Georgia Tech vs. Penn State

Saturday, December 30, 1961, Gator Bowl

Penn State beat Georgia Tech 30–⁠15. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 3–⁠2.

Neutral siteGeorgia Tech7–⁠4 in 1961
15
Neutral sitePenn State8–⁠3 in 1961
30

FinalTV: CBSAttendance 50,202Referee: James Artley (SEC; split crew: SEC, EIFA)

MVPs Galen Hall (Penn State); Joe Auer (Georgia Tech)Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Likes Hunt and Hall

    Evening star, January 4, 1962, page 49

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    Likes Hunt and Hall Hickey liked what he saw OF Bob Hunt of Auburn and Galen Hall of Penn State, the Vests quarterbackS. The Forty-Niner coach had his men hustling like the first day of freshman practice at a major university The small crowd that watched the drills was pleasantly sur prised by the zip both squads displayed. Hall, whose three touchdown passes featured Penn States 30–⁠15 Gator Bowl victory over Georgia Tech, isn’t built like q quarterback. His So, 1885, pound frame seems better suit ed for a guard, but he can wing the ball. Ditto for Hunt, whose passing paved the way for the North’s 81 victory over the South in the Blue-Gray game Hickey and Mark Duncan, hi. defensive backfield coach al San Francisco. are getting an. other good look at FullbacE Jim Vollenweider of Miami anc Halfback Dick Easterly of Syra. cuse, both Forty-Niner draft choices. They like what they’ve seen thus far. Keith Molesworth, director Of personnel for the Colts; Defen. sive Line Coach John SanduskA of the same club, and Frank Clair of Canada also are tax. ing a look at the draft choices The Colts have Tackle Dar Sullivan of Boston College anc Halfback Ray Abruzzese oi Alabama on their list. Clair a Redskin end in the stone age of pro football, is talking tc Tackle Bob Richards of LSU who was drafted a year ago as a “red shirt” by Philadelphia

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)

Penn State 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Penn State 34, Georgia Tech 22
1966Georgia Tech 21, Penn State 0
1961Penn State 30, Georgia Tech 15Gator Bowl
1925Georgia Tech 16, Penn State 7
1924Georgia Tech 15, Penn State 13
1923Penn State 7, Georgia Tech 0

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