Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 6, 1934. Vanderbilt kept the Gold Cowbell Share
Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech 27–12. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 11–5–1.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 61°F, 1.35 in. of rainAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Georgia Tech gameGeorgia Tech leads 20–15–3 in 38 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 2024 | Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27 | Birmingham Bowl |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7 | |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31 | |
| 2003 | Georgia Tech 24, Vanderbilt 17 | |
| 2002 | Georgia Tech 45, Vanderbilt 3 | |
| 1967 | Georgia Tech 17, Vanderbilt 10 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. CincinnatiOct. 13, 1934
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1934
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat DukeOct. 13, 1934
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1934
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

