Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate

Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
First meetingNovember 4, 1893
Georgia Tech, 28–6
Latest meetingNovember 25, 2023
Georgia, 31–23
Next meetingNovember 29, 2024
TrophyGovernor's Cup
Statistics
Meetings total117
All-time seriesGeorgia leads, 71–41–5[1]
Largest victoryGeorgia Tech, 48–0 (1943)
Longest win streakGeorgia Tech, 8 (1949–1956)
Current win streakGeorgia, 6 (2017–present)
Locations of Georgia and Georgia Tech

Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the name given to the Georgia–Georgia Tech football rivalry.[2][3] It is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.[4][5] The two Southern universities are located in the U.S. state of Georgia and are separated by 70 miles (110 km). They have been heated rivals since 1893.

The sports rivalry between the two institutions has traditionally focused on football, a sport in which both programs have historically been successful, with an annual game often held on Thanksgiving weekend. However, they compete in a variety of other intercollegiate sports, as well as competing for government and private funding, potential students, and academic recognition regionally and nationally.[6]

The University of Georgia (commonly referred to as UGA, or Georgia) is located in the college town of Athens, and is a liberal arts research university. The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, Tech, or GT) is a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research university with a metropolitan campus in Midtown Atlanta. Georgia competes athletically in the Southeastern Conference while Georgia Tech competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1979 after leaving the SEC in 1964.

The two teams have won eight national titles in football. Georgia Tech claims four national championships: 1917, 1928, 1952, and 1990. Georgia also claims four titles: 1942, 1980, 2021, and 2022. Georgia also has won a title in baseball in 1990. Both schools have also seen prominence in men's basketball, with Georgia Tech reaching the Final Fours of 1990 and 2004 (when it reached the National Championship game). Georgia made the Final Four in its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1983.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference series was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "History of the Rivalry: Georgia Tech". August 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Georgia Tech Traditions: Clean Old-fashioned Hate".
  4. ^ Towers, Chip. "What you need to know about Georgia before Clean Old-Fashioned Hate". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  5. ^ "Opinion: "Clean Old Fashioned Hate" Just Might be Dead". November 21, 2022.
  6. ^ Nelson, Clark (November 19, 2004). "For Tech fans, victory against UGA means far more than ordinary win". The Technique. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2007.