Series history Edit

Establishment Edit Georgia was the first state-chartered school in the U.S., founded on January 27, 1785. Georgia Tech was founded 100 years later on October 13, 1885. Patrick Hues Mell, the president of the University of Georgia at that time, was a firm believer that the new school should be located in Athens with UGA's main campus, like the Agricultural and Mechanical School.[2] Despite Mell's arguments, the new school was located near what was then the northern city limits of Atlanta.[2] The first known hostilities between the two schools trace back to 1891. The University of Georgia's literary magazine declared the school's colors to be "old gold, black, and crimson." Dr. Charles H. Herty, the first UGA football coach, felt that old gold was too similar to yellow and that yellow "symbolized cowardice."[3] Also in 1891, a student vote chose old gold and white as Georgia Tech's school colors.[4] After the 1893 football game against Tech, Herty removed old gold as an official school color.[3] Tech first used old gold for their uniforms, as a proverbial slap in the face to UGA, in their first unofficial football game against Auburn in 1891.[5] Georgia Tech's school colors were henceforth old gold and white. Wartime disruption Edit Fuel was added to the fire in 1919, when UGA mocked Tech's continuation of football during the United States' involvement in World War I. At the time, Tech was a military training ground and had a complete assembly of male students. Many schools, such as UGA, had lost the vast majority of their able-bodied male students to the war effort, forcing them to temporarily suspend football during the war. As a result, UGA did not play a football game from 1917–18.[6] When UGA renewed its program in 1919, the student body staged a parade, which mocked Tech's continuation of football during times of war. The parade featured a tank shaped float emblazoned with the words "UGA IN ARGONNE" followed by a yellow-clad donkey and a sign that read "TECH IN ATLANTA." This act led directly to Tech cutting athletic ties with UGA and canceling several of UGA's home football games at Grant Field (UGA commonly used Grant Field as its home field).[7] Tech and UGA did not compete in athletics until the 1921 Southern Conference basketball tournament. Regular season competition was not renewed until a 1925 agreement between the two institutions.[7] Wartime dispute Edit Upon the outbreak of WW2, each branch of the U.S. military faced the seemingly insurmountable challenge of providing enough officers to command the massive influx of new soldiers, sailors, and airmen necessary to fight the war. Adding to this problem was the increasingly specialized nature of warfare, which required men trained in engineering, languages, and other more esoteric disciplines. To alleviate this situation, the U.S. Navy established technical training schools at colleges and universities under the V-12 program. The V-12 program allowed officer candidates and sailors training for specialized service roles to enroll at colleges and complete a shortened course of study, eventually entering active service as junior grade officers. Georgia Tech, due to its focus on engineering, was selected as a V-12 school and Navy personnel enrolled as full students as part of this program. This allowed the Tech athletics program to have its pick of healthy, able-bodied men enrolled at the school, regardless of whether or not they had any prior college playing experience. The University of Georgia, by contrast, was part of the Navy’s V-5 program (described in more thorough detail in the section ‘A Brief History of the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School at UGA’ on this website), in which a Navy pre-flight training school was established at the University, but its students were not part of the general body of regular students enrolled at the University. The few remaining students enrolled in Athens were either females, men completing courses of study to then enter the military, or men who were either too young or physical unable (a 4-F draft status) to join any of the service branches. The Georgia Bulldogs athletics teams were able to draw from these students, but not from the Navy school’s cadets. For Wally Butts, the prospect of facing the 1943 schedule with a team composed of men too young for the draft or exempt from the service due to physical problems would have been daunting. Before the season began, Butts gave the team the option of disbanding or playing out what would most likely be a non-competitive season. Had the team opted to disband for the duration of the war, Butts would have been given a contract to teach physical education to the University’s remaining students. The team opted to compete during the season, however, and played a limited schedule during the season. Tech also competed during the war, though its team was made up of men mostly taken from the V-12 program. The situation was the same for each team in 1944: Georgia fielded a team of men who were too young or otherwise unfit for the military, while Tech fielded a team of men taken from the V-12 program. After the war, Dan Magill, long-time UGA sports information director, felt that the Bulldogs teams were at an unfair competitive disadvantage against Tech in the 1943 and 1944 games and took those games off of the Georgia record books. These games are now listed with an asterisk in the Georgia Bulldogs media guide. Tech, on the other hand, maintains that those two games should count for the overall series record, as they were agreed upon games that were part of the regular seasons for both schools. For Georgia, the all-time series record against Tech stands at two fewer losses.[8] Series information Edit Until Vince Dooley became Georgia's head coach in 1964, the rivalry was particularly close, with Tech holding a slim 27–26–5 series lead. This is mostly due to the success of Georgia Tech's hall-of-fame head coach, Bobby Dodd who had a 12–10 record against the Bulldogs. During his reign, the Yellow Jackets won eight in a row against UGA from 1949–1956. This is the longest winning streak by either team in the rivalry's history. During these eight years, Tech dominated UGA, and outscored the Bulldogs 176–39. However, when Dooley took over at UGA in 1964, the rivalry flipped. Dooley went 19–6 against Georgia Tech, including a 3–0 head-to-head record against Dodd. Since 1977, UGA has dominated the rivalry, posting a 31–9 record. During this time the Bulldogs have had win streaks of six games (1978–1983), seven games (1991–1997), seven games (2001–2007), and five games (2009–2013). Former Georgia coach Mark Richt finished with a record of 13–2 against Tech, while current GT head coach Paul Johnson is 3–8 against UGA. 2014 was the first year that overtime occurred at Sanford Stadium. GT went on to win 30–24. In 2018, Georgia beat Tech in Athens 45-21. Fight songs Edit The fight songs, sung at every sporting event, have even been tailored to the rivalry. The "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" was first published in the Georgia Tech yearbook, The Blueprint,[5] and was written following the first Georgia football game in which Georgia fans harassed the Georgia Tech players and fans.[5] Hence the infamous chorus "To Hell With georgia" was written.[5] "Up With the White and Gold", published in 1929, featured the lyrics "Down with the red and black" and even "Drop the battle axe on Georgia's head."[5] Georgia's unofficial fight song, "Glory, Glory" was arranged in 1909 and remains unchanged to this day. Officially, the end of the fight song is "G-E-O-R-G-I-A", but Georgia students change the lyrics to "To hell with Georgia Tech!" during the Georgia-Georgia Tech game.[9] The official fight song of The University of Georgia is "Hail to Georgia", although many observers erroneously infer that the official fight song is "Glory, Glory" because it is played more often, much as the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has as its official fight song "Here's To Old Tennessee" (using the tune of Yale University's "Down the Field") but plays "Rocky Top" more often.[10]

