Auburn at Georgia

Saturday, October 29, 1921

Georgia beat Auburn 7–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 9–⁠7–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayAuburn5–⁠3 in 1921
0
HomeGeorgia7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1921
7

FinalHigh 79°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 30, 1921

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    GEORGIA WINS FROM AUBURN IN HARD FIGHT Alabama Eleven Outplays Bulldog” in First Three Quarters. RANDALL SCORES roucnDowS Fourteen Thousand Sec Ono of IInrdest HnttlrS Mt Columbus Ever rouEht on Southern Gridiron. each Team Plays Supreme Football, COLUMBUS, GA. Oct. 29.-Outplayed for the first three periods, Georgia Cniversity’s eleven rallied In the last few minutes Of play here today and forced its way through the Auburn line for 4 lone touchdown that gave the Gcorgians a 7-to-O vic tory over their Alabama rivals. Randall freshman quarter back substituting for the injured Fits. had the honor of Carrying the ball across. and it was his long, twisting forward pass for some thirty yards 10 Hart ley that started the rally. The fierce Auburn tackiers downcd Hartley in his tracks on the rfteen-yard line. but the Georgia Bulldog knew vic tory was In his grasp and smashed ihrouSh. Randall dired over just out side left tackle for the last four yards, and Pew kicked the goal. Auburn started desperate aerial at tack in the remaining minutes, but the passes failed and the game was Georgia’s. The Georgia victory was duplicate Of tina. of last year, and by u coincidence the result two years ago was tho same. I to 0. On that day. however. II was Auburn which “‘H’ brought the crowd, estimated as high ng 1900. to IT’S feet roaring its approval. Georgia Position Auburn O. Reynolds. left end. -. .Moultor j. Bennett. ...lcft tackle -. .rearc Wcchel. left guard $3.50. .Rclgan pay. center $500. Cation Ia 1thony. right guard Lawrence Pew. fright tackle. .Grisham +. Bennett. right end ....... Hill randall. quarter back ...Gibson hartley. 80. left half Shiery Spiccr. right half -. .OldinErr letcher. full back -. Stirring Score by periods: reorH’a ............... 0 0 7-I ‘>UDufa .............. q o Ut Georgia scoring: Tcuchdown--Ran all. Coal from touchdown-Pea ‘”ferec-i’ bradley Walker tNirginia) mp!rc--llenry Springer West Viz ,!hit). Head lincsman – George Watkins tScwanee). Time OF pcrIods 10 iniuutcs each.

  • The Palatka daily news's story: Georgia Rallies and Wins By Lone ScoreIfronl Auburn

    Palatka daily news, Palatka, Fla., October 31, 1921, page 4

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    Georgia Rallies and Wins By Lone ScoreIfronl Auburn Columbus, Oct. 29.--Outplayed for the first three periods, Georgia Uni versity rallied in the last few minutes of play here today and forced its way through the Auburn line for a lone touchdown that gave them 7 to victory. Randall, a freshman quarterback, substituting for the injured Fits, carried the ball across and it was his long twisting forward pass for some 80 yards to Hartley, that start ed the rally. The fierce Auburn tack lers downed Hartley in his tracks on hte fifteen yard line, but the Georgia bulldog knew victory was in its grasp and smashed through. Randall dived over just outside left tackle for tn elast four yards and Pew kicked the goal.

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 61% 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 105 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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