Alabama at Georgia Tech
Saturday, November 17, 1934 Share
Alabama beat Georgia Tech 40–0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 10–8–2.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 40°FAttendance 14,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 18, 1934, page 1 (results column)
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Foot Ball Results Only two major foot ball elevens Minnesota and Alabama-remanned undefeated and united yesterday as the smoke cleared over the national foot ball battle field. The Gophers easily defeated Chicago, IS to 7, while the Crimson Wave rolled over Georgia Tech, 40 to O. The heretofore unmarried records of Princeton, Navy and Syracuse were ruined as Yale. using only II players, scored surprising up set over the Tigers, to O; Pitts burgh overpowered the Middies, 81 to Z, and Colgate overcame the Orange, 13 to 2. The impressive victories by Pitt and Colgate kept them in the unofficial running for a possible Rose Bowl assignment. Illinois became the fourth previously undefeated and united eleven to bow in a series of star tling upsets and scores. Wis consin eked out a 7-to-3 victory over Bob Zuppke’s crew. Southern California stole the Pacific Coast Conference show with an amazing 33-to-0 conquest of oregon, while Stanford, odds-on choice to win the conference title and represent the West in the Rose Bowl, downed the Olympic Club of San Fran cisco, 40 to 0. Catholic University and George Washington were the only local teams to triumph. The Cards routed South Dakota at Griffith Stadium, 81 to o, while the Colo malls outpointed West Virginia, 10 to z. Maryland bowed to Indiana, II to IA; Gallaudet lost to Ran dolph-Macon, 18 to 6. and Howard dropped a 7-to-6 decision to the North Carolina Colored A. and T.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 19, 1934, page 5 (results column)
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BALL 4g1REsULTs 1lle 1OllOWlllB dlC 1uldl oSoASo of principal football games play ed last Saturday afternoon: Yale 2; Princeton o. Pittsburgh 31; Navy ‘. University of Detroit 6; Mich igan State ‘. Colgate 13; Syracuse ?. Purdue T; Fordham O.. Citadel 0; Army 34. Columbia 13; Penn 12. New Hampshire 3; Harvard AT. Holy Cross 20; Brown T. Dartmouth 6; Cornell 21. Carnegie Tech 6; Duquesne 0. Michigan 0; Ohio State 34. Williams 2; Amherst 19. Illinois 3; Wisconsin T. !. Duke o, North Carolina T. Notre Dame 20; Northwestern T. Tulane 20; Kentucky 2. Chicago T; Minnesota 35. Nebraska 3; Kansas O. Gonzaga O; Wichita U 0. Alabama 40; Georgia Tech 0. Arkansas 6; Southern Methodist 10. Texas 20; Texas Christian 19. Stanford 40; Olympic Club 0. Idaho 13; California 45. Arizona 32; Temple Teachers 6. College of Puget Sound O; Washington 34. Oregon 0; Southern California B. Montana T; Oregon State ‘.
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)
Alabama 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Alabama–Georgia Tech gameAlabama leads 28–21–3 in 52 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.
| 1984 | Georgia Tech 16, Alabama 6 | |
| 1983 | Alabama 20, Georgia Tech 7 | |
| 1982 | Alabama 45, Georgia Tech 7 | |
| 1981 | Georgia Tech 24, Alabama 21 | |
| 1980 | Alabama 26, Georgia Tech 3 | |
| 1979 | Alabama 30, Georgia Tech 6 |
Around this game
Alabama
- Next gamevs. VanderbiltNov. 29, 1934
- SeasonAlabama in 1934
- ProgramAlabama history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat FloridaNov. 24, 1934
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1934
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

