Georgia Tech at Georgia

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, December 1, 1952, page 1

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  NEW YORK IN – Except folthe big bowl games a month from today, college football has written finis 10 the 1852 campaign-one that, strangely, lived up to most preseason expectations. Everyone knew Michigan State and Georgia Tech we’re loaded, and these two outfits proved the experts right clear down 10 the wire. The Spartans finished the seasons business as the only I’M defeated, united major team in the country. The Spartans now have won q straight while the Engineers, who wound up operations with q 23–⁠9 victory over Georgia Saturday, have not tasted defeat In Is games and own q 16.gar1e winning streak. They’ll meet q severe test Jan. I against Mississippi In the Sugar Bowl. Ole Miss, lied twice, also 10 indicated, 20 this viii be the only bowl game involving teams that have not been whipped. The biggest disappointments, perhaps, were Illinois, California and Texas Christian. The Mimi were supposed 10 be the class Of the Big ten, but even 1t the start they showed the experts 10 be wrong and could do no better than compile q Is rec ord. wisconsin was rated second best, but emerged with the Rose Bowl nomination on the basis of q e-a.1 season. q California was regarded as the likely heir 10 the Pacific Coast Conference crown, but Pappy Wal DORIS Golden Bears did not reckon with Southern California, and to 1 lesser extent, UCLA. Both proved great defensive powers that also could score and the league race and bid to. the Rose Bowl was not decided until they met and Southern Cal won two weeks ago. II was risky business predicting that Texas Christian would win 10 the Southwest Conference, q loop

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1952, page 60

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  Georgia Tech Gets ReoIScqre But Rally Beats Georgia, 23–⁠9’ ATHENS, Ga, Nov. 29-Georgia Tech came alive in the last quarter today and whipped Georgia, 23–⁠9. but not until after Zeke BratkoWski’s passes had run the undefeated Engineers ragged for most of the game. Two touchdoWns in the last 10 minutes broke open a hard-fought game which could have gone either way until that time. It was the Engineers 18th straight vic tory. Tech, completing it’s first perfeet season in “a years, was scared and didn’t care who knew it. In the last quarter, leading 1877, Tech stopped a Georgia drive at the 3. After two quarterback sneakS without success, Techs substitute quarterback, Pepper Rodgers, deliberately grounded the ball in the end zone, making 1t 1919, Tech. The safety enabled Tech to get a free kick from the 20. The Sugar bowl-bound Engineers. the Nations third-ranked team. simply were afraid to risk a blocked kick so near the goal at that stage of the game. A little later a pass interception gave Tech another touchdown and the pressure was off. The victory gave Tech the Southeastern Conference title for the first time since Bobby Dodd became head coach in 1945. Tech and Tennessee shared the crown in 1851. Georgia battled the highly

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Officially, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5; as played, 69–⁠40–⁠5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.