Georgia at Georgia Tech
Saturday, December 3, 1927 Share
Georgia Tech beat Georgia 12–0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 9–6–2 in the games on file.
FinalAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, December 5, 1927, page 1
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Georgia Tech Deoshes 7ifle Hopes Of Georgia BY 1870 DRURY SHINES IN 1913 WIN OVER HUSKIES Southern California Enters Into Triple Tie For Coast Title Coliseum, Los Angeles, Dec. s. University of Washington’s football team, hard-hitting, stiff plungirtg outfit, found themselves outhit and out-plunged here Saturday when University Of Southern California spread them around the landscape for a 1913 score. The Trojan horse had all the best Of the argument with the Seattle Husky. Captain Morley Drurv sec cd two touchdowns in the first period of their football game with Washing ton Saturday. Captain Drury made two successful end runs to goal, the first for rs yards and the second for Is yards. The try for the extra point failed after the first touch DOWN. Moses, a backficld man, was sent into the game for the Trojans in the second period. On his second play he made gain Of 22 yards. Five more times he hit the Huskies’ line for gains despite several sub stitutions by Washington in an eff fort to stop him. When the ball was one foot from the goal line Moses poked it over and Elliott, who replaced Drury, kicked goal for the extra point. The Trojans scored another touch down near the end Of the third Pc Rod when Drury, who had been sent back onto the field with most of the first string men, carried the ball to the Washington one-foot line and then made a dash around left end for the score. The goal kick failed. The Huskies scored their first touch down when Carroll, on a delayed line buck, pushed the ball over from the Trojans’ vineyard line. They kicked goal. The Trojans scored in the fourth period when they took the ball on Washington’s 31-yard line, gained 6 yards and then Elliott heaved a 25yard pass to Saunders who stepped over the goal. Elliott kicked goal.
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.
Photos from the game

Photo: Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
A cartoon published in The Atlanta Constitution following the 1927 Georgia vs. Georgia Tech football gamePhoto: Thad Taylor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Georgia 57% to win. Georgia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Georgia–Georgia Tech gameOfficially, Georgia leads 73–41–5; as played, 69–40–5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.
| 2025 | Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9 | |
| 2024 | Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42 | |
| 2023 | Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23 | |
| 2022 | Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0 | |
| 2019 | Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. MercerOct. 6, 1928
- SeasonGeorgia in 1927
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. VMIOct. 6, 1928
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1927
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

