Georgia Tech at Navy

Saturday, October 23, 1943

No. 3 Navy beat Georgia Tech 28–⁠14. It was their third meeting; after it, Navy led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia Tech8–⁠3 in 1943
14
Home3Navy8–⁠1 in 1943
28

FinalHigh 60°F, low 51°FAttendance 56,223

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Middies Subdue Georgia Tech With Two Late Scores, 28-14 Homberg Throws Three Touchdown Passes And Punges to ToIIy; Prokop Rive! Ace

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1943, page 27

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    Middies Subdue Georgia Tech With Two Late Scores, 28–⁠14 Homberg Throws Three Touchdown Passes And Punges to ToIIy; Prokop Rive! Ace and with the score deadlocked at l4-all at the end of three quarters. it seemed that anything might hap pen. 1t did, and to Georgia Tech quickly, with Hamberg putting on the crusher by hurting two more touchdown passes to run his total for the evening by that medium to three, In addition to one score he personally accounted for with a 9-yard line play. Prokop Rivals Hamberg. 1t wasn’t all Hamberg by anv means. He was given a run for top billing by Eddie Prokop, man CT all work in the Tech backfe!d who threw two touchdown passes In addition to running and punting and generally making himself a pest to the hard-pressed MiddieS. So hard pressed were they that in the first quarter they scarcely were on the ball field They used only the territory up to their own 30 yard line on offensive as Tech, TAX ing advantage Of Navy fumbles. twice drove up to within 10 yards of touchdown. Tech finally put the ball over. with Prokop pa ssing to Walt Killer for yards and the score. Aroused, Navy came right back

  • The Detroit evening times's story: 2 Major Exceptions

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1943, page 23

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    2 Major Exceptions OF this elass-laden field. Army and Navy are the only clubs that are reasonably sure Of finishing the season with the same teams they felded last Saturday. Players at the Service academies will continue their studies there throughout ! he accelerated three-year war lime courses. Army and Navy face major tests this weekend. the West Pointers taking on Penn and the Middies opposing Notre Dame. The Irish will be at full strength for this contest. which marks Bertelli’s farewell TO collegiate football, and by sun down Saturday the boys from Annapolis may be dumped from the unbeaten ranks. Nays 28–⁠14 win over Georgia Tech last Saturday can’t be compared 10 the impressive manner in which Frank Leahy’s protegeS routed the Rambling Wrecks.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: NAVY DEFEATS GEORGIA tech

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 25, 1943, page 5

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    NAVY DEFEATS GEORGIA tech BALTIMORE, Oct. 25.-The Navy surged back in the fourth quarter last Saturday afternoon for two touchdowns to defeat Georgia Tech 20 to IA before crowd of $4,000 spectators. Hal Hamberg threw three touch down passes and scored another.

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)

Navy 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 16–⁠9 in 25 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
2001Georgia Tech 70, Navy 7
2000Georgia Tech 40, Navy 13
1999Georgia Tech 49, Navy 14
1996Navy 36, Georgia Tech 26
1981Navy 20, Georgia Tech 14
1980Navy 19, Georgia Tech 8

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