Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest
Georgia Tech and Wake Forest have 33 meetings on file, the first in 1917; Georgia Tech leads the series 25–8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia Tech 8–2, and Georgia Tech has won the last 5. Share
2027 at Wake Forest; 2029 at Wake Forest; 2030 at Georgia Tech. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Georgia Tech wins
- 25
- Wake Forest wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1917
- Longest streak
- 8 Georgia Tech
- Current streak
- 5 Georgia Tech
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia Tech 8–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Georgia Tech 0, Wake Forest 1
- Average margin
- 16.7 points; 12 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia Tech
- 14–4 Georgia Tech’s record at home
- At Wake Forest
- 3–11 Wake Forest’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Georgia Tech first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Georgia Tech’s biggest win1920: Georgia Tech 44, Wake Forest 0by 44 points
- Wake Forest’s biggest win1987: Wake Forest 33, Georgia Tech 6by 27 points
- Upset2023: Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 16Georgia Tech had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2002: Wake Forest 24, Georgia Tech 21Wake Forest had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1999: Wake Forest 26, Georgia Tech 23Wake Forest had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2006: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6No. 16 Wake Forest at No. 23 Georgia Tech
Coach against coach
| Years | Georgia Tech | Series | Wake Forest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–1986 | Bill Curry | 4–1 | Al Groh |
| 1987–1991 | Bobby Ross | 3–2 | Bill Dooley |
| 1994–2000 | George O’Leary | 5–2 | Jim Caldwell |
| 2002–2006 | Chan Gailey | 2–2 | Jim Grobe |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia Tech’s side (Curry 4–1 against Groh). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Kyle Kennard Georgia Tech | 8 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss | 2023 Defense |
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).
From the newspapers

1917 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Sep 30, 1917
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.
On television
| 2025 | ESPN | 1.9 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.