Georgia Tech at Duke

Saturday, October 13, 1934

Duke beat Georgia Tech 20–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia Tech1–⁠9 in 1934
0
HomeDuke7–⁠2 in 1934
20

FinalHigh 71°F, low 42°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story: TARHEEL GRID MACHINES IN BIG CLEANUP Saturdays Wins Serve No. tice Southern Honors To Be Striven for

    The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, October 15, 1934, page 3

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    TARHEEL GRID MACHINES IN BIG CLEANUP Saturdays Wins Serve No. tice Southern Honors To Be Striven for CHARLOTTE, Oct. 15.-Tarheel football teams experienced their most successful Saturday in many years, and at the same time served notice that they will be strong contenders for Southern Conference honOrs on Saturday. Dukes Blue Devils led the Tarheel attack with a 20 to 0 win from Georgia Tech, which at the same time wiped out the sting Of Techs to 0 win of last year which robbed the Dukes o. a possible bid for the Rose Bowl game. The University Tarheels made it two up on Georgia teams at the same time with a decisive Il to 0 win over the Georgia Bulldog, and State college made it a grand slam with a 6 to 0 win over South CAROLINA. Wake Forest dropped a 3 to 2 decision to Furman university on Thurs dav Wallace Wade’s Blue Devils nncorked a passing attack that gave them a three touchdown advantage over Tech in the first half. Wentz. Cornelius and Alex ander scored for Duke. The Tarheels held the vaunted Georgia team in check. once stopping the Bulldogs for downs on the one-yard line, while Shaeffer crossed the Georgia line twice and Daniels kicked two place ments. Hayden passed to Farrar in the closing minutes of play to give State it’s one touch down win over the South Carolina Game cock in a night game at Raleigh. The Davidson Wildcats were idle over the weekend as David son coaches secuted Duke preparatory to the Devil-Wlldcat clash this Saturday. In the South, Tennessee de feated Mississippi 27 to 0, Ala bama downed Mississippi State

  • The Evening star's story: Foot Ball Results Local Teams.

    Evening star, October 14, 1934, page 32 (results column)

