Clemson at Georgia Tech

Saturday, September 29, 1934

Georgia Tech beat Clemson 12–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 16–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayClemson5–⁠4 in 1934
7
HomeGeorgia Tech1–⁠9 in 1934
12

FinalHigh 86°F, low 66°F, 0.32 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: CLEMSON TEAM To TEST DUKE

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 5, 1934, page 1

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    CLEMSON TEAM To TEST DUKE DURHAM, N. c.. Oct. 5.-With the arrival of Clemson’s Tigers here today, the stage was set for the major early season football engagement in the Southern Conference which will take place in Duke Stadium tomorrow afternoon when the boys of Jess Nicely meet Dukes Blue Devils. The kickoff will be at 2:30 o’clock. Fresh from a great stand against Georgia Tech which might have been victory instead of a 12–⁠7 defeat but for tumble on the 1-yard line, the Tigers are rated to be enough opposition to give the Blue Devils one of their hardest games of the season. BY their great game against the Yellow Jackets last week, Clemson assumed the role as being one Of the most threatening teams in the Southern Conference football race, and the winner of tomor. rows game will be the team to beat” in the 1884 campaign.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia Tech leads 51–⁠36–⁠2; as played, 52–⁠34–⁠2 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 21
2023Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21
2022Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 10
2021Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 8
2020Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7
2019Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14

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