Georgia Tech vs. Mercer

Georgia Tech and Mercer have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1908; Georgia Tech leads the series 13–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 10–⁠0, and Georgia Tech has won the last 13.

Scheduled 2028 at Georgia Tech Nov. 18. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Georgia Tech wins
13
Mercer wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1908
Longest streak
13 Georgia Tech
Current streak
13 Georgia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Georgia Tech 10–⁠0
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s7–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
36.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia Tech
11–⁠0 Georgia Tech’s record at home
At Mercer
0–⁠2 Mercer’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1914: Georgia Tech 105, Mercer 0by 105 points

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgia TechSeriesMercer
1910–⁠1912John Heisman3–⁠0Charles C. Stroud

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Heisman 3–⁠0 against Stroud). 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 Mercer, 1908 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 Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1908 game: DRINK DRINK (AgESa IN BOTTLES. MERCER IS DOWNED BY GEORGIA TECH

    1908 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 20, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: MERCER SWAMPED. Georgia Tech Wins Easy Game by IS to o.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 14, 1909

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1938 game: Notre Dame Arrives For Georgia Tech Till

    1938 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 1938

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 19, 2026Georgia Tech 44, Mercer 11at Georgia Tech
Sep 10, 2016Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 10at Georgia Tech
Oct 1, 1938Georgia Tech 19, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 2, 1937Georgia Tech 28, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Sep 30, 1916Georgia Tech 61, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 2, 1915Georgia Tech 52, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 10, 1914Georgia Tech 105, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 18, 1913Georgia Tech 33, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 19, 1912Georgia Tech 16, Mercer 6at Mercer
Oct 21, 1911Georgia Tech 17, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 15, 1910Georgia Tech 46, Mercer 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 13, 1909Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 0at Mercer
Nov 19, 1908Georgia Tech 16, Mercer 6at Georgia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.