Georgia at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 29, 1947

No. 9 Georgia Tech beat Georgia 7–⁠0. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 17–⁠15–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia7–⁠4–⁠1 in 1947
0
Home9Georgia Tech10–⁠1 in 1947
7

FinalAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stars in College Grid Games

    Evening star, December 1, 1947, page 18 (results column)

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    Stars in College Grid Games Pete Stout, Texas Christian Scored three touchdowns in 1913 tie with S. M. U. Tobin Rote, Rice-Passed for two touchdowns and completed four for l25 yards in Rice’s 1916 rout of Baylor. Dick Gray. Oregon State-Scored one touchdown, passed to three 9TH ers as Oregon State upset Nebraska, ~ to 6. Junior Thomas, Oklahoma–Ran 80 and 50 yards for last-period touchdowns to whip Oklahoma A. and M, 81 to 13. Red Patton. Georgia Tech-Threw scoring pass to end George Drodnax as Jackets edged Georgia, 7 to 0. Hal Littleford, Tennessee–Rc turned punt So yards for deciding touchdown in Vols 12-to-7 conquest of Vanderbilt. Fred Enke, jr, Arizona-Passed to three touchdowns and ran over 9 ! fourth in 54-to-28 loss to Kansas.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5; as played, 69–⁠40–⁠5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
2024Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42
2023Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
2022Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14
2021Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0
2019Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7

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