Georgia Tech vs. SMU

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

1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1951: Georgia Tech 21, SMU 7by 14 points
2. SMU’s biggest win1958: SMU 20, Georgia Tech 0by 20 points
3. Ranked showdown1956: Georgia Tech 9, SMU 7No. 2 Georgia Tech at No. 5 SMU
4. Ranked showdown1957: Georgia Tech 0, SMU 0 (tie)No. 15 SMU at No. 3 Georgia Tech
5. Ranked showdown1959: Georgia Tech 16, SMU 12No. 6 SMU at No. 16 Georgia Tech

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Dodd 2–⁠1 against Russell). 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.

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  1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 25, 1951

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  1952 · Evening star, Oct 5, 1952

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1954

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
• SMU vs. TCU103 meetings, SMU 42–⁠54–⁠7
• SMU vs. Rice91 meetings, SMU 49–⁠41–⁠1
• SMU vs. Baylor83 meetings, SMU 36–⁠40–⁠7
• SMU vs. Texas A&M81 meetings, SMU 29–⁠45–⁠7