Georgia Tech at Duke

Saturday, October 31, 1942

No. 5 Georgia Tech beat Duke 26–⁠7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 7–⁠3.

Away5Georgia Tech9–⁠2 in 1942
26
HomeDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
7

FinalHigh 76°F, low 48°FAttendance 24,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GEORGIA TECH IN UNDEFEATED RANKS BY WIN OVER DUKE

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 2, 1942, page 5

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    GEORGIA TECH IN UNDEFEATED RANKS BY WIN OVER DUKE DURHAM, N. C., Nov 2-Georgia Tech stayed in the ranks of the nations undefeated football teams last Saturday afternoon by defeat- ing Duke 26 to T

  • The The daily monitor leader's story

    The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., November 2, 1942, page 11 (results column)

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    Pat Harder and ElrOy HirSch, Wisconsin backs-They led IT. 7 victory over Ohio State, Harder scoring touchdown and kicking a field goal and an exira point, and Hirsch assisting with ball carrying and tossing a touchdown pass. Gordon Lyle, Harvard half back-Outran Princeton second airy and snagged long pass, sprinting remaining 80 yards for last-minute touchdown that brought 1914 victory. frankie Sinkwich, Georgia halfback-Pitched team to 21- 10 win over Alabama with two touchdown passes in final Pc riod. Kit Kittrell, Baylor quarter back-Scored his teams touch down and ran ball into position for field goal that tumbled T. c. u, 1917. Eddie McGovern, Rose Poly halfback-Scored five touch downs and kicked five extra points in 60–⁠2l rout of Franklin, bringing his four-game total to LOG points. Bob Longacre, william and Mary halfback-Scored three touchdowns, one on 43-yard run, to lead 35–⁠14 victory over Dart mouth. Angelic Bertelli, Notre Dame halfback-Scored games only touchdown which he set up with pass, in 80 conquest of Navy. Eddie Prokop, Georgia Tech halfback-Tossed two touch down passes and set up q third in 26–⁠7 win over Duke. Bert Stiff and Bob Odell, Pennsylvania backs led 1910 vic tory over Army, gaining 50 yards between them. Roy Mckay and Jackie Fields, Texas fullbacks-Paced 21–⁠7 win over S. M. u, scoring all Longhorn’s points between them. Bobby Offers, Tennessee half back-Scored twice on runs of 19 and Z yards as Vols BANKED L. S. u, $50. Herman Frickey, Minnesota halback-Scored two touch downs, one on a 78-yard punt

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)

Duke 67% to win. Georgia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia Tech 28, Duke 25
2025Georgia Tech 27, Duke 18
2024Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14
2022Georgia Tech 23, Duke 20
2021Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27
2020Georgia Tech 56, Duke 33

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