Missouri vs. Georgia Tech

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  The Waterbury Democrat, January 2, 1940, page 15

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  MISSOURI WALLOPED BY GEORGIA TECH Miami. Fla. Jan. 2--(UPl--Mis. souris Big Six football champions were convinced today that the au. thor of ‘srhe Little Man Who Wasn’t There” had Georgia Tech in mind when he wrote the song. For while Missouri was busy chasing phantom ball-carrierk. Tech rolled up a 2i-to-T triumph in the sixth annual Orange Bowl game yes. terday before a holiday crowd Of 30,600 that filled BuFdine Stadium and overfiowcd onto the field. Tech didn’t get started until after Paul Chrlstman roared to Q touch. down in the first seven minutes of play, but once moving. they put Oai q dazzling display Of deception and scored in the first. second and third periods.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, January 2, 1940, page 3

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  CHAMPS ARE KUMBLED IN ORANGE BOWL Georgia Tech Vi1fors Over Missouri Score of q 10 ! MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 2.-Georgla Techs Magicians dazzled Missourrs football team and 36,000 spectators yesterday afternoon with magniti- cent deception to humiliate the Big Six champions in the eighth annual Orange Bowl game. Georgia Tech proved superiority in virtually every department ot the game, out-rushing and out passing the Missourians and win ming by a score of 21 to ‘.

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.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.