VMI at Georgia Tech
Saturday, November 10, 1951 Share
No. 8 Georgia Tech beat VMI 34–7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 10–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 40°FAttendance 21,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1951, page 1 (results column)
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Maryland remained among the unbeaten major football teams yesterday by trimming Navy. 40–21 at Baltimore for its seventh straight victory. Navy was ahead briefly In the first period after a 100-yard punt return. but after that the Terrapins took command. Also winning its seventh straight game was Michigan State with a $50 rout over Notre Dame, while Stanford moved toward the Rose Bowl by upsetting Southern California. 27–20. Georgia Tech became the first team assigned to a major post season game by accepting a bid to the Orange Bowl and then crushing Virginia Military Institute, 34–7. In other big games, Illinois pasted
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every VMI–Georgia Tech gameGeorgia Tech leads 15–1 in 16 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2024 | Georgia Tech 59, VMI 7 | |
| 1988 | Georgia Tech 34, VMI 7 | |
| 1986 | Georgia Tech 52, VMI 6 | |
| 1975 | Georgia Tech 38, VMI 10 | |
| 1973 | Georgia Tech 36, VMI 7 | |
| 1951 | Georgia Tech 34, VMI 7 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gameat The CitadelNov. 17, 1951
- SeasonVMI in 1951
- ProgramVMI history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat AlabamaNov. 17, 1951
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1951
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records