Game results Edit

Georgia victories Georgia Tech victories Tie games No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 4, 1893 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 28–6 2 October 23, 1897 Athens, Georgia Georgia 28–0 3 October 22, 1898 Athens, Georgia Georgia 15–0 4 October 28, 1899 Athens, Georgia Georgia 20–0 5 October 13, 1900 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 12–0 6 October 25, 1902 Atlanta, Georgia Tie 0–0 7 October 24, 1903 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 38–0 8 November 12, 1904 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 23–6 9 November 18, 1905 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 46–0 10 November 10, 1906 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 17–0 11 November 2, 1907 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 10–6 12 November 20, 1909 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 12–6 13 November 19, 1910 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 11–6 14 November 18, 1911 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 5–0 15 November 16, 1912 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 20–0 16 November 15, 1913 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 14–0 17 November 14, 1914 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 7–0 18 November 13, 1915 Atlanta, Georgia Tie 0–0 19 November 18, 1916 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 21–0 20 November 14, 1925 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 3–0 21 November 13, 1926 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 14–13 22 December 3, 1927 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 12–0 23 December 8, 1928 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 20–6 24 December 7, 1929 Athens, Georgia Georgia 12–6 25 December 6, 1930 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 13–0 26 November 28, 1931 Athens, Georgia Georgia 35–6 27 November 26, 1932 Atlanta, Georgia Tie 0–0 28 November 25, 1933 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 7–6 29 December 1, 1934 Athens, Georgia Georgia 7–0 30 November 30, 1935 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 19–7 31 November 28, 1936 Athens, Georgia Georgia 16–6 32 November 27, 1937 Atlanta, Georgia Tie 6–6 33 November 26, 1938 Athens, Georgia Tie 0–0 34 December 2, 1939 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 13–0 35 November 30, 1940 Athens, Georgia Georgia 21–19 36 November 29, 1941 Atlanta, Georgia # 20 Georgia 21–0 37 November 28, 1942 Athens, Georgia # 5 Georgia 34–0 38 November 27, 1943 Atlanta, Georgia # 14 Georgia Tech 48–0 39 December 2, 1944 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 44–0 40 December 1, 1945 Atlanta, Georgia # 18 Georgia 33–0 41 November 30, 1946 Athens, Georgia # 3 Georgia 35–7 42 November 29, 1947 Atlanta, Georgia # 9 Georgia Tech 7–0 43 November 27, 1948 Athens, Georgia # 12 Georgia 21–13 44 November 26, 1949 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 7–6 45 December 2, 1950 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 7–0 46 December 1, 1951 Atlanta, Georgia # 6 Georgia Tech 48–6 47 November 29, 1952 Athens, Georgia # 3 Georgia Tech 23–9 48 November 28, 1953 Atlanta, Georgia # 10 Georgia Tech 28–12 49 November 27, 1954 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 7–3 50 November 26, 1955 Atlanta, Georgia # 9 Georgia Tech 21–3 51 December 1, 1956 Athens, Georgia # 4 Georgia Tech 35–0 52 November 30, 1957 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 7–0 53 November 30, 1958 Athens, Georgia Georgia 16–3 54 November 28, 1959 Atlanta, Georgia # 6 Georgia 21–14 55 November 26, 1960 Athens, Georgia Georgia 7–6 56 December 2, 1961 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 22–7 57 December 1, 1962 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 37–6 No. Date Location Winner Score 58 November 30, 1963 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 14–3 59 November 28, 1964 Athens, Georgia Georgia 7–0 60 November 27, 