Georgia Tech at Georgia

Saturday, December 2, 1950

Georgia Tech beat Georgia 7–⁠0. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 18–⁠17–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia Tech5–⁠6 in 1950
7
HomeGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠3 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 72°F, low 46°FAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The The globe-independent's story: BEHIND HOME PLATE

    The globe-independent, Hagerstown, Md., December 7, 1950, page 10 (results column)

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    BEHIND HOME PLATE II was a great day for everyone on the Navy team--from Coach Erdelatz, who diagnosed that Army was getting the jump on their OPP ponents by coming out of their huddie in hurry and getting their plays started before their opponents were in their defensive positions and took care Of that by having his boys in position before Army had even completed their huddle thus giving them the jump before Army could get started-down to the last reserve on the squad-for it was the entire squad who proved again that old, old adage-The team that won’t be licked, can’t be licked 49, Although Nays tremendous up set made everything else that hap pened on Saturday afternoon some thing of an anti-climax, there were plenty of other upsets on the last day Of the regular college season. and here’s some of them: Georgia Tech, an 11-point under dog, beat Georgia 7 to 0; North Carolina, a five-point favorite, was shellaced by Virginia by the tune of “a to 10; Penn State, a six-point underdog, nosed out Pittsburg by a score of 81 to 20; Mississippi State, a six-point favorite, lost to Mississippi by score Of 81 to 20; Southern Methodist, favored to beat Texas Christian by at least one touchdown, took it on the chin TO the tune OF q to 10; Tulane, a two-touchdown favorite over LSU, had to be content with tie, and finally Notre Dame, a two-touchdown favorite over Southern California, lost close one by a score of 9 to 7. RUNNING true to form were. Maryland, who really poured it on VPI, winning by the lopsided score of 60 to 7, with Shemonski scoring 81 points in rs minutes Give touch downs and one conversion), to make him the Southern Conference cham pion with 81 points; and Oklahoma, the Nations No. team, who kept their unbeaten, united record in tact (31 wins in row. by winning in the easiest fashion over the Okla homa Aggies by score of Al to IA.

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 70% to win. Georgia Tech pulled the upset.

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 74 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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