Mercer at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 1, 1938 Share
Georgia Tech beat Mercer 19–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 11–0.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 7, 1938, page 36
Read the text
Notre Dame Arrives For Georgia Tech Till ATLANTA, Oct. THE Notre Dame football team, 80 strong, arrived here today for tomorrow’S game with Georgia Tech. It will be the first time the Irish have played the Yellowjackets since 1929. Both football teams came through last weeks games undefeated, with Notre Dame showing surprising running power by go ing through Kansas to the tune of So to 0, while Tech had no diff Guilty setting back Mercer, 19 to 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)
Georgia Tech 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Mercer–Georgia Tech gameGeorgia Tech leads 13–0 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 2026 | Georgia Tech 44, Mercer 11 | |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 10 | |
| 1938 | Georgia Tech 19, Mercer 0 | |
| 1937 | Georgia Tech 28, Mercer 0 | |
| 1916 | Georgia Tech 61, Mercer 0 | |
| 1915 | Georgia Tech 52, Mercer 0 |
Around this game
Mercer
- Next gameat GeorgiaOct. 17, 1938
- SeasonMercer in 1938
- ProgramMercer history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. Notre DameOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1938
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

