Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 7, 1959

No. 19 Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame 14–⁠10. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 15–⁠3.

Away19Georgia Tech6–⁠5 in 1959
14
HomeNotre Dame5–⁠5 in 1959
10

FinalHigh 34°F, low 17°FAttendance 58,575

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MIDWEST FOOTBALL PICKS Northwestern to Rebound, Iowa to Top Buckeyes

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1959, page 1

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    MIDWEST FOOTBALL PICKS Northwestern to Rebound, Iowa to Top Buckeyes up So points in their last two starts against Minnesota and Kansas State. Indiana Is, Michigan 12-The Hoosiers will score more than one plainly visible touchdown in their homecoming. However, the Wolverines are on the march and this could be a cork ing good scrap. NOtre Dame 10, Pittsburgh IA The Irish will be full of fight after that 14–⁠10 defeat by Georgia Tech. Monty Stickles may have to use a lot of good footwork again. Marquette IL, Cincinnati IL The Warriors have been beaten by some tough custom ers and should make it two in a row.

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)

Notre Dame 55% to win. Georgia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.

Notre Dame leads 31–⁠6–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13
2021Notre Dame 55, Georgia Tech 0
2020Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13
2015Notre Dame 30, Georgia Tech 22
2007Georgia Tech 33, Notre Dame 3
2006Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10

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