Kentucky at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 8, 1932

Kentucky beat Georgia Tech 12–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayKentucky4–⁠5 in 1932
12
HomeGeorgia Tech4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1932
6

FinalHigh 69°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Alert Kentucky Team Seizes Breaks to Beat Georgia Tech

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1932, page 51

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    Alert Kentucky Team Seizes Breaks to Beat Georgia Tech 20 within scoring distance only to be abruptly halted Twice they almost handed touchdowns to the visitors. Sta tistics show Tech far outgained Ken lucky, making l6 first downs to 5. and we’re penaliZed 85 yards to Kentucky’s 80

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL. RESULTS&

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 10, 1932, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL. RESULTS& The following are scores of var lcus football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; Oregon 0. Santa Clara 0; Stanford IA. Oregon State 0; Southern Cali fornia 10. St. Mary’s 12; California 12. ~ Idaho 2: Gonzaga 20. Willamette O; Washington State ,0 Iowa 0; Wisconsin. 34. Princeton7; Columbia 20. Northwestern 6; Michigan Is. Chicago T; Yale z. Haskell 0; Notre Dame 73. New Hampshire 0; Harvard 40. Washington and Lee 0; Navy g. Carleton g; Army 57. Indian ‘; Ohio State 2. Iowa State 6; Nebraska 12. Montana IA; Carroll College 6. Georgia 25; Tulane 34. Kentucky 12; Georgia Tech 6. Nevada 6; Utah 6. Utah Aggies T; Colorado 26. Colorado Mines 0; Colorado Ag- gies 39. Alabama 28; George Washington 5. Grinnell 6; Michigan State 27. Richmond O.; Cornell 27. Texas. 65; Missouri O. Auburn 13, Duke T.. Purdue T; Minnesota 0.

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)

Kentucky 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 12–⁠7–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2016Georgia Tech 33, Kentucky 18Gator Bowl
1960Georgia Tech 23, Kentucky 13
1959Georgia Tech 14, Kentucky 12
1958Kentucky 13, Georgia Tech 0
1957Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 0
1956Georgia Tech 14, Kentucky 6

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