Duke at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 19, 1935

Georgia Tech beat Duke 6–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayDuke8–⁠2 in 1935
0
HomeGeorgia Tech5–⁠5 in 1935
6

FinalHigh 83°F, low 56°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story

    The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 21, 1935, page 28 (results column)

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    They came through unscathed in mighty battles with hitherto unbeat- en opponents. Yale’s gallant eleven stayed of . strong Navy team, 7–⁠6, on a touch- down by Al Hessberg, brilliant so- phomore halfback and a goal after touchdown by as substitute tackle, Henry Gardner, who was in the game for only one play. Notre Dame battered down Pittsburgh, 9–⁠6, by the margin of a field goal by Marty Peters, which snapped Pitts 3-year supremacy over the Irish. Southern Methodist, with little Bobby Wilson laying the leading role, staged a fourth period rally to conquer Rive, 10–⁠0. Washington displayed unexpected strength in smashing Washington State, 21-O. Georgia marched to a 13-O triumph over North Carolina State. Big Five Those five-Yale, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist, Georgia and Westinghouse the leaders for the week. Next week they may have to- give way to new gridiron powers. The other IS unbeaten, united major teams, from whose ranks later may spring new leaders to sup- plant the present pace-setters, fol- low: East-Arnny, Princeton, New York D., Temple, Dartmouth, Penn State, Villanova. Midwest-Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Iowa, Marquette, Missouri. Southwest-Texas Christian, Bay- Tor. South-North Carolina. Ear California, U. c. L. A. Nine major teams were tumbled to defeat last week, and another was tied. The group beaten for the first time included Columbia, Navy, Michigan State, Duke, Rice, Detroit, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh and Washington State. Holy Cross, looked upon as one of the casts strongest teams, was tied by Manhattan in one of the biggest upsets, 1913. A magnificent fourth period rally by Manhattan accounted for two touchdowns which tied Holy Cross, a Al betting fav- orite. Three of the other big upheavals came in the south, where Georgia Tech capitalized on a tumble to beat Duke, 6–⁠0; Auburn routed Ken- tuckey, 20–⁠0; and Alabama found it’s Rose Bowl form to blast Tennessee, 25-O. All three losers were favored. Real Shock Perhaps the most surprising re- suit of all was in the east, where Boston College, beaten 19–⁠0 by rose up to defeat Mich igan States powerful team, 18–⁠6. Other developments by sections were: East-Army, led by little Monk Meyer, won its first game in history from Harvard at West Point, 13-O. Pennsylvania ripped Columbia to Shreds. $40. Princeton had to come from behind to beat little Rutgers, 29–⁠6. Temple moved onward with 8 13–⁠0 win over Carnegie Tech. Ford ham conquered Vanderbilt in a 13–⁠7. Penn State subdued Lehigh, 26–⁠0. Syracuse won from Ohio Wesleyan, 1910. Colgate rout- ed Lafayette, 52–⁠0. Dartmouth Brown, 41–⁠0. Midwest-Ohio State started it’s drive for the big ten title with a 28–⁠7 victory over Northwestern. Michigan scored its second confer ence victory by beating Wisconsin, 20–⁠12. Purdue stayed with the lead- CTS by winning from Chicago, 1920. Minnesota scored an inter sectional victory over Tulane, 20–⁠0. Nebraska was held to surprise GO tie by Kansas State. Oklahoma knocked off Iowa State, 16–⁠0. 6outh-North Carolina continued to look impressive in downing Div Idson, 14–⁠0. Louisiana State was hard put to beat Arkansas, 13–⁠7. and Lee trimmed Gen. Ire, 14–⁠7. Southwest-Texas Christian scor- d conference victory over Texas |, \. & M. 19–⁠14. Texas won a spectac- liar game from Centenary, 1913. Far West-C California continued ts unbeaten march by winning a cruising battle from Santa Clara, 70. Oregon State tumbled South

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome daily nugget, October 21, 1935, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Michigan 20 Wisconsin 12 Washington 21 Wn. State 0 Idaho 0 Oregon IA Santa Clara 0 California 6 Indiana 0 Cincinnati 2 Vanderbilt 7 Fordham 13 Dartmouth Al Brown 0 Ohio Wes. 10 Syracuse Is Miami 0 Georgetown 3 Holy Cross 13 Manhattan 1G Nebraska 0 Kansas State 0 Alabama 25 Tennessee 0 Rice 0 South. Methodist 10 Texas A & M IA Tex Chr. 19 Duke 0 Georgia Tech 6 Oregon State 13 U s e

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 75% to win. Georgia Tech pulled the upset.

Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 90 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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