Tulane at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 27, 1956

No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 15 Tulane 40–⁠0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 15–⁠7.

Away15Tulane6–⁠4 in 1956
0
Home3Georgia Tech10–⁠1 in 1956
40

FinalHigh 71°F, low 49°FAttendance 40,000

On the newsreel

  • GA. TECH WALLOPS TULANEAt Atlanta, the powerhouse gridders of Georgia Tech ride roughshod over the Tulane visitors, romping to a 40-0 victory before happy Homecoming Day throngUniversal Newsreel, October 29, 1956. Catalog record at the National Archives

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 37–⁠13 in 50 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Georgia Tech 65, Tulane 10
2014Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21
1982Georgia Tech 19, Tulane 13
1981Tulane 27, Georgia Tech 10
1980Tulane 31, Georgia Tech 14
1979Tulane 12, Georgia Tech 7

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