Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt have 38 meetings on file, the first in 1906; Georgia Tech leads the series 20–15–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 8–1. The winner takes home the Gold Cowbell, played for since 1924. Georgia Tech has held it since the 1948 game. Share
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 1924 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The article names Vanderbilt as the winner of the 2024 meeting. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Gold Cowbell.
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Heisman 2–3 against McGugin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Georgia Tech VanderbiltTicks 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.
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.