Auburn at Georgia

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Georgia beat Auburn 7–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 9–⁠6–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayAuburn7–⁠2 in 1920
0
HomeGeorgia8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 64°F, low 30°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 31, 1920

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    GEORGIA ELEVEN BLOWS FOOTBALL DOPE APART Defeats Auburn TO q. Although OutweiEhcJ Twenty Pounds 10 the Man. COLUMBIA. GA. oct So.-Southern football dope VAS blown 10 pieces here this afternoon wncn the Uni versity OF Georgia. outwciGhcd TWEEN – pounds TO the man, defeated the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the Driving PARK by the score Of . TO %. The winning score came In the flrst eight minutes Of play, when the VIII cats caught the Tigers OF their feet. and after successful line ouckinx ~ Chceves and Hartley. and forward pass from Chccy”s 10 hartley, III” ball was carried over Auburn’s goa! line. Paw placed the pi2fkin square ~ between the bars for the seventh point. Daring the second period Gcorgia’s goal was in danger 4 NUMBER OF times, but the Wild Cat line sttncned and held Auourn’s backs, then punted out Of danger. In the other two periods the ball was shifted back and forth in the CEN ter of the field without either side having advantage. Cheeves and Hartley starred for Georsin. while Stirling and Howard were the mainstays OF the Auburn lies. The attendance Is estimated at 5000, which is the largest crowd that ever ATTENDED game on the local gridiror. The lineup:

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 106 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

Around this game

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