Georgia Tech vs. South Carolina

Georgia Tech and South Carolina have 20 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Georgia Tech leads the series 11–⁠9 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s South Carolina 6–⁠4.

Georgia Tech wins
11
South Carolina wins
9
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
5 Georgia Tech
Current streak
1 South Carolina
Last 10 meetings
South Carolina 6–⁠4
Most recent
1991

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠1
1970s4–⁠5
1980s1–⁠1
1990s1–⁠1
Average margin
17.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia Tech
11–⁠3 Georgia Tech’s record at home
At South Carolina
6–⁠0 South Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1909: Georgia Tech 59, South Carolina 0by 59 points
  2. South Carolina’s biggest win1977: South Carolina 17, Georgia Tech 0by 17 points
  3. Upset1988: Georgia Tech 34, South Carolina 0Georgia Tech had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1950: South Carolina 7, Georgia Tech 0South Carolina had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgia TechSeriesSouth Carolina
1975–⁠1978Pepper Rodgers1–⁠3Jim Carlen
1989–⁠1991Bobby Ross1–⁠2Sparky Woods

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Rodgers 1–⁠3 against Carlen). 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 South Carolina, 1903 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 Sentinel=record's story of the 1914 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1914 · The Sentinel=record, Arkansas, Oct 4, 1914

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: TWO STRONG DIXIE TEAMS HEAD NORTH Georgia Invades Yale Bowl and Georgia Tech Plays at Carnegie Tech.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1930

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

Oct 19, 1991South Carolina 23, Georgia Tech 14at South Carolina
Sep 29, 1990Georgia Tech 27, 25South Carolina 6at Georgia Tech
Sep 23, 1989South Carolina 21, Georgia Tech 10at South Carolina
Oct 15, 1988Georgia Tech 34, 8South Carolina 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 7, 1978Georgia Tech 6, South Carolina 3at Georgia Tech
Sep 10, 1977South Carolina 17, Georgia Tech 0at South Carolina
Sep 11, 1976South Carolina 27, Georgia Tech 17at Georgia Tech
Sep 13, 1975South Carolina 23, Georgia Tech 17at South Carolina
Sep 14, 1974Georgia Tech 35, South Carolina 20at Georgia Tech
Sep 15, 1973South Carolina 41, Georgia Tech 28at South Carolina
Sep 16, 1972Georgia Tech 34, South Carolina 6at Georgia Tech
Sep 11, 1971South Carolina 24, 17Georgia Tech 7at South Carolina
Sep 12, 1970Georgia Tech 23, 17South Carolina 20at Georgia Tech
Sep 30, 1950South Carolina 7, Georgia Tech 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 19, 1949Georgia Tech 13, South Carolina 3at Georgia Tech
Oct 3, 1931Georgia Tech 25, South Carolina 13at Georgia Tech
Oct 4, 1930Georgia Tech 45, South Carolina 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 3, 1914Georgia Tech 20, South Carolina 0at Georgia Tech
Oct 16, 1909Georgia Tech 59, South Carolina 0at Georgia Tech
Nov 26, 1903South Carolina 16, Georgia Tech 0at Georgia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.