Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Bowl Game Grand Slam

Dec 12, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent Tidbit about Bill Alexander’s Georgia Tech teams that were the first to play in the four major bowl games of the era: Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Cotton.

Click here to listen to the podcast. You can also read the original Tidbit below.

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Today's Tidbit... Georgia Tech Hits Football’s First Grand Slam

Timothy P. Brown

June 21, 2022

Today's Tidbit... Georgia Tech Hits Football’s First Grand Slam

Notre Dame wrecked Georgia Tech early in the 1943 season, but the Engineers rebounded to play and beat Tulsa in the 1944 Sugar Bowl. That victory followed Tech’s win over Cal in the 1939 Rose Bowl, a win over Missouri in the 1940 Orange Bowl, and a loss to Texas in the 1943 Cotton Bowl.

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