Auburn’s fine eleven here yesterday by scoring 81 points to 0 for the Alabama men. The Golden Tornado” literally tore it’s way through the Alabama line. Auburn outweighed Georgia Tech. but was unable to withstand the fierce assault of the Atlanta lads. Buck” Flowers, who closed his career at Georgia Tech yesterday, scored two touchdowns and made two great runs Of eighty yards.

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.

Auburn leads 42–⁠41–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.