Georgia Tech vs. The Citadel

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

1. Georgia Tech’s biggest win1948: Georgia Tech 54, The Citadel 0by 54 points
2. The Citadel’s biggest win2019: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24by 3 points
3. Upset2019: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24The Citadel had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1982: Georgia Tech 36, The Citadel 7Georgia Tech had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Dodd 3–⁠0 against Decker). 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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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1947

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  1952 · Evening star, Sep 21, 1952

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
• The Citadel vs. Furman81 meetings, The Citadel 32–⁠47–⁠2
• The Citadel vs. VMI60 meetings, The Citadel 33–⁠26–⁠1
• The Citadel vs. Wofford56 meetings, The Citadel 30–⁠26
• The Citadel vs. Davidson54 meetings, The Citadel 29–⁠21–⁠4