Mercer at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 1, 1938

Georgia Tech beat Mercer 19–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 11–⁠0.

AwayMercer0–⁠3 in 1938
0
HomeGeorgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠3 in 1938
19

FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: Notre Dame Arrives For Georgia Tech Till

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 7, 1938, page 36

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    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.

Georgia Tech leads 13–⁠0 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia Tech 44, Mercer 11
2016Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 10
1938Georgia Tech 19, Mercer 0
1937Georgia Tech 28, Mercer 0
1916Georgia Tech 61, Mercer 0
1915Georgia Tech 52, Mercer 0

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