Alabama at Georgia

Saturday, November 20, 1920

Georgia beat Alabama 21–⁠14. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 7–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayAlabama10–⁠1 in 1920
14
HomeGeorgia8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1920
21

FinalHigh 72°F, low 32°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: GEORGIA WINS FROM CRIlNSONS, 21 TO 14 Alabama Fights Hard Overcoming IA Point Lead But Cheeves Blocks O'Connor's Drop Kick and Runs 82 Yards for Winning Touchdown

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 21, 1920, page 20

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    GEORGIA WINS FROM CRIlNSONS, 21 TO 14 Alabama Fights Hard Overcoming IA Point Lead But Cheeves Blocks O’Connor’s Drop Kick and Runs 82 Yards for Winning Touchdown Atlanta November 20Georgia University the annual football with the University of Alabama here today 21 4 through the wonderful knack of the Red and Black play in breaking the Crimson and White offensive and verng the plays into touchdowns. Alabama gained ground from scrmmage making 10 first Georgias

  • The The news scimitar's story: GEORGIA DEFEATS " ALABAMA Fl TO IA

    The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., November 22, 1920, page 13

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    GEORGIA DEFEATS “ ALABAMA Fl TO IA ATLANTA, Nov. 22.-The Uni versity of Georgia defeated, the Uni versity of Alabama in their annual football game here Saturday by a score of 81 to ID. Georgia took the lead by making Two touchdowns in the first five minutes of play The Alabamians’ line recovered itself somewhat thereafter and tied the score in the third period, but in the last period Georgia scored another touchdown after a beautiful S2-yard run by CheeveS-

  • The The Columbus dispatch's story: THIN RED LINE CRUSHED BY GA. Georgia n, Alabama ID, In GridirOn Contest Yesterday In Atlanta.

    The Columbus dispatch, Columbus, Miss., November 21, 1920, page 1

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    THIN RED LINE CRUSHED BY GA. Georgia n, Alabama ID, In GridirOn Contest Yesterday In Atlanta. Alabama met her waterloo yesterday. Georgia administered a crushing defeat to the Alabamians who had not met defeat this season. The game was hard fought from the time the referees first whistle blew. The Alabamians had swept every thing before them this season and their defeat yesterday was felt keen ly in the Tuscaloosa camp.

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 45–⁠27–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia 20, Alabama 17
2025Georgia 28, Alabama 7SEC Championship
2025Alabama 24, Georgia 21
2024Alabama 41, Georgia 34
2023Alabama 27, Georgia 24SEC Championship
2021Georgia 33, Alabama 18CFP National Championship

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