1965 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 17–7 61 November 26, 1966 Athens, Georgia # 7 Georgia 27–14 62 November 25, 1967 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 21–14 63 November 30, 1968 Athens, Georgia # 4 Georgia 47–8 64 November 29, 1969 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 6–0 65 November 28, 1970 Athens, Georgia # 16 Georgia Tech 17–7 66 November 25, 1971 Atlanta, Georgia # 7 Georgia 28–24 67 December 2, 1972 Athens, Georgia Georgia 27–7 68 December 1, 1973 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 10–3 69 November 30, 1974 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 34–14 70 November 27, 1975 Atlanta, Georgia # 15 Georgia 42–26 71 November 27, 1976 Athens, Georgia # 4 Georgia 13–10 72 November 26, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 16–7 73 December 2, 1978 Athens, Georgia # 11 Georgia 29–28 74 November 24, 1979 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 16–3 75 November 29, 1980 Athens, Georgia # 1 Georgia 38–20 76 December 5, 1981 Atlanta, Georgia # 2 Georgia 44–7 77 November 27, 1982 Athens, Georgia # 1 Georgia 38–18 78 November 26, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia # 7 Georgia 27–24 79 December 1, 1984 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 35–18 80 November 30, 1985 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 20–16 81 November 29, 1986 Athens, Georgia # 18 Georgia 31–24 82 November 28, 1987 Atlanta, Georgia # 14 Georgia 30–16 83 November 26, 1988 Athens, Georgia # 20 Georgia 24–3 84 December 2, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech 33–22 85 December 1, 1990 Athens, Georgia # 2 Georgia Tech 40–23 86 November 30, 1991 Atlanta, Georgia # 25 Georgia 18–15 87 November 28, 1992 Athens, Georgia # 9 Georgia 31–17 88 November 25, 1993 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 43–10 89 November 25, 1994 Athens, Georgia Georgia 48–10 90 November 23, 1995 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 18–17 91 November 30, 1996 Athens, Georgia Georgia 19–10 92 November 29, 1997 Atlanta, Georgia # 14 Georgia 27–24 93 November 28, 1998 Athens, Georgia # 17 Georgia Tech 21–19 94 November 27, 1999 Atlanta, Georgia # 20 Georgia Tech 51–48OT 95 November 25, 2000 Athens, Georgia # 18 Georgia Tech 27–15 96 November 24, 2001 Atlanta, Georgia # 19 Georgia 31–17 97 November 30, 2002 Athens, Georgia # 5 Georgia 51–7 98 November 29, 2003 Atlanta, Georgia # 5 Georgia 34–17 99 November 27, 2004 Athens, Georgia # 8 Georgia 19–13 100 November 26, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia # 13 Georgia 14–7 101 November 25, 2006 Athens, Georgia Georgia 15–12 102 November 24, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia # 6 Georgia 31–17 103 November 29, 2008 Athens, Georgia # 18 Georgia Tech 45–42 104 November 28, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 30–24 105 November 27, 2010 Athens, Georgia Georgia 42–34 106 November 26, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia # 13 Georgia 31–17 107 November 24, 2012 Athens, Georgia # 3 Georgia 42–10 108 November 30, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 41–342OT 109 November 29, 2014 Athens, Georgia # 16 Georgia Tech 30–24OT 110 November 28, 2015 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia 13–7 111 November 26, 2016 Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech 28–27 112 November 25, 2017 Atlanta, Georgia # 7 Georgia 38–7 113 November 24, 2018 Athens, Georgia # 5 Georgia 45–21 Series: Georgia leads 67–41–5 A The University of Georgia's athletic association lists the Bulldogs' 1943 and 1944 losses, but does not include them in the series win-loss record. In 1949, Dan Magill, UGA's publicity director, put asterisks by the two games due to Georgia Tech assisting in the war effort by housing a Naval training center during World War II which he claimed gave an unfair advantage those two years; Georgia Tech's athletic association includes the Yellow Jackets' 1943 and 1944 wins in the series record.

