Auburn at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 16, 1954

No. 19 Georgia Tech beat Auburn 14–⁠7. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 30–⁠19–⁠2.

AwayAuburn8–⁠3 in 1954
7
Home19Georgia Tech8–⁠3 in 1954
14

FinalAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Tech Whips Auburn, 14-7, With Two Ground Slabs

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 64

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    Georgia Tech Whips Auburn, 14–⁠7, With Two Ground Slabs ATLANTA, Oct. 16.-A goal line tumble by Fob James cost Auburn a touchdown today and Georgia Tech defeated the Plainsmen, lat, in South eastern Conference football bat tie. With Tech failing to gain Q yard by passing, touchdown runs

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 42–⁠41–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.

Recent meetings
2005Georgia Tech 23, Auburn 14
2003Georgia Tech 17, Auburn 3
1987Auburn 20, Georgia Tech 10
1986Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 10
1985Auburn 17, Georgia Tech 14
1984Auburn 48, Georgia Tech 34

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