Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame VS Georgia Tech, 1977

AP Photo/Stf/FHJ Notre Dame’s Joe Montana tries to brush off Reggie Wilkes of Georgia Tech during his six-yard gain in first quarter of Nov. 7, 1977 game at South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame took the game 69-14.This week, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish head to Atlanta, Georgia to play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, I am going to throwback to the 1977 match-up between the two teams. But before I delve into the game, here are a few stats on the history of this match-up. Notre Dame and Georgia Tech have faced each other a total of 35 times with the Irish winning 28 times, the Yellow Jackets winning 6 times, and the two teams tying once. Notre Dame’s largest margin of victory was in 1977 (69-14), and Georgia Tech’s largest margin of victory was in 2007 (33-3). Notre Dame’s longest win streak is 6 (1922-1927), and Georgia Tech’s longest win streak is one (2007).

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