Sewanee at Georgia Tech

Saturday, October 23, 1909

Sewanee beat Georgia Tech 15–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwaySewanee6–⁠1 in 1909
15
HomeGeorgia Tech7–⁠2 in 1909
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SEWANEE WINS. Georgia Tech Defeated in Warm Battle.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 24, 1909, page 61

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    SEWANEE WINS. Georgia Tech Defeated in Warm Battle. ATLANTA, Ga, October 23.-The Sewanee eleven defeated the Georgia School of Technology here this afternoon in a hard-fought battle, making two touchdowns, which We’re converted into goals, and scoring d goal from the field. The score at the end of the first half stood, Sewanee, g.; Tech, o. In the sec ond half Noise drop-kicked pretty goal from the 3O-yard line. The run of Browne, Sewanee’s quarter, on which the first score was made, was one Of the prettiest ever seen here The lineup and summary:

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 52% to win. Sewanee won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 5–⁠5–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Georgia Tech 58, Sewanee 0
1935Georgia Tech 32, Sewanee 0
1914Georgia Tech 20, Sewanee 0
1913Georgia Tech 33, Sewanee 0
1912Sewanee 7, Georgia Tech 0
1911Georgia Tech 23, Sewanee 0

Around this game

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Georgia Tech