Georgetown vs. Georgia Tech

Georgetown and Georgia Tech have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Georgia Tech leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 5–⁠0, and Georgia Tech has won the last 5.

Georgetown wins
0
Georgia Tech wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1919
Longest streak
5 Georgia Tech
Current streak
5 Georgia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Georgia Tech 5–⁠0
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

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

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1920: Georgia Tech 35, Georgetown 6by 29 points

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgetownSeriesGeorgia Tech
1920–⁠1922Albert Exendine0–⁠3William Alexander

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Georgia Tech, 1919 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 Evening star's story of the 1919 game: GEORGETOWN EASY FOR GEORGIA TECH Crowd of 5000 Sees Blue and Gray HumbIed by Score of 27 to O. "JUMP SHIFT" is FACTOR

    1919 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1919

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1920 game: HILLTOPPERS BEATEN BY GEORGIA TECH, 35-6 Brilliant Backfeld of Golden Tornado" Batters Revamped Georgetown Team Into Submission-Flowers Stars.

    1920 · The Washington herald, Nov 14, 1920

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story of the 1922 game: GEORGIA TECH DEFEATS GEORGETOWN WARRIORS Atlanta Eleven Wins Fourth Consecutive Conflict From Washington Team.

    1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Nov 12, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: EASILY OUTDISTANCES PAPYRUS LN $1OQOOO MATCH RACE BAYLOR HI SHOWS TECH STAGES BIG ENSLEY HI UNDER COMEBACK TO WIN Tornado Beats Georgetown In The Last Two Quarters

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 21, 1923

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

Oct 20, 1923Georgia Tech 20, Georgetown 10at Georgia Tech
Nov 11, 1922Georgia Tech 19, Georgetown 7at Georgia Tech
Nov 12, 1921Georgia Tech 21, Georgetown 7at Georgia Tech
Nov 13, 1920Georgia Tech 35, Georgetown 6at Georgia Tech
Nov 15, 1919Georgia Tech 27, Georgetown 0at Georgia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.