Wake Forest at Georgia Tech

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  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.

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Georgia Tech leads 25–⁠8 in 33 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.