Red! Georgia Tech pennant
 

Georgia Tech has never been known to have used to the color red, the color of its arch rival, Georgia. I have 3 theories about this pennant, all seem unlikely:
1) it's a printing mistake; con: that's a heck of mistake
2) the pennant was printed by a Bulldog alum to own Tech fans; con: seems like an expensive gag
3) Georgia Tech, way back when, actually used red, and history has been wrong; con: there is no evidence of this

Other theories anybody?https://twitter.com/rvzlot/status/1087938105930334208

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Red Georgia Tech pennant
 

These things just weren't as regulated back then. I wouldn't look too hard for the rationale behind it. If anything, I would guess the manufacturer had some excess burgundy felt inventory to work through.

Or perhaps it was just the color felt that was at arms-length of the screener at the time it was made. Something random like that...

Regardless, it's a gorgeous and super-cool GA Tech piece. I personally love these off-color pennants. They are not all that rare, but are pretty nifty none-the-less.

Could be that yellow and white are one of one the worst colors combinations for contrast. Although you would think they would have used a black background in that case.

Agreed. It’s like any of my green, yellow, red, purple, teal, etc. NY and/or SF Giants pennants.

this is exactly right

Except that colors for collegiate teams, like Georgia and Georgia Tech were different, like gang colors. Georgia used to have gold/yellow trim in its colors back in the late 1800's and removed it so as to not match with Tech.

But ultimately, why would any vendor who dealt with Georgia Tech buy these? It seems like these would be rejected.

I don't believe they put that much thought into it. If it looked attractive, that's about all that mattered. There is a big difference between the team's official uniform colors and a cheap pennant that may have cost a Quarter back then.

Not to mention, the Decision Maker (i.e. guy who made this pennant) probably earned about 50 cents an hour for his labor. It was a different world back then.