Miami at Georgia Tech
Saturday, September 17, 1955 Share
Georgia Tech beat Miami 14–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 61°FAttendance 39,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 18, 1955, page 1
Read the text
Georgia Tech |Cashes Breaks To Beat Miami Hurricanes Suffer l4–6 Loss Despite Domination of Come ATLANTA, Sept. II R.- Georgia Techs Yellow Jackets, combining a healthy helping Of luck with typical speed and smartness, whipped powerful Miami, 14–6. today in a corking season-opening football head liner before a sell-out crowd Of 40. 900. Uncounted television viewers watched the Nations first color football telecast. Tech turned a fair-catch in
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.
On the newsreel
- GEORGIA TECH WINS GRID OPENERMiami University faces Georgia Tech as football takes the sports limelight. Favored Miami is shaken when Tech rambles to an early lead and goes on to a thrilling, 14-6 upset victory
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Georgia Tech 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Miami–Georgia Tech gameGeorgia Tech leads 15–14 in 29 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2024 | Georgia Tech 28, Miami 23 | |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech 23, Miami 20 | |
| 2022 | Miami 35, Georgia Tech 14 | |
| 2021 | Miami 33, Georgia Tech 30 | |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech 28, Miami 21 | |
| 2018 | Georgia Tech 27, Miami 21 |
Around this game
Miami
- Next gamevs. Florida StateSept. 30, 1955
- SeasonMiami in 1955
- ProgramMiami history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gameat FloridaSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1955
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records