Tulane at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 11, 1952

No. 5 Georgia Tech beat Tulane 14–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 12–⁠7.

AwayTulane5–⁠5 in 1952
0
Home5Georgia Tech12–⁠0 in 1952
14

FinalHigh 64°F, low 51°FAttendance 27,913

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Redskins Sign Veterans Release Bagdon and Another Player Spa!rtans' Win Streak Now Longest al 1S; |Terps Close Behind

    Evening star, October 13, 1952, page 17 (results column)

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    Redskins Sign Veterans Release Bagdon and Another Player Spa!rtans’ Win Streak Now Longest al 1S; |Terps Close Behind NEW YORK. Oct. l3.-With the departure Of Princeton from the undefeated ranks, the mighty Spartans of Michigan State today owned the longest current winning streak in major college football -18 games – and they show no signs of letting up. Maryland has gone through 10 games without a defeat, but the Terps have been tied once. Georgia Tech, also tied once. is right behind with an 18-game undefeated skein. Maryland has taken 16 in a row since its tie. Michigan State still has six games to play, so it’s rather early Ito predict another undefeated season for the Spartans. but II they perform in the manner they did Saturday in hanging a 48–⁠6 |pasting on Texas ASzM. their fu- |ture opponents are not going to look to their games with any en- IthusiaSm. The Spartans are to meet. in order, Syracuse, Penn State. Purdue, Indiana, Notre Dame and Marquette. Irish Look Bad. Until it took a 22-l9 beating from Pitt, Notre Dame probably would have been regarded as a threat to Biggie Munn’s lads, who next year start operations in the Big Ten. But the Irish looked bad against the Panthers and will have to improve considerably. Maryland and Georgia Tech continue to roll along, and neither should be pressed to any great extent this week against, respeclively, Navy and Auburn. The Terps polished off Georgia. $40. and Tech topped Tulane, 14–⁠0. California, which has piled lip a staggering 152 points in four games, looks like the winner of the Pacific Coast Conference title, although it still must get past Southern California and UCLA. Wisconsin, No. l team in the country in last weeks AP poll. was the victim of the biggest up set of the season Saturday. Ohio State soundly pasted the Badgers. 23–⁠14. Purdue Leads Big Ten. That made it a brand-new race in the Big Ten, although there still is no law that says Wisconsin can’t win it and 60 on to the Rose Bowl. On paper, the Badgers still can field the most potent (See COLLEGE FOOTBALL. A-l8)

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.

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia Tech 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 37–⁠13 in 50 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Georgia Tech 65, Tulane 10
2014Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21
1982Georgia Tech 19, Tulane 13
1981Tulane 27, Georgia Tech 10
1980Tulane 31, Georgia Tech 14
1979Tulane 12, Georgia Tech 7

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