Georgia Tech at Kentucky

Saturday, September 22, 1956

No. 4 Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 14–⁠6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 8–⁠6–⁠1.

Away4Georgia Tech10–⁠1 in 1956
14
HomeKentucky6–⁠4 in 1956
6

FinalHigh 85°F, low 59°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: YoLKERT GOES So FOR cLINcHER Georgia Tech Wins Over Kentucky, l4-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1956, page 1

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    YoLKERT GOES So FOR cLINcHER Georgia Tech Wins Over Kentucky, l4–⁠6 LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. % Up. George Volkert broke around his left end for a 54-yard touch down sprint to seal Georgia Techs 1916 victory over Ken lucky today. Volkert’s dazzling third-period run behind the protection Of Tackle Ormond Anderson provided one Of the few offensive thrills for a crowd of 10000 and a national television audience this bright. humid afternoon. Tech, obviously attempting to take advantage of its. superior reserve strength, kept reasonable control of the bali in the OPEN ing half, marching 80 yards in 10 plays for one touchdown and striking suddenly with one Of its two last-halt opportunities. Kentucky’s touchdown was the result of Toppy Vann’s tumble in the closing minutes. Kentucky recovering at the Tech Is. After offsetting 15-yard penalties, Ken lucky got a first down at the Tech two, and Quarterback Del

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 12–⁠7–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2016Georgia Tech 33, Kentucky 18Gator Bowl
1960Georgia Tech 23, Kentucky 13
1959Georgia Tech 14, Kentucky 12
1958Kentucky 13, Georgia Tech 0
1957Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 0
1956Georgia Tech 14, Kentucky 6

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