Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 20, 1928

Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame 13–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 6–⁠1.

AwayNotre Dame5–⁠4 in 1928
0
HomeGeorgia Tech10–⁠0 in 1928
13

FinalAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Tech Registers First Victory Over Notre Dame, 1910

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1928, page 1

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    Georgia Tech Registers First Victory Over Notre Dame, 1910 ball over and Mizell added the final point of the game with his toe. HOLSTERS Miss Chances. In between these two touchdowns Techs brilliant defense checked every counter thrust by the Rockne Ramblers, who missed two bright chances to score in the second and third periods After their most sustained march of the game, an advance of Sc yards to Techs 6-yard line on an assortment of plays featuring Niemiec, Chevigny and Dew. the HoosierS lost the ball on downs. They failed to show scoring punch after a break” had given them pass was ruled complete because of Tech interference with the receiver Again, in the third quarter, Notre Dame, after a we’ll placed punt by Niemiec that went out of bounds on Techs 2-yard mark, recovered the ball on the 10-yard line through a poor punt by Mizell. Four successive plays Melted only yard, and Tech recovcred the ball as a pass grounded over the goal line. Where the Tech forwards had thrown Noire Danes backs for big losses at critical moments earlier in the game, the secondary defense came to the rescue in the last period. In dcsperaton Notre Danes passer, Niemiec, hurled the ball from all parts of the field He completed two sensational heaves to Colerick for gains of 18 yards each time. but Mizell broke up the most serious threat by intercepting q pass and running 80 yards. Lumpkin intercepted two more, and the game closed as Quarterback Durant intersepted fourth toss.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 31 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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