California at Georgia Tech

Saturday, December 26, 1931

California beat Georgia Tech 19–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayCalifornia8–⁠2 in 1931
19
HomeGeorgia Tech2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1931
6

FinalHigh 55°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: IS VICTOR OVER GEORGIA TECH Golden Bears Defeat Tel. low Jackets by Score of 10 to 6

    The Daily Alaska empire, December 28, 1931, page 5

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    IS VICTOR OVER GEORGIA TECH Golden Bears Defeat Tel. low Jackets by Score of 10 to 6 ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 28.- California’s Golden Bears sett6led their three year old gridiron de- bate with the Georgia Tech las5 Saturday defeating the Yellow Jackets 19 to 6 after the Souther- ners, in a last period drive, had thrown a great scare into the ranks Of the Western team. California scored touchdown in the first period and two in the final period but did not convert for the extra points for the last two. Georgia Tech put over a touch down in the final period after in tercepting a pass, with brilliant exhibition of line smashing and i passing. Georgia Tech beat California in the Pasadena Rose Bowl game s to T three years ago.

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)

California 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1978California 34, Georgia Tech 22
1940Georgia Tech 13, California 0
1938California 13, Georgia Tech 0
1936Georgia Tech 13, California 7
1932California 27, Georgia Tech 7
1931California 19, Georgia Tech 6

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