Georgia Tech at Georgia

Saturday, November 27, 1954

Georgia Tech beat Georgia 7–⁠3. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 21–⁠18–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia Tech8–⁠3 in 1954
7
HomeGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1954
3

FinalHigh 45°F, low 28°FAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Bowls at d Glance

    Evening star, November 28, 1954, page 66

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    Bowls at d Glance Here is the lineup of New Years Day football bowl games: Rose Bowl Ohio State 900 VS.. Southern California (8–⁠3). Sugar Bowl-Navy CID VS.. Mississippi (9–⁠1). Cotton Bowl Arkansas (8–⁠2) VS.. Georgia Tech (7–⁠3). Orange Bowl-Nebraska t6–⁠4) VS.. Duke t7-2-D or Maryland (T-2-1). to be announced today Sunday. Gator Bowl-To be announced.

  • The The Key West citizen's story

    The Key West citizen, Florida, November 29, 1954, page 6 (results column)

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    Eight college football teams led by such postseason veterans as Southern California and Georgia Tech made up the cast today for the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls – the four major New | Years Day grid attractions. Duke, champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, rounded out the group when the league athletic di. rectors chose it to play in Miami’s Orange Bowl against Nebraska of the Big Seven. Duke ended its regular season with a 47–⁠12 humping of North Carolina. One more bowl announcement is expected sometime later today when the Gator Bowl selection committee picks two teams to play in the Dec. 81 affair at Jackson vile, Fla. This is the lineup for the Big Four on Jan. /: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calf. - Ohio State (9–⁠0) VS.. Southern Cali fornia (8–⁠3). Sugar Bowl, New Orleans-Navy (7–⁠2) VS.. Mississippi (s-D. Orange Bowl, Miami – Duke (7-2-1) VS.. Nebraska (6–⁠4). Cotton Bowl, Dallas – Arkansas (S-2) VS.. Georgia Tech (7–⁠3). The Sugar Bowl grabbed Navy and Mississippi late Saturday with in minutes after the teams had scored victories in their seasons final games. Navy accepted bid to New Orleans after rocking Army 27–⁠20 in the annual service clash before more than 100000 spectators at Philadelphia. Mississippi blanked arch rival Mississippi State 14-O to capture the Southeastern Conference cham

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
2024Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42
2023Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
2022Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14
2021Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0
2019Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7

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