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How does Tech-UGA point spread compare to past games?
Atlanta, Ga. -- Buzz gestures to the crowd after performing push ups in the first quarter of the Yellow Jackets’ game against the Duke Blue Devils Saturday, October 29, 2016. SPECIAL/Daniel Varnado
Georgia Tech has opened as a 4 ½-point underdog to Georgia. If the line holds, it would be the narrowest spread for a game played at Sanford Stadium in coach Paul Johnson's tenure. It reflects the perception, evidently, of Tech's chances for an upset on Saturday. By ESPN's metrics, Tech has a 37.5 percent chance of leaving Athens with a win.
The last time that the spread was smaller was 2006, according to Covers.com, when Georgia was favored by a field goal. Tech, of course, has won outright twice in Athens since Johnson's hire, in 2008 and 2014.
The past 20 Tech-Georgia games, with betting line and outcome. Since 2001, the Jackets have been the favorite just once.
| Year | Spread | Result | Score |
| 2015 | 3.5 | L | 13-7 |
| 2014 | 10.5 | W | 30-24 (OT) |
| 2013 | 2.5 | L | 41-34 (OT) |
| 2012 | 14.5 | L | 42-10 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | L | 31-17 |
| 2010 | 14 | L | 42-34 |
| 2009 | -9.5 | L | 30-24 |
| 2008 | 7.5 | W | 45-42 |
| 2007 | 4 | L | 31-17 |
| 2006 | 3 | L | 15-12 |
| 2005 | 5 | L | 14-7 |
| 2004 | 15 | L | 19-13 |
| 2003 | 10 | L | 34-17 |
| 2002 | 8.5 | L | 51-7 |
| 2001 | -2.5 | L | 31-17 |
| 2000 | -1.5 | W | 27-15 |
| 1999 | -4 | W | 51-48 (OT) |
| 1998 | 3 | W | 21-19 |
| 1997 | 4 | L | 27-24 |
| 1996 | 4 | L | 19-10 |
