Furman vs. Georgia Tech

Furman and Georgia Tech have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Georgia Tech leads the series 9–⁠1–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 8–⁠1, and Georgia Tech has won the last 3.

Furman wins
1
Georgia Tech wins
9
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
6 Georgia Tech
Current streak
3 Georgia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Georgia Tech 8–⁠1
Most recent
1995

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠3
1920s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠3
Average margin
37.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Furman
0–⁠0–⁠1 Furman’s record at home
At Georgia Tech
9–⁠1–⁠1 Georgia Tech’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Furman’s biggest win1983: Furman 17, Georgia Tech 14by 3 points
  2. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1918: Georgia Tech 118, Furman 0by 118 points

Coach against coach

YearsFurmanSeriesGeorgia Tech
1917–⁠1919Billy Laval0–⁠3John Heisman

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Furman’s side (Laval 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 Furman 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 1917 game: TECH $ VICTORIOUS IN TWIN STRUGGLE The Yellow Jackets TrOunce Furman and Wake forest

    1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 30, 1917

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story of the 1919 game: FURMAN is OVERWHEL MED Georgia Tech Opens season by PiIinE up Score OF - ~ on Opponents.

    1919 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Sep 28, 1919

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 2, 1995Georgia Tech 51, Furman 7at Georgia Tech
Sep 11, 1993Georgia Tech 37, Furman 3at Georgia Tech
Nov 9, 1991Georgia Tech 19, Furman 17at Georgia Tech
Sep 13, 1986Georgia Tech 17, Furman 17at Georgia Tech
Sep 17, 1983Furman 17, Georgia Tech 14at Georgia Tech
Nov 22, 194710Georgia Tech 51, Furman 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 23, 19466Georgia Tech 41, Furman 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 15, 1921Georgia Tech 69, Furman 0at Georgia Tech
Sep 27, 1919Georgia Tech 74, Furman 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 12, 1918Georgia Tech 118, Furman 0at Georgia Tech
Sep 28, 1917Georgia Tech 25, Furman 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 1, 1902Furman 0, Georgia Tech 0at Furman

Every game is listed as played on the field.