Georgia Tech at Alabama

Saturday, November 18, 1939

Georgia Tech beat Alabama 6–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayGeorgia Tech8–⁠2 in 1939
6
HomeAlabama5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1939
0

FinalHigh 64°F, low 56°FAttendance 23,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ScoREs

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 18, 1939, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ScoREs The. following are final scores ot football games played this afternoon as, received up to time of going tc press: ~ Georgetown IA; New York U 0. Indiana ‘; Michigan State T; tie Colgate 0; Syracuse 2. New Hampshire o; Harvard 46. Penn State IA; Army IA; tie. South. Dakota O. Cincinnati 13 Boston College 19; Boston U 0. Cornell 35; Dartmouth 6. Princeton 13; Yale 2. North Carolina 3: Duke 13. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross 21 Nebraska IA; Pitt 13. Michigan IS; Penn IT. St Mary’s 0; Fordham 13. Illinois 0; Ohio State 21. Tulane 25; Columbia 0. Villanova 12; Temple 6. Washington and Jefferson O.; La fayette 13. Loyola 0; Catholic U 3. South Carolina 2; Georgia 33, Kansas State 0; Iowa State 10. Purdue T; Wisconsin ‘; tie. George Washington 13; Kansas T. Sewanee IA, Citadel ‘. Oklahoma A and M 0; Wichita 0. Oberlin O.; Chicago 25. Northwestern o; Notre Dame T. Oklahoma 6; Missouri ‘. Minnesota g; Iowa 13. Georgia Tech 6; Alabama 0. Vanderbilt 0: Tennessee 13. Texas Christian 19; Texas 25. Texas A and M 19; Rice 0.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 20, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Football Final November 18 Cornell 35-Dartmouth 6 Princeton 13-Yale 2 North Carolina 3-Duke 13 Carnegie Tech 0-Holycross 21 Nebraska 14-Pitt 13 Michigan 19-Penn IT St. Marys 0-Firdham IA Illinois 0-Ohio State 21 Tulane 25-Columbia 0 Northwestern 0-Norte Dame Oklahoma 6-Missouri ‘ Minnesota 9-IoWa 13 Georgia Tech 6-Alabama 0 Vanderbilt 0-Tennessee Is Texas Christian 19-Texas 25 Texas A and M 19-Rice 0 Oregon State 21-California 0 Washington State 7-Stanford Santa Clara 0-UcLA 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)

Alabama 66% to win. Georgia Tech pulled the upset.

Alabama leads 28–⁠21–⁠3 in 52 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Georgia Tech 16, Alabama 6
1983Alabama 20, Georgia Tech 7
1982Alabama 45, Georgia Tech 7
1981Georgia Tech 24, Alabama 21
1980Alabama 26, Georgia Tech 3
1979Alabama 30, Georgia Tech 6

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