Pittsburgh vs. Georgia Tech
Saturday, December 29, 1956, Gator Bowl Share
No. 4 Georgia Tech beat No. 12 Pittsburgh 21–14. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Pittsburgh led the series 3–2.
FinalAttendance 37,683Referee: John Coles (EAIFO; split crew: EAIFO, SEC)
MVPs Wade Mitchell (Georgia Tech); Corny Salvaterra (Pittsburgh)Wikipedia
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, December 30, 1956, page 42
Read the text
Georgia Tech Defeats Pitt, 21–14; West All Stars Surprise East 10 Brodie, Arnett Lead Victory: .Hornung Hot SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 lP. Quarterback John Brodie of Stanford and Halfback Jon Ar nett of Southern California COM bined passing and running tai ents today to give the West a 7–6 upset victory over the East in the 32d annual Shrine ALL Star football game. The two spearheaded an 85yard touchdown drive midway of
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
- 'GATOR BOWLJacksonville, Georgia Tech routs a savage-fighting Pittsburgh eleven, in a bruising, 21-14 contest
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pittsburgh–Georgia Tech gamePittsburgh leads 12–6 in 18 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
Around this game
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. OklahomaSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1956
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. KentuckySept. 21, 1957
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1956
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records