Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 30, 1926

Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech 12–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayGeorgia Tech4–⁠5 in 1926
0
HomeNotre Dame9–⁠1 in 1926
12

FinalHigh 47°F, low 34°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: SUCKER STATE SQUADS 49,, TROUNCE HOOSIER TEAMS Indiana Butler, Wabash, Rose Fall Before illinois In vaders-Notre Dame Blanks Georgia Tech.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 1, 1926, page 11

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    SUCKER STATE SQUADS 49,, TROUNCE HOOSIER TEAMS Indiana Butler, Wabash, Rose Fall Before illinois In vaders-Notre Dame Blanks Georgia Tech. in the third quarter and two In the fourth against Butler. The first came after a march from the forty-fiveyard line, the second was the result Of a forward pass and the last after an intercepted pass had brought the ball to the Butler eight-yard line. The locals were outplayed through out. A driZzling rain and muddy field made conditions bad for real football. Notre Dame seldom had in it’s full strength and was content to win a margin of two touchdowns made in the first half. Georgia Tech put up a good fight. Harry OBoyle, Irish full back, injured his leg again and will be out for while The Wabash homecoming was ruined by Bradley Tech, a strong club of the Illinois Little Nineteen” conference. 1t was another muddy contest. The visitors scored two points on a safety in the second quarter after a blocked kick. Second Kick Blocked Again in the third period another blocked punt scored a touchdown which Bradley recovered on the Wabash three-yard line and punched over on the fourth attempt. The last touchdown came as the result of a forward pass. The biggest of the State rivalry contests, Franklin-De PAW, ended with moi verdict reachedf The affair was spoiled by the condition of the field, which was one of those seas of mud” the correspondents like to write about. De PAW was on the offensive most of the time and Sturtridge got away for some good runs, but mud and Baptist sophomores always slowed up the Tiger attack in time to prevent scoring. Franklin started a drive of its own in the last period but could not keep it up long enough to slide across De Pauw’s goal line.

  • The Evening star's story: Outstanding Foot Ball Games of Yesterday

    Evening star, October 31, 1926, page 1 (results column)

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    Outstanding Foot Ball Games of Yesterday Navy, 10; Michigan, 0. Army. 33; Yale, 0. Princeton. q; Swarthmore, 0. Illinois, 3; Pennsylvania, 0. Harvard, So: Tufts. 6. Notre Dame, 12; Georgia Tech. 0. Columbia, II: Cornell, 9. Minnesota. 16: Wisconsin. 10. Stanford, 13; Southern Cali fOrnia, 12. Maryland, 38: Ga.laudet. :. Georgetown, 81; Lebanon Val ley. :. Penn State, 20; George Wash. ington, 12.

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)

Notre Dame 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13
2021Notre Dame 55, Georgia Tech 0
2020Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13
2015Notre Dame 30, Georgia Tech 22
2007Georgia Tech 33, Notre Dame 3
2006Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10

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