Georgia Tech vs. LSU

Georgia Tech and LSU have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1915; Georgia Tech leads the series 12–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 6–⁠4, and LSU has won the last 5.

Georgia Tech wins
12
LSU wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1915
Longest streak
6 Georgia Tech
Current streak
5 LSU
Last 10 meetings
LSU 6–⁠4
Most recent
2008

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
1940s3–⁠1
1950s5–⁠1
1960s1–⁠3
2000s0–⁠2
Average margin
15.3 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia Tech
7–⁠2 Georgia Tech’s record at home
At LSU
3–⁠5 LSU’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Georgia Tech first
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1943: Georgia Tech 42, LSU 7by 35 points
  2. LSU’s biggest win2008: LSU 38, Georgia Tech 3by 35 points
  3. Upset1946: Georgia Tech 26, LSU 7Georgia Tech had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2000: LSU 28, Georgia Tech 14LSU had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1957: LSU 20, Georgia Tech 13LSU had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgia TechSeriesLSU
1950–⁠1954Bobby Dodd3–⁠0Gaynell Tinsley
1955–⁠1961Bobby Dodd3–⁠2Paul Dietzel

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia Tech and LSU, 1915 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: FIELD GOAL WINS FOR LSU, 9 TO I

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 18, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Standings AP Football Poll Certain to Be Shufed This Week 1erps Due 10 Advance, Along With Others Among Second Five

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1951

  • The Evening star's story of the 1963 game: OKLAHOMA DEAD AHEAD Longhorns Put on Show

    1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1963

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

Dec 31, 2008LSU 38, 15Georgia Tech 3Georgia DomeChick-fil-A Bowl
Dec 29, 2000LSU 28, 15Georgia Tech 14Neutral sitePeach Bowl
Oct 5, 1963LSU 7, 7Georgia Tech 6at LSU
Oct 6, 1962LSU 10, 5Georgia Tech 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 7, 1961LSU 10, Georgia Tech 0at LSU
Oct 8, 1960Georgia Tech 6, LSU 2at Georgia Tech
Oct 12, 1957LSU 20, 17Georgia Tech 13at LSU
Oct 13, 19563Georgia Tech 39, LSU 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 8, 1955Georgia Tech 7, LSU 0at LSU
Oct 9, 1954Georgia Tech 30, LSU 20at Georgia Tech
Oct 13, 19518Georgia Tech 25, LSU 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 14, 1950Georgia Tech 13, LSU 0at LSU
Oct 19, 1946Georgia Tech 26, 12LSU 7at LSU
Nov 17, 1945LSU 9, Georgia Tech 7at Georgia Tech
Nov 18, 19449Georgia Tech 14, LSU 6at LSU
Nov 6, 1943Georgia Tech 42, 20LSU 7at Georgia Tech
Nov 12, 1927Georgia Tech 23, LSU 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 8, 1924Georgia Tech 28, LSU 7at Georgia Tech
Oct 22, 1915Georgia Tech 36, LSU 7at LSU

Every game is listed as played on the field.