History Programs Duke vs. Georgia Tech Duke vs. Georgia Tech Duke and Georgia Tech first met in 1933 and have played 93 times; Georgia Tech leads the series 57–35–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 7–3, and Georgia Tech has won the last 6. Share
Scheduled 2028 at Duke. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
Duke wins 35
Georgia Tech wins 57
Ties 1
Longest streak 10 Georgia Tech
Current streak 6 Georgia Tech
Last 10 meetings Georgia Tech 7–3
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1930s 5–2 1940s 6–4 1950s 3–6–1 1960s 2–8 1970s 5–5 1980s 7–3 1990s 1–9 2000s 1–9 2010s 5–5 2020s 0–6
Both ranked 4 meetings: Duke 0, Georgia Tech 4; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin 14.2 points; 30 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duke 21–24 Duke’s record at home
At Georgia Tech 33–14–1 Georgia Tech’s record at home
Shutouts 16 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story Duke’s biggest win 1987: Duke 48, Georgia Tech 14 by 34 points Georgia Tech’s biggest win 1966: Georgia Tech 48, Duke 7 by 41 points Upset 2003: Duke 41, Georgia Tech 17 Duke had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1935: Georgia Tech 6, Duke 0 Georgia Tech had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1959: Duke 10, Georgia Tech 7 Duke had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Ranked showdown 1952: Georgia Tech 28, Duke 7 No. 4 Georgia Tech at No. 6 Duke Ranked showdown 1947: Georgia Tech 7, Duke 0 No. 9 Duke at No. 6 Georgia Tech Ranked showdown 1953: Georgia Tech 13, Duke 10 No. 15 Duke at No. 12 Georgia Tech
Coach against coach Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (Wade 7–2 against Alexander). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Duke and Georgia Tech, 1933 on 1300 1500 1700 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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.
Stars of the series Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers 1933 , North Carolina , Dec 4, 1933
1934 , North Carolina , Oct 15, 1934
1935 , Connecticut , Oct 21, 1935
1936 , Alaska , Oct 19, 1936
1937 , North Carolina , Oct 19, 1937
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.
On television 2025 ESPN 1.7 million viewers
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game Oct 10, 2026 Georgia Tech 28, Duke 25 at Georgia Tech Oct 18, 2025 12 Georgia Tech 27,Duke 18 at Duke Oct 5, 2024 Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14 at Georgia Tech Oct 8, 2022 Georgia Tech 23, Duke 20 at Georgia Tech Oct 9, 2021 Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27 at Duke Nov 28, 2020 Georgia Tech 56, Duke 33 at Georgia Tech Oct 12, 2019 Duke 41, Georgia Tech 23 at Duke Oct 13, 2018 Duke 28, Georgia Tech 14 at Georgia Tech Nov 18, 2017 Duke 43, Georgia Tech 20 at Duke Oct 29, 2016 Georgia Tech 38, Duke 35 at Georgia Tech Sep 26, 2015 Duke 34, 20 Georgia Tech 20at Duke Oct 11, 2014 Duke 31, 22 Georgia Tech 25at Georgia Tech Sep 14, 2013 Georgia Tech 38, Duke 14 at Duke Nov 17, 2012 Georgia Tech 42, Duke 24 at Georgia Tech Nov 19, 2011 Georgia Tech 38, Duke 31 at Duke Nov 20, 2010 Georgia Tech 30, Duke 20 at Georgia Tech Nov 14, 2009 7 Georgia Tech 49,Duke 10 at Duke Oct 4, 2008 Georgia Tech 27, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech Nov 10, 2007 Georgia Tech 41, Duke 24 at Duke Nov 18, 2006 18 Georgia Tech 49,Duke 21 at Georgia Tech Oct 15, 2005 Georgia Tech 35, Duke 10 at Duke Oct 16, 2004 Georgia Tech 24, Duke 7 at Georgia Tech Nov 8, 2003 Duke 41, Georgia Tech 17 at Duke Nov 16, 2002 Georgia Tech 17, Duke 2 at Georgia Tech Oct 6, 2001 17 Georgia Tech 37,Duke 10 at Duke Oct 21, 2000 Georgia Tech 