Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets–Virginia Tech Hokies
Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech
Location
Atlanta, GA	Blacksburg, VA Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 42,620 at the 2010 census. Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which...
Students
20,487	30,739
School Colors
White White White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...  & Gold Gold (color) Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of orange-yellow color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold....	Maroon Maroon Maroon, marooning, or marooned may refer to:* Maroon , a dark shade of red* Maroon , runaway slaves, of African origin, in the Americas* Marooning, the act of leaving someone on a deserted island-Music:...  & Burnt Orange Orange (colour) The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...
Mascot
Buzz Buzz (mascot) Buzz is one of the two official mascots of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Buzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow-and-black fur, white wings, a yellow head, and antennae. He is almost never drawn with six legs, but rather with arms, legs, hands and feet , like a...	HokieBird
Football History
First Meeting	November 10, 1990
First Result	GT 6 - VT 3
Latest Meeting	November 10, 2011
Latest Result	VT 37 - GT 26
Next Meeting	TBA
Current Streak	VT 2
Series Record	GT 3 - VT 6

The Battle of the Techs is an American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...

 team of the Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

 (commonly called "Georgia Tech"), and the Virginia Tech Hokies football

Virginia Tech Hokies football

The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They have more wins in team history than any other program in the ACC. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium which seats over...

 team of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (commonly called "Virginia Tech"). Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

 (ACC). Prior to the Hokies joining the ACC in 2004, the two teams had only met once previously (a scheduled meeting was canceled due to extreme weather). Since the ACC adopted divisional format for football, one of these two teams has represented the ACC Coastal Division in every ACC Championship Game

ACC Championship Game

The Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game is an American college football game held on the first Saturday in December by the Atlantic Coast Conference each year to determine its football champion. The game pits the champion of the Coastal Division against the champion of the Atlantic Division in a game...

.

Series history

The Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech rivalry has become a significant annual matchup within the ACC. The intra-conference game has seen both teams ranked, and in the recent past has played a key part in determining the winner of the ACC Coastal Division. Since the ACC began divisional play in 2005, the winner of this game has won the Coastal Division every year, with VT winning three times and GT winning twice. Dubbed the Battle of the Techs, the game has seen some very close, very intense match-ups. The rivalry game has seen both teams come into the game ranked in the top 25, including the 2009 game in which both teams came into the game with 1 loss and the No. 19 Yellow Jackets upset the No. 4 Hokies. The teams both come into the 2011 game ranked in the BCS top 25 as well, with Georgia Tech ranked No. 20 and Virginia Tech ranked No. 10. Virginia Tech currently leads the series with 6 wins to Georgia Tech's 3.

Game results

Georgia Tech victories are colored ██ gold. Virginia Tech victories are colored ██ maroon. Ties are white.

Date	Location	Winner	Score
November 10, 1990	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech	6–3
October 28, 2004	Atlanta, GA	Virginia Tech	34–20
September 24, 2005	Blacksburg, VA	Virginia Tech	51–7
September 30, 2006	Blacksburg, VA	Georgia Tech	38–27
November 1, 2007	Atlanta, GA	Virginia Tech	27–3
September 13, 2008	Blacksburg, VA	Virginia Tech	20–17
November 10, 2009	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech	28–23
November 4, 2010	Blacksburg, VA	Virginia Tech	28–21
November 10, 2011	Atlanta, GA	Virginia Tech	37–26