Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky

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

1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1942: Georgia Tech 47, Kentucky 7by 40 points
2. Kentucky’s biggest win1940: Kentucky 26, Georgia Tech 7by 19 points
3. Upset1954: Kentucky 13, Georgia Tech 6Kentucky had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1951: Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 7No. 11 Georgia Tech at No. 17 Kentucky
5. Ranked showdown1957: Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 0No. 20 Kentucky at No. 11 Georgia Tech

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Alexander 2–⁠1 against Wynne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1923 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 19, 1923

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  1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932

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  1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1940

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  1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 10, 1941

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  1951 · Evening star, Oct 7, 1951

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Georgia Tech vs. Georgia114 meetings, Georgia Tech 40–⁠69–⁠5
• Georgia Tech vs. Duke93 meetings, Georgia Tech 57–⁠35–⁠1
• Georgia Tech vs. Clemson88 meetings, Georgia Tech 52–⁠34–⁠2
• Georgia Tech vs. Auburn86 meetings, Georgia Tech 41–⁠42–⁠3
• Kentucky vs. Tennessee118 meetings, Kentucky 25–⁠84–⁠9
• Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt95 meetings, Kentucky 49–⁠42–⁠4
• Kentucky vs. Georgia79 meetings, Kentucky 12–⁠65–⁠2
• Kentucky vs. Florida76 meetings, Kentucky 22–⁠54