Furman at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 15, 1921

Georgia Tech beat Furman 69–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayFurman7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1921
0
HomeGeorgia Tech8–⁠1 in 1921
69

FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 16, 1921

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    GEORGIA TECH MACHINE CRUSHED FURMAN ELEVEN Straight Football Intersperscd W Ii Bcwildering Triple Passes Nets 69-lo-O Score. ATLANTA. GA. Oct. l5.-GcorEia Tech football machine gave even its own admirers surprise here today by the manner In which II crushed the furman eleven under Il 6o.to-o score. The visitors held we’ll in the hrSi period. once stopping Tech inside The tcE-yard line. but the next two periods were hikes foe Tech. which devoted the Anal period chiefly to descnsiHc practice. kicking almost every time they took the ball. Straight football interspcrscd with bewiidering triple passes gained most OF the ground for Tech. while Fur mans PASSES through relay success ful was always n threat. Their back held men got away for good gains at times. but never consistently. Long runs ana~crashing line bucks by the Tech backs added n spectacular touch to the contest. Lineup and summary: Furman position Ga Tech BRADLEY ......lcft end. ~ station Euych ......left guard. McRec Langford .....lcft tackle ..Lebcy iafnihett 1880. .ccnter........ AIMS Lance right guard $500. Frye Mcleod right tackle -. Lyman Garter ......risht end ....A. Station NcManaway quarter b.. .AfcDonouch Chewing -. left half Ferst l.. Rhame -. right half Barron Dempsey 49,. full back Harlan Score by periods: Furman ... 0 O o. O Ga. Tech ...,. Is 80 I2-GO Ga. Tech Scoring: Touchdowns- Ferst, McDonoush. Barron, Harlan CD. Farnsworth Substitute for Harian): brewster Substitute for FersD, 4. Goals from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Granger tsubstitute for Lyman). Q: Referee = Majors fAuburn). UNI pirc-Strect tAuburn. Head linesman-Biack Gpavidson). Time of periods-l5 minutes.

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 9–⁠1–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Georgia Tech 51, Furman 7
1993Georgia Tech 37, Furman 3
1991Georgia Tech 19, Furman 17
1986Furman 17, Georgia Tech 17
1983Furman 17, Georgia Tech 14
1947Georgia Tech 51, Furman 0

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