Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 6, 1926. Vanderbilt took the Gold Cowbell from Georgia Tech

Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech 13–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 5–⁠4.

AwayVanderbilt8–⁠1 in 1926
13
HomeGeorgia Tech4–⁠5 in 1926
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT, BY RALLY, DEFEATS GEORGIA TECH

    Evening star, November 7, 1926, page 84

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    VANDERBILT, BY RALLY, DEFEATS GEORGIA TECH /. ATLANTA, Ga. November 6 CP). Vanderbilt CommOdores overcame a seven point lead and aided by the toe of Spears added two field goals nto their touchdown and extra point for d victory over Georgia Tech here today, 13 to I.

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.

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia Tech 58% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia Tech leads 20–⁠15–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27Birmingham Bowl
2016Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7
2009Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31
2003Georgia Tech 24, Vanderbilt 17
2002Georgia Tech 45, Vanderbilt 3
1967Georgia Tech 17, Vanderbilt 10

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