Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 12, 1940 Share
Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech 26–20. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 10–1.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 52°FAttendance 32,492
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1940, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Leading Football Scores Yesterday Cornell, IS; Army 0. Pennsylvania, so; Yale, Z. Northwestern, g.; Ohio State, 5 Michigan, 26; Harvard, O. Navy, IL; Princeton, 8. Notre Dame, 26; Georgia Tech, 20 U. 8. c., Is; Illinois, Z. @. w. u, 20; w. b L., II. C. u, 8; st. Anselm’s, O.. Virginia, 10; Maryland, 8. N. C., a.: Texas Christian. “a. Stamford. .: Santa Clara, {. Oetsils n spegss seetaoo.)
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.
On the newsreel
- NOTRE DAME BEATS GA. TECH., 26-20The "Irish" run wild against the "Engineers," with the first team scoring 20 points—all in one quarter. Georgia Tech comes back against the reserves!
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia Tech–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 31–6–1 in 38 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.
Around this game
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. VanderbiltOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1940
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. Carnegie MellonOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1940
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records