Georgia Tech at Florida
Saturday, September 29, 1951 Share
Georgia Tech beat Florida 27–0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 17–4–3.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 71°FAttendance 39,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Georgia Tech–Florida gameGeorgia Tech leads 24–9–6 in 39 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 1981 | Florida 27, Georgia Tech 6 | |
| 1980 | Florida 45, Georgia Tech 12 | |
| 1979 | Georgia Tech 7, Florida 7 | |
| 1978 | Georgia Tech 17, Florida 13 | |
| 1966 | Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12 | Orange Bowl |
| 1963 | Georgia Tech 9, Florida 0 |
Around this game
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat KentuckyOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1951
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records
Florida
- Next gameat Loyola MarymountOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonFlorida in 1951
- ProgramFlorida history and records

