Georgia at Auburn

Saturday, November 1, 1919

Auburn beat Georgia 7–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 9–⁠5–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia4–⁠2–⁠3 in 1919
0
HomeAuburn8–⁠1 in 1919
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 65°F, 0.3 in. of rainAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: "Red' HoWard's BrilliantRun Scores Lone Touchdown of Big Auburn Georgia Game Donohues Painsmen Battle in Ankle-Deep Mud to to 0Victory-"Pete" Bonner Plays Spectacular Game. Howard Runs SIS Yards to Goal Posts-Auburn Loses Many Opportunities to Score

    The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 2, 1919, page 1

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    “Red’ HoWard’s BrilliantRun Scores Lone Touchdown of Big Auburn Georgia Game Donohues Painsmen Battle in Ankle-Deep Mud to to 0Victory-”Pete” Bonner Plays Spectacular Game. Howard Runs SIS Yards to Goal Posts-Auburn Loses Many Opportunities to Score Columbus. Ga, November l. Especial playing in downpour of rain Columbus this afternoon Auburn defeated the University of Georgia to Auburns winning touchdown made three minutes after kickoff when Red Howard So yards through right tackle and broken field to the goal posts Bonner kicked goal. The remainder of the game hard fought fair with Auburn threatening Georgas goal line times keeping their well protected Both played brill liant defensive but offensive necessarily the drenched field

  • The The Washington herald's story: Auburn Beats Georgia.

    The Washington herald, November 2, 1919, page 10

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    Auburn Beats Georgia. Augusta. Ga, Nov. Auburn triumphed over Georgia this after noon by a score of to o. but it was more a submarine affair than football game. The battle fur nished little real test of the relative strength of the two elevens as foot ball was almost impossible under the conditions. The game was play I’d in a pouring rain and at one time .olay was suspended for a time.

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS. + ; + $ + + + l. 4 I. * + * * +

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, November 2, 1919, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. + ; + $ + + + l. 4 I. * + * * + Auburn, 7; Georgia 0. Texas 32; Rice 0. Baylor 20; Southwestern o. s. M. U. AL Austin 0. Oklahoma 6; Missouri 6. Arkansas 6; Kendall 63. Camp Travis 6; Camp Pike 25. Vanderbilt 0; Kentucky o. Alabama 40; Sewanee 0. Tennessee 0; Carolina c. Alabama Poly 7; Georgia 0. Harvard 20; Springfield 0. Kansas 16; Kansas Aggies 8. West Virginia 25: Princeton 0. Yale 31; Maryland 0. Lafayette 21; Cornell 2. Hendrix 6; Centenary 0. Notre Dame 16; Indiana 8. Army 24 Tufts 13. Minnesota 19; Wisconsin 7. Creighton 6; Haskell 6. Dartmouth T; Colgate r. w. Va. Wesleyan 20; Navy 6. Nebraska 8; Iowa O.. Illinpis 10; Chicago 0. Lit~e Rock 0; Memphis 0. Pittsburgh 14; Lehigh 0. Marquette 39; Great Lakes 0. Emporia Normal IS; Pittsburgh Normal O. Purdue IS; Michigan Aggies ‘. Washburn 53; Fairmont 0. Utah 66; Montana State 0. Colorado Aggies 33; Denver 8. Cornell II; Dubuque 6. Michigan 16; Northwestern 13. Pennsylvania State 10; Pennsyl- ania 0. Louisiana 0; Miss. 4. and M. 6.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia 62% to win. Auburn won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8; as played, 64–⁠53–⁠6 in the 123 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 107 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Auburn 27, Georgia 24
2025Georgia 20, Auburn 10
2024Georgia 31, Auburn 13
2023Georgia 27, Auburn 20
2022Georgia 42, Auburn 10
2021Georgia 34, Auburn 10

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