Year-by-Year: 1948
November 24, 1948 10:00 AM
Jackets Hold off Jayhawks
Georgia Tech 20
Kansas 14
Georgia Tech held off a furious late rally from Kansas that included a goal line fumble in the game's final seconds to defeat the Jayhawks by a 20-14 score. The Jayhawks were a two touchdown underdog to Bobby Dodd's powerful Yellow Jackets, but the game was tied at 7-7 heading into halftime.
Tech then roared to two third-quarter touchdowns to take a 20-7 lead. Kansas' Ray Evans scored his second touchdown of the game to cut the lead to 20-14 in the fourth quarter.
Kansas drove to the Tech 1-yard line with 37 seconds left before Lynn McNutt fumbled on a quarterback sneak and Tech's Rollo Phillips recovered to seal the victory.
GAME STATISTICS
Ga. Tech Kansas
First Downs 9 14
Rushing Attempts 39 39
Rushing Yards 99 93
Passes Attempted 19 20
Passes Completed 10 10
Had Intercepted 0 1
Passing Yards 109 148
Total Offense 208 241
Punting/Avg. 9/41.4 7/35.8
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 4/1
Penalties/Yards 10/68 5/38
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia Tech 0 7 13 0 20
Kansas 0 7 0 7 14
SCORING SUMMARY
KS: Evans 12 run (Fambrough kick); GT: Patton 24 pass from Still (Bowen kick); GT: Queen 15 pass from Still (kick failed); GT: Patton 5 pass from Still (Bowen kick); KS: Evans 13 pass from Hogan (Fambrough kick)
Georgia Tech Head Coach Bobby Dodd
Kansas Head Coach George Sauer