Furman at Georgia Tech

Friday, September 28, 1917

Georgia Tech beat Furman 25–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayFurman3–⁠5 in 1917
0
HomeGeorgia Tech9–⁠0 in 1917
25

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: TECH $ VICTORIOUS IN TWIN STRUGGLE The Yellow Jackets TrOunce Furman and Wake forest

    The Birmingham age-herald, September 30, 1917, page 15

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    TECH $ VICTORIOUS IN TWIN STRUGGLE The Yellow Jackets TrOunce Furman and Wake forest Atlanta. Sepetmber 29.-Georgia Tech opened it’s 1917 football season with a double victory here today, de feating Furman university of South Carolina. 25 to 0. and then trounce WalSeforest. of North Carolina, 33 to o. The first game was played in a steady rain. Joe Guyon. formerly of Carlisle, played left half for the Jack cts against Wakeforest and provided the sensational feature of. the double header when he ran 70 yards for a touchdown.

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: ELEvENS IN D0UBLE-HEADER Georgia Tech Defeats Furman md Then Wnllops Wake ForeSt-Guyon's Long Run Features.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, September 30, 1917, page 29

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    ELEvENS IN D0UBLE-HEADER Georgia Tech Defeats Furman md Then Wnllops Wake ForeSt-Guyon’s Long Run Features. ATLANTA. GA. September 20 Georgia Tech opened it’s 1917 football season with double victory to-day, defeating Eurman University Of South est. Of North Carolina. SO to o. The first game was played in u steady rain Joe Guyon, formerly OF Carlisle, played lefthalf for the Jackets against Wake Forest, and provided the sensational feature of the double header” when he ran seventy yards for a touchdown.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia Tech leads 9–⁠1–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Georgia Tech 51, Furman 7
1993Georgia Tech 37, Furman 3
1991Georgia Tech 19, Furman 17
1986Furman 17, Georgia Tech 17
1983Furman 17, Georgia Tech 14
1947Georgia Tech 51, Furman 0

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