Georgia Tech at Florida

Saturday, September 29, 1951

Georgia Tech beat Florida 27–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 17–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayGeorgia Tech11–⁠0–⁠1 in 1951
27
HomeFlorida5–⁠5 in 1951
0

FinalHigh 91°F, low 71°FAttendance 39,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Tech Rolls 10 27-O Victory Over Florida

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1951, page 39

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    Georgia Tech Rolls 10 27-O Victory Over Florida GAINESVILLE. Fla. Sept. 29.- A freshman linebacker. named Larry Morris, opened the way fol Georgia Techs offensive power tc roll over Florida, 27–⁠0, here tonight. Morris recovered Florida FUN bic on the games first scrimmage play and Tech went 13 yards for its first touchdown. At the start of the second half. Morris inter- Icepted a Florida pass and Tech went 42 yards for a score. Darrell Crawford’s accurate spot passing guided the Tech marches and a big, fast and tough line kept Florida’s offense we’ll bot tied.

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)

Florida 54% to win. Georgia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia Tech leads 24–⁠9–⁠6 in 39 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Florida 27, Georgia Tech 6
1980Florida 45, Georgia Tech 12
1979Georgia Tech 7, Florida 7
1978Georgia Tech 17, Florida 13
1966Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12Orange Bowl
1963Georgia Tech 9, Florida 0

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