Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 6, 1934. Vanderbilt kept the Gold Cowbell

Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech 27–⁠12. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 11–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayVanderbilt6–⁠3 in 1934
27
HomeGeorgia Tech1–⁠9 in 1934
12

FinalHigh 75°F, low 61°F, 1.35 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Southern California Loses.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1934, page 27 (results column)

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    Southern California Loses. TN THE Far West, Southern Cali fornia, held to a 60 score by Col lege of Pacific last week, succumbed to Washington State, 1870. while Stanford was trimming Oregon State, ITO, and st. Mary’s Gaels we’re edging past California. TO. The South was an experts paradise with Vanderbilt knocking over Georgia Tech, 27–⁠12; Tulane outpointing Auburn, 1870; Tennessee bowling over North Carolina, 1871, and Florida. Georgia, Duke. Washington and Lee and Alabama all likewise victorious. Arkansas RaZorbackS uncovered another powerful array and swept through Texas Christian, 24-l0, in a Southwest Conference engagement. Oklahoma’s Sooners, touted as posibic Big Six champion, ended the long undefeated streak of Centenarys Gentlemen, TO. Tulsa beat Kansas by one touchdown, TO. Utah’s 6l-6 rout of Colorado COL lege was the highlight Of the Rocky Mountain program. Frank Carideos Missouri Tigers surprised by holding Colorado University to a scoreless draw. With the exception Of Penn and Cornell, the EaSt’s big college squads all won. Princeton, running up a 75–⁠0 count on Amherst, and Fordham handing Westminster a $40 setback were particularly impressive.

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 56% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia Tech leads 20–⁠15–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27Birmingham Bowl
2016Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7
2009Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31
2003Georgia Tech 24, Vanderbilt 17
2002Georgia Tech 45, Vanderbilt 3
1967Georgia Tech 17, Vanderbilt 10

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