Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1918; Pittsburgh leads the series 12–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 7–3. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Johnson 1–3 against Narduzzi). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Georgia Tech PittsburghTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
1956 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 30, 1956
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.
The Miller Memorial Trophy, given to the MVP of the Sugar Bowl, as shown in the 1956 game programPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1955 game
Advertisement for Falstaff beer, as shown in the game program for the 1956 Sugar BowlPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1955 game
