Georgia Tech at Tulane
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
No. 10 Georgia Tech beat Tulane 27–13. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 13–7.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 65°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 68
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Gophers Drub Northwestern Indiana Shades Marquette 212O Brigham Leads Georgia Tech To 27–73 Victory Oyer Tulane 60. on Fullback Ronnie Kent’s 1syard scoring buck in the OPEN ing quarter. Brigham, Techs regular quarterback last season. played sec ond string to Wade Mitchell this season, although drawing the token starting role. ~ Brigham Takes Over. Brigham took over after Tech scored its first touchdown on Fullback Glenn Turner’s diving 4-yard buck. which started IN the Tulane 36 when Larry Morris intercepted pass by Pete Gle ment. The 178-pound Tech junior The 178-pound Tech junior covered SO yards in Techs scoring drive. A pass to End Sam HenSley ate up 80 yards and set up his touchdown toss to Volkert. After Tech recovered bad Tulane center pass on the Tulane Is in the third quarter, Brigham threw a 13-yard pass to- Sennett for a score. That put Tech ahead, 21–6. Techs final touchdown came on last-period drive of So yards, with Mitchell passing to End Henry Hair and Halfback Billy Teas and Turner smashing off regular gains to move to the Tulane 3. Turner cracked over guard for the score. Georgia Tech -~-~- II 7 6–27 | Tulane ~ q 0 O f-13 Scoring Georgia Tech. touchdowns- Turner %. Volkert, sennett Conver- | touchdowns-Kent, Sala. Conversion Clement
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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia Tech–Tulane gameGeorgia Tech leads 37–13 in 50 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.
| 2015 | Georgia Tech 65, Tulane 10 | |
| 2014 | Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21 | |
| 1982 | Georgia Tech 19, Tulane 13 | |
| 1981 | Tulane 27, Georgia Tech 10 | |
| 1980 | Tulane 31, Georgia Tech 14 | |
| 1979 | Tulane 12, Georgia Tech 7 |
Around this game
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. AuburnOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1953
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonTulane in 1953
- ProgramTulane history and records

