Georgia Tech at Kentucky

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 31

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  Linemen in BackfieId Georgia Tech Falls Before Kentucky Victory Is First in Five Years for Wildcats Over Engineers LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov g. Changing backfield horses in the middle of the stream failed to help Georgia Tech today and the Engineers bowed TO Kentucky’s powerful running attack, 26 to 7. 1t was Kentucky’s first South eastern Conference victory in four starts this season and its first triumph over the Tech eleven in five years. Crippled Tech went into the game with two linemen in the backfeldits crack end, Robson, at left half, and Capt. Hawk” Gazette, fine punting guard, at quarterback. Out side of Cavette’s excellent kicking, it was little Johnny Bosch and Ralph Plaster, backs, and big G. I. Webb, sticky-fingered end, who saved the Georgians from a shutout. Kentucky scored in the first three minutes when Dave Zoeller, behind fast galloping interference, raced IS yards for touchdown. Then Charles 1shmael and Noah Mullins led a hard-driving charge from midfield that ended with Ishmael. scoring from the /. Jones attempted placekick was blocked. The gallant Engineers stayed in the ball game temporarily by unleashing a 65-yard scoring drive. Early in the third period, Ken tucky’s Mullins Ishmael’ combinaton bulled its way 10 yards for a touchdown. The Wildcats final touchdown came in the fourth quarter.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 8

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  Georgia Tech Engineers Fall To Kentucky 26–⁠7 backfield-its crack end Rob Ison at. left half and Captain “Hawk” Cavette, fine punting guard, at quarterback. Outside of Cavette’s excellent kicking it was little Johnny Bosch and Ralph Plaster, backs, and big G. I. Webb, sticky fingered end, who saved the Georgians from a shutout. Kentucky scored in the first three minutes when Dove Zoel- Ter, behind fast galloping in terference, raced IS yards for a touchdown. Junior Jone kicked the extra point. 2.

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)

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  Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32

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.

Georgia Tech leads 12–⁠7–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.