45, Duke 10 at Georgia Tech Oct 16, 1999 8 Georgia Tech 38,Duke 31 at Duke Oct 3, 1998 Georgia Tech 41, Duke 13 at Georgia Tech Nov 15, 1997 Georgia Tech 41, Duke 38 at Duke Sep 26, 1996 Georgia Tech 48, Duke 22 at Georgia Tech Oct 7, 1995 Georgia Tech 37, Duke 21 at Duke Sep 24, 1994 Duke 27, Georgia Tech 12 at Georgia Tech Oct 30, 1993 Georgia Tech 47, Duke 14 at Duke Oct 31, 1992 Georgia Tech 20, Duke 17 at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1991 Georgia Tech 17, Duke 6 at Duke Oct 27, 1990 16 Georgia Tech 48,Duke 31 at Georgia Tech Oct 28, 1989 Duke 30, Georgia Tech 19 at Duke Oct 29, 1988 Duke 31, Georgia Tech 21 at Georgia Tech Oct 31, 1987 Duke 48, Georgia Tech 14 at Duke Nov 1, 1986 Georgia Tech 34, Duke 6 at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1985 Georgia Tech 9, Duke 0 at Duke Nov 3, 1984 Georgia Tech 31, Duke 3 at Georgia Tech Oct 29, 1983 Duke 32, Georgia Tech 26 at Duke Oct 30, 1982 Duke 38, Georgia Tech 21 at Georgia Tech Oct 31, 1981 Duke 38, Georgia Tech 24 at Georgia Tech Nov 1, 1980 Duke 17, Georgia Tech 12 at Duke Nov 3, 1979 Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14 at Georgia Tech Sep 9, 1978 Duke 28, Georgia Tech 10 at Duke Oct 29, 1977 Duke 25, Georgia Tech 24 at Georgia Tech Oct 30, 1976 Duke 31, Georgia Tech 7 at Duke Nov 1, 1975 Georgia Tech 21, Duke 6 at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1974 Duke 9, Georgia Tech 0 at Duke Nov 3, 1973 Georgia Tech 12, Duke 10 at Georgia Tech Nov 4, 1972 Duke 20, Georgia Tech 14 at Duke Oct 30, 1971 Georgia Tech 21, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech Oct 31, 1970 Georgia Tech 24, Duke 16 at Duke Nov 1, 1969 Georgia Tech 20, Duke 7 at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1968 Duke 46, Georgia Tech 30 at Duke Nov 4, 1967 Georgia Tech 19, Duke 7 at Georgia Tech Oct 29, 1966 6 Georgia Tech 48,Duke 7 at Duke Oct 30, 1965 Georgia Tech 35, Duke 23 at Georgia Tech Oct 31, 1964 8 Georgia Tech 21,Duke 8 at Duke Nov 2, 1963 Georgia Tech 30, Duke 6 at Georgia Tech Nov 3, 1962 Georgia Tech 20, Duke 9 at Duke Oct 14, 1961 Georgia Tech 21, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech Oct 29, 1960 15 Duke 6,Georgia Tech 0 at Duke Oct 31, 1959 Duke 10, 9 Georgia Tech 7at Georgia Tech Nov 1, 1958 Georgia Tech 10, Duke 8 at Duke Nov 2, 1957 Georgia Tech 13, 7 Duke 0at Georgia Tech Nov 3, 1956 2 Georgia Tech 7,Duke 0 at Duke Oct 29, 1955 Georgia Tech 27, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech Oct 30, 1954 16 Duke 21,Georgia Tech 20 at Duke Nov 21, 1953 12 Georgia Tech 13,15 Duke 10at Georgia Tech Nov 1, 1952 4 Georgia Tech 28,6 Duke 7at Duke Nov 3, 1951 5 Georgia Tech 14,Duke 14 at Georgia Tech Nov 4, 1950 Duke 30, Georgia Tech 21 at Duke Oct 29, 1949 Duke 27, Georgia Tech 14 at Georgia Tech Oct 30, 1948 6 Georgia Tech 19,Duke 7 at Duke Nov 1, 1947 6 Georgia Tech 7,9 Duke 0at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1946 16 Georgia Tech 14,19 Duke 0at Duke Nov 3, 1945 18 Duke 14,Georgia Tech 6 at Georgia Tech Nov 4, 1944 Duke 19, 5 Georgia Tech 13at Duke Oct 30, 1943 8 Duke 14,Georgia Tech 7 at Georgia Tech Oct 31, 1942 5 Georgia Tech 26,Duke 7 at Duke Nov 1, 1941 4 Duke 14,Georgia Tech 0 at Georgia Tech Nov 2, 1940 18 Duke 41,Georgia Tech 7 at Duke Nov 4, 1939 12 Duke 7,Georgia Tech 6 at Georgia Tech Oct 15, 1938 Duke 6, Georgia Tech 0 at Duke Oct 16, 1937 Duke 20, Georgia Tech 19 at Georgia Tech Oct 17, 1936 Duke 19, Georgia Tech 6 at Duke Oct 19, 1935 Georgia Tech 6, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech Oct 13, 1934 Duke 20, Georgia Tech 0 at Duke Dec 2, 1933 Georgia Tech 6, Duke 0 at Georgia Tech
Every game is listed as played on the field.
