Tennessee at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 6, 1948

Tennessee beat No. 6 Georgia Tech 13–⁠6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 6–⁠5.

AwayTennessee4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1948
13
Home6Georgia Tech7–⁠3 in 1948
6

FinalHigh 65°F, low 54°F, 0.98 in. of rainAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ; SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    ; SCORES Final scores of leading football ames played during the week nd are as follows: idaho %; Montana State 0. California 28; UCLA. Is. Denver 80; Detroit 81. Cell of Pac. 80; Montana IA. Utah II; Colorado Am 8. Texas Tech As; Texas Mines 6. Arizona IA; New Mexico 6. Oregon 49, washington 7. oregon S. 20; Washington S. 26. ST. Marys 10; Portland U. 0. Oklahoma Al. Missouri Z. Oklahoma Am 10; Tulsa 0. Clemson Al; Furman 0. Virginia 81; N. Carolina S. IA. Alabama o. Miss. Southern 0. Mississippi S, 20; Auburn 0. Villanova 10; Kentucky ID. Vanderbilt 49, LSU Z. Tulane %; VMI 7. Columbia 81; Dartmouth rs. Tennessee 13; Georgia Tech 6. Iowa 0; Illinois IA. Swarthmore 7: Johns Hopkins 10. Boston U SO; Fordham 7. Kings Point 0; Yale So. Wake Forest 81; Duke 20. Trinity Is; Amherst 0. Notre Dame Az. Indiana g. Penn State 13; Penn 0. VIM. and Mary 7; N. Carolina Z. Virginia 81; N. c. State IA. Lafayette ID; Rutgers “a. Holy Cross l6; Duquesne 10. Syracuse O; Temple 20. Pittsburgh 0; Ohio State Al. Colgate 6, Cornell ID. Stanford o; Army 43. Harvard Z, Princeton AZ. Michigan State Z; Marquette 0. Michigan IS; Navy 0. Georgia 90 Florida IL. Northwestern II; Wisconsin Z. Miami O, Dayton 7. Texas Am IA; So. Methodists 20 Drake 0; Iowa 2. Villanova 13; Kentucky 10. Purdue z; Minnesota “a. Rice Is; Arkansas 6. U. Of Texas ID; Baylor 10. K. State O: Nebraska 80. Canis.us IA; st. Bonaventure 6. Santa Clara IA; Nevada 0.

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 77% to win. Tennessee pulled the upset.

Tennessee leads 26–⁠17–⁠2 in 45 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24
2017Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 41
1987Tennessee 29, Georgia Tech 15
1986Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee 13
1985Georgia Tech 6, Tennessee 6
1984Tennessee 24, Georgia Tech 21

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