Clemson at Georgia Tech

Thursday, November 25, 1909

Georgia Tech beat Clemson 29–⁠3. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 4–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayClemson6–⁠3 in 1909
3
HomeGeorgia Tech7–⁠2 in 1909
29

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: GEORGIA TECH VlCTORS CLEMSON swAMPED BY DE- CIsIvE SCORE. Yellow Jackets Flow Through Ths Tiger Liae For Five Touch downs--Forward Pass Works Successfully.

    The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 26, 1909, page 9

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    GEORGIA TECH VlCTORS CLEMSON swAMPED BY DE- CIsIvE SCORE. Yellow Jackets Flow Through Ths Tiger Liae For Five Touch downs--Forward Pass Works Successfully. Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 25--showing re- markable reversal form over the pre- vious Saturday Georgia Tech defeated her ancient rival. the Clemson ‘sTigers” on the gridiron here this afternoon by the decisive score of “ to 3. Ciemson.s only score came in the very opening of the game, when Bis sell. left haif-back made q pretty drop kick goal from the twenty-efgh yard line. Tech immediately opened ag- aresiye tactics and plowed her way through the lighter Clemson men for five touchdowns, adding four goals from touchdowns. Jenkins. Techs .right-end in the final minutes of the play. made a sensationaf run of eighty.five yards for a touchdown. Tech worked the forward pass successfully. Clemson--Stevens and Woodward. I.E.; Hydrick, IT.: Cochran. and Clay ton, LG.; Gilmer, C.: Ezeil and Gaudy, RG.; Padgett and Martin, RT.; Hanc- kie and Bates, RE: Connelley and LHB.; Wright, RHB.; Boykin and Tech---Artiey and Goree. LE,: Me- Doweli. LIT; spaiding. LG.; Burt. C.; Coleman. RG.; Patterson. RT.: Jenkins, RE: Wilson, QB. Robinson, LHB. Davis. (Captain) RHB.; Hill. FB. Suinmary-Touchdown Davis. { Jenkins. Goals from touchdowns Wilson. {; Goal from field, Bissell Bachman of Lafayette. Field Judge Cunningham. Head LAnesman Beaver Of Georgia. Time of halves s5 ant 30 minutes.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia Tech leads 51–⁠36–⁠2; as played, 52–⁠34–⁠2 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 21
2023Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21
2022Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 10
2021Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 8
2020Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7
2019Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14

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