Florida at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 11, 1924

Florida and Georgia Tech tied 7–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 3–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayFlorida6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1924
7
HomeGeorgia Tech5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1924
7

FinalHigh 76°F, low 66°F, 2.4 in. of rainAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GEORGIA TECH-FLORIDA AGAIN GO TO TT DRAW

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1924, page 84

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    GEORGIA TECH-FLORIDA AGAIN GO TO TT DRAW ATLANTA, Ga. October 1l-Georgia Tech and Florida must wait until next year to settle their differences. the game this afternoon. brought over from a no-decision contest last year. again resulting in Q draw and by the same score, to z. The Yellow Jackets wero on IN front with a touchdown in the first period. The Alligators tied the count in the second and thereafter there was no scoring. Florida had the ball on Techs l. yard line and down to make q touchdown in when tumble saved Tech. The home team presented serious menace to the invaders almost at the close of the game, when Ang1ey was rushed into the game to try = field goal, with Tech holding the ball on the 20-yard line. Standing on the 30-yard line, he got his kickoff .cleanly, but it was only close.

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 59% to win.

Georgia Tech leads 24–⁠9–⁠6 in 39 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Florida 27, Georgia Tech 6
1980Florida 45, Georgia Tech 12
1979Georgia Tech 7, Florida 7
1978Georgia Tech 17, Florida 13
1966Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12Orange Bowl
1963Georgia Tech 9, Florida 0

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