Georgia Tech at Duke

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Duke beat Georgia Tech 19–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayGeorgia Tech5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1936
6
HomeDuke9–⁠1 in 1936
19

FinalHigh 78°F, low 61°F, 0.12 in. of rainAttendance 29,953

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs The following are results of lead ing football games played in var ious parts of the country last Sat- urday afternoon: UCLA IT; California 6. Gonzaga 0; Montana (. Washington State C; Southern California 0. Oregon 13; Idaho O. Oregon State T; Washington 19. Texas Christian 2; Texas A. & M. Is. Georgia Tech 6; Duke 19 Tulane 28; Colgate 6. Western Maryland 0; Villanova 13. Michigan 0; Minnesota 26. Indiana 9; Nebraska 13. Kansas State O; Marquette 13. Manhattan T; Holy Cross 13. Virginia Military Institute 0; Co., lumbia 38 Syracuse T; Cornell 20. Auburn 6; Detroit 0. Army 32; Harvard 0. WyneSburg 6; Fordham 20. Bucknell O. Georgetown 19. DePaul T; Catholic University 12 Princeton 0; Penn T. Purdue 35. Chicago T. Yale 12; Navy 2. Duquesne T; Pittsburgh 0. Vanderbilt 0; Southern Methodist Is. SUNDAY GAME St. Mary’s 0; University of San Francisco 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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 89 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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