Davidson vs. Georgia Tech

Davidson and Georgia Tech have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Georgia Tech leads the series 12–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 10–⁠0, and Georgia Tech has won the last 12.

Davidson wins
1
Georgia Tech wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
12 Georgia Tech
Current streak
12 Georgia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Georgia Tech 10–⁠0
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1
1910s0–⁠4
1920s0–⁠3
1940s0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠3
Average margin
29.9 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia Tech
12–⁠1 Georgia Tech’s record at home
Shutouts
8

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Davidson’s biggest win1902: Davidson 7, Georgia Tech 6by 1 points
  2. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1921: Georgia Tech 70, Davidson 0by 70 points

Coach against coach

YearsDavidsonSeriesGeorgia Tech
1915–⁠1917William Fetzer0–⁠3John Heisman
1920–⁠1922H.M. Grey0–⁠3William Alexander

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Davidson’s side (Fetzer 0–⁠3 against Heisman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Davidson and Georgia Tech, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: Red Sox Evens Series With Win DAVIDSON LOSES ID GEORGIA TECH Hard Fought Game Won by the Yellow Jackets-Held ScOreless Until Last Half

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 10, 1915

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story of the 1916 game: GEORGIA TECH WINS FROM DAVIDSON; SCORE g TOO Touchdown. Coal md safety Net Points Of Gumc-Frrsh!t rrinns Mike GOsilr EOul.

    1916 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 15, 1916

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1917 game: DAVIDSON SCORES ! ON GEORGIA TECH IN HEATED BATTLE Yellow Jackets Beat Tar Heels g to 0-M0st of Jackets Scoring in the Final Periods

    1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 14, 1917

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: OHIO STATE LEADS FOR FOOTBALL TITLE Only Unbeaten Eleven i'm Con- ference-Chicago and Wis consin Were Surprised.

    1919 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 3, 1919

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game: Golden Tornado Tears Through the Dauidson Eleuen

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 9, 1921

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 19, 1953Georgia Tech 53, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 24, 19517Georgia Tech 34, Davidson 7at Georgia Tech
Nov 25, 1950Georgia Tech 46, Davidson 14at Georgia Tech
Oct 17, 19426Georgia Tech 33, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 7, 1922Georgia Tech 19, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 8, 1921Georgia Tech 70, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 9, 1920Georgia Tech 66, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 1, 1919Georgia Tech 33, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 13, 1917Georgia Tech 32, Davidson 10at Georgia Tech
Oct 14, 1916Georgia Tech 9, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 9, 1915Georgia Tech 27, Davidson 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 27, 1906Georgia Tech 4, Davidson 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 13, 1902Davidson 7, Georgia Tech 6at Georgia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.