Georgia Tech at Georgia

Saturday, December 1, 1962

Georgia Tech beat Georgia 37–⁠6. It was their 57th meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 25–⁠22–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia Tech7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1962
37
HomeGeorgia3–⁠4–⁠3 in 1962
6

FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FINAL POLL LAST ITEM ON AGENDA M Grid Elite Gets Down to Bowl Business

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 3, 1962, page 21 (results column)

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    FINAL POLL LAST ITEM ON AGENDA M Grid Elite Gets Down to Bowl Business players, but singled out 225pound Fullback Ben Wilson, who scored twice, for special attention. We’re a much better team with Wilson well,” he said Of the fullback. who had trouble getting started after q knee OPP Grafton. II still contend that he’s the Nations No. 1 college fullback.” Jordan Leads ‘Bama Jim Weatherly broke open q 7–⁠6 game with q 4S-yard touch down run for Mississippi, while Alabama’s Lee Roy Jordan led the defense which set up four touchdowns, Monte Deere scored one Oklahoma touch down and passed for three 9TH ers. In some Of the other traditional games. Boston College kept It’s bowl hopes alive with a 1912 triumph over Holy Cross, Georgia Tech whipped Georgia. 37–⁠6. Texas Christian took Southern Methodist, l4–⁠9, Tennessee blanked Vanderbilt, 800, and Baylor beat Rice, 28is. In others, Lenoir Rhyme advanced to the NAIA finals against Central Oklah o m q State by beating Northern State Of South Dakota, 20–⁠7, Prairie View beat Central Ohio, 37-l6. in the Prairie View grid classic, Houston closed with q ! 42-l4 triumph over Cincinnati,

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5; as played, 69–⁠40–⁠5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
2024Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42
2023Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
2022Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14
2021Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0
2019Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7

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