Sports
Sports

Watch: How Tech and Georgia compare this season

Records: Georgia 10-1, Tech 5-5. Points scored per game: Georgia 35, Tech 30 Points allowed per game: Georgia 14, Tech 25 Rushing yards per game: Georgia 267, Tech 319 Rushing yards allowed per game: Georgia 106, Tech 144 Passing yards per game: Georgia 164, Tech 89 Passing yards allowed per game: Georgia 170, Tech 198 Interceptions thrown: Georgia 7, Tech 4 Interceptions made: Georgia 9, Tech 6 Fumbles recovered: Georgia 6, Tech 4 Fumbles lost: Georgia 6, Tech 10 Field goals: Georgia 13 of 15, Tech 7 of
By Mike Luck
Nov 24, 2017

Rivals Georgia and Georgia Tech meet Saturday at noon.

The Bulldogs are 10-1 and the Jackets are 5-5. At quick glance, that looks like a mismatch.

But take a look at the video above to see detailed statistics for each team and make up your own mind.

Georgia was favored last season too but Georgia Tech pulled off a 28-27 upset in Athens.

About the Author

Mike Luck is an Audience Specialist on the sports team at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked at the AJC since 1980.

More Stories

Keep Reading

Georgia State lost its regular season finale to Old Dominion, 27-10. The loss dropped the Panthers to 1-11 on the season. (Stan Awtrey/AJC)

Credit: Stan Awtrey

Georgia State’s disappointing season ends with loss

Old Dominion defeated Georgia State 27-10 on Saturday in the regular-season finale, dropping the Panthers to a 1-11 season.

Scott Cochran is ‘enjoying every freaking second’ of return to coaching

Former Alabama and Georgia assistant coach — known by players as "Coach Yeah" — now leads Division II West Alabama, balancing coaching with a new sobriety from painkillers.

Weekend Predictions: Falcons, Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and Kennesaw State

The Latest

Georgia State lost its regular season finale to Old Dominion, 27-10. The loss dropped the Panthers to 1-11 on the season. (Stan Awtrey/AJC)

Credit: Stan Awtrey

Georgia State’s disappointing season ends with loss

Scott Cochran is ‘enjoying every freaking second’ of return to coaching

Atlanta TV sports listings

Featured

Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

Credit: Natrice Miller

Metro Atlanta retailers hopeful for strong holiday season after chaotic year

Some independent retailers in metro Atlanta are entering this holiday season feeling battered by what they call a chaotic year.

$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest

Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

This metro Atlanta couple spearheaded a change in football helmets

Erin and Lee Hanson are the founders behind Guardian Sports, the company that makes the Guardian Caps worn by college football and NFL players.