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    Foot Ball Results Local Teams. Local Teams. Navy, 16; Maryland, 13. Georgetown, @; Manhattan, o. Holy Cross, IT; Catholic Univer- Sity, s. American University, 25: Bridge water, 16. Washington College, 81; Gallaudet. o. Howard University, rs; st. Paul Normal, 6. Shenandoah Valley Military Academy, Is: st. Adams, 0. Calvert Hall, 20; st. Johns, 0. Episcopal High. l3; Augusta Military Academy, 13 (tie). Maury High, 19; Central, o. Newport News High, 6; Western, 0. East. Pittsburgh, 20; Southern Caliiormia, 6. Princeton, IS: Williams, 6. Army, 48; Drake, o. West Virginia, II; Washington and Lee, O. Yale. IA: Pennsylvania, 6. Drexel, So: Upsala, 6. Western Maryland, 80; Albright, .. Amherstg -; Union, o, sst Waynesburg, IS; Bethany, 0. Colgate. So: ST. Bonaventure, 0. Colby, 13; Lowell Textile, O.. Columbia. 20; Virginia Military, 6. Massachusetts, State, Z; Connecticut State, 6. Syracuse, 20: Cornell. 7. Dartmouth, %; Maine, o. Dickinson, s; Swarthmore, 0. Hamilton, I; Hobart, 6. Susquehanna, IL; HaVerford, Z. Harvard, 13; Brown, o. Lehigh, 7; Johns Hopkins, 6. Delaware, IA; Juniata, 0. Franklin and Marshall. IA; La fayette. o. Middlebury, 80; Coast Guard, 2. Moravian, 46: Baltimore, 0. Muhlenberg, 25; Lebanon Valley, Z Niagara, z; Clarkson, o. West Virginia Wesleyan, 81; New York u, 3. Norwich, s; American 1nternational, 0. Penn State, 80; Gettysburg, 6. Providence, 10; City College of New York, 6. Northeastern, 6; Rhode Island, o. Rochester, 19; Kenyon, 0. Rutgers, 10; Springfield, z. St. Joseph’s, 6; Ursinus, 4. st. Lawrence, “a; Rensselaer,, o. Grove City, 1S; Slippery Rock, 0. Indiana, 6; Temple, 6 (tie). Ithaca, z; Vermont, 0. La Sale, Is; Villanova, 6. Wesleyan, 13; Bowdoin, o. Penn Military, 20; Westchester Teachers, o. Trinity, “a; Worcester Tech, o. Western Reserve, 80; Buffalo, 0. Thiel, 38; Holbrook, O.. st. Vincent, 81: Clarion, 6. Cortland Teachers. 20; Arnold, 0. Trenton Teachers, 80; New York Aggies, 0. West Liberty, IS: Potomac State, 6. Middlebury, 80; Coast Guard, 2. ShippenSburg, Z; East StroudSburg, 6. New Hampshire, Z; Bates, 6. Emory and Henry, 13; Richmond, 0. Westminster, 20; Edinboro, 9. Ohio Wesleyan, 43; Marshall, 7. st. Vincent, 54; Clarion Teachers, 6. Navy Plebes, Is; Georgia Military, g. Shippensburg, Z; East Stroudsburg, 6. Cortland, 20: Arnold, o. Hartwick. 18; Mansfield State Teachers. 0. Nassau Collegiate Institute, 0; Ma tional Farm School, 0. (Tie). Allegany, Z; Alfred, z Gie). - South. Texas Christian, IA; Tulsa, II. Rice 9; Southern Methodist. 0. Alabama, Al; Mississippi State. 0. North Carolina, IA; Georgia, 0. Kentucky, 2; Clemson, o. Virginia, 27; st. Johns, 6. Tulane, %; Florida, II. Duke, 20; Georgia Tech, 0. Tennessee, 81; Mississippi, o. Virginia Poly, 6; William and Mary, O. Emory and Henry, 10; Richmond, g. Texas, 19; Oklahoma, 0. Centenary, 13; Texas A. & NJ, o. Sewanee, 21; Tennessee Wesleyan, O. Mississippi College, 20; Southwest ern of Memphis. Z. Alabama A. & NJ, IL; Morristown College, o. West Tennessee Teachers, 18; Ar kansas State, 0. Mississippi College, 20: South western, Z. Oglethrope, 18; Chattanooga, o. Wofford, 80; South Georgia Teach ers, 0. Birmingham Southern, IA; Mer- Ger, o. North Carolina State. 6: South Carolina. o. Arkansas, 6; Baylor, o. Appalachian, 6; Western North Carolina Teachers, 6. Morehead, 13;7 Rio Grande, 8. U. Of Tennessee Junior College, IS; Freed -Hardman, 0. Fort Valley Normal, 13; Alabama State College, o. Texas College, 10; Arkansas State, z. Louisville Municipal, 0; Fisk Uni versity. O. CTie). Louisiana State, 20; Auburn. 6. 4

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL 415REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 15, 1934, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL 415REsULTs 2 The following are final scores of principal football games played last saturday afternoon: Washington l6; Oregon 6. ! Washington State 6; Gonzaga 16. California 2; College of Pacific 6. Northwestern 0; Stanford 20 Montana O; UCLA Is. Southern California 6; Pittsburgh 20. Maine 0; Dartmouth 27. Union 0; Amherst 13. ! Pennsylvania 6; Yale 14 Georgetown 6; Ohio 36. Michigan State IS; Carnegie Tech 0. Indiana 6; Temple 6. Drake 0; Army 48. Maryland 13; Navy 16. Williams 6; Princeton 35. West Virginia Wesleyan 2l; New York University 3. Georgia Tech 0; Duke 20. Brown 0; Harvard 13. Virginia Military Institute 6; Columbia 20 Syracuse 20; Cornell T. Iowa State 13; Missouri 0. Michigan 0; Chicago 27. Purdue T; Notre Dame 18. Tulane 28 Florida 12. Iowa Is; Nebraska IA. SUNDAY GAME Santa Clara g; Loyala of Los Angeles 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)

Duke 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia Tech 28, Duke 25
2025Georgia Tech 27, Duke 18
2024Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14
2022Georgia Tech 23, Duke 20
2021Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27
2020Georgia Tech 56, Duke 33

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