Auburn at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 26, 1940 Share
Auburn beat Georgia Tech 16–7. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 19–17–2.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 56°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 27, 1940, page 29
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Auburn Coshes In on 2 Breaks, Whips Georgia Tech, 1917 Goree kicked the point to make 1t 7–6 Tech. When Tech waited until fourth down to punt, Hawk Gavette fumbled the snap and the ball went over on the Tech 81. Bud Wendling cut inside his left tackle and went over for the touchdown, Nc Gowen adding the point
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 63% to win. Auburn won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Auburn–Georgia Tech gameAuburn leads 42–41–3 in 86 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.
| 2005 | Georgia Tech 23, Auburn 14 | |
| 2003 | Georgia Tech 17, Auburn 3 | |
| 1987 | Auburn 20, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 1986 | Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 1985 | Auburn 17, Georgia Tech 14 | |
| 1984 | Auburn 48, Georgia Tech 34 |
Around this game
Auburn
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonAuburn in 1940
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat DukeNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1940
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records