Florida at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 21, 1931

Georgia Tech beat Florida 23–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 6–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayFlorida2–⁠6–⁠2 in 1931
0
HomeGeorgia Tech2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1931
23

FinalHigh 70°F, low 62°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: EASY FOR GEORGIA TECH Florida Yields Only Two Points in First Half, Loses. O-23.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 22, 1931, page 61

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    EASY FOR GEORGIA TECH Florida Yields Only Two Points in First Half, Loses. O-23. ATLANTA, Ga, November Il R1.- Georgia Techs Engineers today enployed a powerful nne-smashing Of fensive to batter down q hapless Flor IDA eleven and win their annual game, % to O. Except for safety in the opening period, Tech was held scoreless In the third period to score twice within three minutes. Another touchdown was accounted for in the final quarter. Even though It’s victory was decisive, Georgia Tech fumbled several excel lent scoring opportunities. Florida was o punchleSs team most Of the afternoon, with its main threat coming from forward posses.

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)

Florida 63% to win. Georgia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia Tech leads 24–⁠9–⁠6 in 39 meetings, counting the 30 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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