Florida at Georgia Tech

Saturday, September 27, 1952

No. 3 Georgia Tech beat Florida 17–⁠14. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 18–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayFlorida8–⁠3 in 1952
14
Home3Georgia Tech12–⁠0 in 1952
17

FinalHigh 81°F, low 58°FAttendance 30,939

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: College Football

    Evening star, September 29, 1952, page 15 (results column)

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    College Football must tangle with Notre Dame this week after walloping North Carolima, 28–⁠7, over the week end. The Pacific Coast Conference is running pretty much according to form, with California the team to beat. The Golden Bears, with Johnny Olszewski handling the main offensive chores, looked good turning back Missouri, 28-l4. They tourney to Minnesota this week. Southern California. the Bears No. / threat, entertains Army. It’s beginning to look as though some one might upset Oklahoma, the defending champion in the Big Seven. Kansas and Nebraska both have been impressive, while the Sooners were held to a 21–⁠21 tie by Colorado. All three figure to win this week-Nebraska against Iowa State, Oklahoma against Pitt and Kansas against Colorado. However, Kansas may have trouble with the Buffaloes. Georgia Tech, which was ranked the No. 3 team in the country before festivities got under way, will have to produce against Southern Methodist to keep its lofty spot after eking out 17–⁠14 triumph over Florida. Tennessee, which may give the Engineers q fight for \ the Southeastern Conference title, AaS Q tough opponent in Duke. 4

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 24–⁠9–⁠6 in 39 meetings, counting the 14 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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