Georgia Tech at Tennessee

Saturday, November 9, 1957

No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 18 Georgia Tech 21–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 8–⁠7–⁠1.

Away18Georgia Tech4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1957
6
Home9Tennessee8–⁠3 in 1957
21

FinalHigh 66°F, low 35°FAttendance 45,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: AUBURN PUSHES sooNERs FOR MOI Top Six Hold Places In APP Football Poll

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1957, page 20 (results column)

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    AUBURN PUSHES sooNERs FOR MOI Top Six Hold Places In APP Football Poll and defense mined Auburn checked Mississippi State. 1871. Michigan States 34–⁠6 wal Looping of Notre Dame barely increased the Spartans’ fourth place margin over Iowa, which rolled over Minnesota 44–⁠20. Ohio State, leading both those teams in the hot Big Ten race, whipped Purdue, 20–⁠7, and added just enough points in the balloting to stave off Tonnes sees challenge. Tennessee was the only team in the first 10 a week ago which improved it’s position. The VOL unteers, 21–⁠6 winners over Georgia Tech, moved up from ninth to seventh. Service Teams Slip Navy and Army dropped from seventh and eighth to ninth and tenth as Mississippi jumped into the eighth spot. Ole Miss, a 14–⁠12 winner over Louisiana State last Saturday, is unbeaten in the Southeast ern Conference. North Carolina State. upset TO by William and Mary. lost its hold on 10th place and al most dropped out of sight in the ratings. Navy, held to a See POLL, Page All

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)

Tennessee 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 26–⁠17–⁠2 in 45 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24
2017Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 41
1987Tennessee 29, Georgia Tech 15
1986Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee 13
1985Georgia Tech 6, Tennessee 6
1984Tennessee 24, Georgia Tech 21

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