Series record sources: 2010 Georgia Tech Football,[11] 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide,[12] and College Football Data Warehouse.[13]

Traditions Edit

Sports Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

Further reading Edit

Barnhart, Tony. Southern Fried Football: The History, Passion, And Glory . Triumph Books. 2000. ISBN 1-57243-367-1

. Triumph Books. 2000. ISBN 1-57243-367-1 Cromartie, Bill. Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate . Gridiron Publishers. 2002. ISBN 1-55853-124-6

. Gridiron Publishers. 2002. ISBN 1-55853-124-6 Dodd, Bobby and Jack Wilkinson. Dodd's Luck . Golden Coast Publishing Company. 1988. ISBN 0-932958-09-5

. Golden Coast Publishing Company. 1988. ISBN 0-932958-09-5 Dooley, Vince. Dooley's Dawgs . Longstreet Press. 2003. ISBN 1-56352-727-8

. Longstreet Press. 2003. ISBN 1-56352-727-8 King, Kim and Jack Wilkinson. Kim King's Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline . Sports Publishing. 2004. ISBN 1-58261-819-4

. Sports Publishing. 2004. ISBN 1-58261-819-4 Stegeman, John F. (1966). The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron . Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 14–20. LCCN 66027606.

Van Brimmer, Adam. Stadium Stories: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Globe Pequot. 2006. ISBN 0-7627-4020-5.