Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 19, 1940. Georgia Tech kept the Gold Cowbell

Georgia Tech beat Vanderbilt 19–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 13–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayVanderbilt3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1940
0
HomeGeorgia Tech3–⁠7 in 1940
19

FinalHigh 78°F, low 44°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon Oregon State o: University of Washington 19. Stanford 26; Washington State IA. U.C.LA. T; California g. Oregon 0; University of Southern California 13. Duke 13; Colgate O. Princeton 28; Pennsylvania 46. Maryland o; Florida l9. Vanderbilt 0; Georgia Tech 19. Nebraska 53; Kansas g. Idaho o; Boston College 60. Iowa 6; Indiana 10. Carnegie Tech O; Notre Dame 61 Iowa State IA Missouri 30. Rice 6; Tulane 15. Northwestern 27; Wisconsin T. Tennessee 27; Alabama 12. Texas 2l; Arkansas O. Illinois 0; Michigan 28. Drake 0; Navy 19. Georgia IS; Columbia 19. Syracuse 6; Cornell 33 Holy Cross 13; NY.U. 2. Fordham 24; Pittsburgh 12. Dartmouth ‘; Yale 13 Army 6; Harvard 6, tie. Penn State 34; Lehigh 0. Connecticut 13; Maine G. Minnesota 13; Ohio State T.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 20–⁠15–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27Birmingham Bowl
2016Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7
2009Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31
2003Georgia Tech 24, Vanderbilt 17
2002Georgia Tech 45, Vanderbilt 3
1967Georgia Tech 17, Vanderbilt 10

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