Georgia Tech at Duke

Saturday, November 3, 1956

No. 2 Georgia Tech beat Duke 7–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 13–⁠10–⁠1.

Away2Georgia Tech10–⁠1 in 1956
7
HomeDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1956
0

FinalHigh 74°F, low 57°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GEORGIA TECH ~ DUKE -----------OI Florida Backs Cross Up Auburn in 200 Victory

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1956, page 67

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    GEORGIA TECH ~ DUKE -----------OI Florida Backs Cross Up Auburn in 200 Victory GAINESVILLE. Fla, Nov. 3 R.-A 47-yard touchdown pass by runner Jackie Simpson and q 58-yard touchdown run by passer Jimmy Dunn caught the Auburn Tigers by surprise today and gave Florida a 300 victory. A record homecoming crowd Of 1900 saw Florida score those two touchdowns within four minutes in the second quarter and keep the pressure on the Tigers, who were rated an even choice to win. The victory kept Florida in third place in the Southeastern Conference. After Auburn put on an i’m pressive running display in the

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia Tech 28, Duke 25
2025Georgia Tech 27, Duke 18
2024Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14
2022Georgia Tech 23, Duke 20
2021Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27
2020Georgia Tech 56, Duke 33

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