Tennessee at Georgia

Saturday, October 21, 1922

Georgia beat Tennessee 7–⁠3. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 4–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayTennessee8–⁠2 in 1922
3
HomeGeorgia5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1922
7

FinalHigh 75°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: GEORGIA BARELY BEATS TENNESSEE IN BATHE,7 TO3

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 22, 1922, page 14

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    GEORGIA BARELY BEATS TENNESSEE IN BATHE,7 TO3 Athens. Ga, October 2f.-The Geor- sfa Bulldogs defeated Tennessee hero this afternoon, to 5. Georgia put over the winning tally in the first quarter when Thompson received a forward pass from Mulvihill and raced 35 yards to touchdown. Ten- ntssee’s three points were chalked up by Clayton in the second quarter, when from a difficult angle he drop kicked one through the bars from Georgia’s 42-yard line. Lineup and summary: Tennessee (3)-Lane, left end; Lowe, left tackle; Hurley, left guard; Grizzard. center; Striegle (c), right guard; Morris. right tackle; Holt, right end; Clayton. quarterback: Smith. left halfback; Wilson, right kalfback; Campbell, fullback. Georgia T)-Richardson, left end; Taylor, left tackle; whelchel (c), left guard; Boney, center; vandiver. right guard: Bennett, right tackle; CollingsH right end; Mulvfhill, Quart- erback; Thompson, left halfback; Fletcher, right halfback; Tanner, fullback. Score by periods: tennessee .....-.......0 o--9 Georgia ..r.........-.7 0 o CT Tennessee scoring: Field goal, Clayton. Georgia scoring: Touchdown, Thompson. Try after touchdown, Mulvihill. Referee, Elcock, Dart mouth. Umpire, Steward, Dart mouth. Head linesman, Streit, Au- burn. Time of periods, 15 minutes.

  • The The Brunswick news's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Brunswick news, October 22, 1922, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS FOOTBALL RESULTS :. .. ..... Harvard “a; Centre 10. Navy 13; Georgia Tech 0. Furman 26; Oglethorpe @. West Virginia II; Washington and Lee II. Yale SO; Williams O. Michigan State 19; Ohio State 0. Georgia 7; Tennessee 3. Virginia Military Institute II; Nniversity Virginia 0. Princeton 26; Maryland 0. Chicago II; Perdue 0. y Alabama s; .Sewanee Z. a. Army SS3 New Hampshire o. Johns Hopkins fS; ifa#Ferfofd’1 ;. 7-‘‘‘‘ Franklin College Il: University OF Louisville 6. Davidson z; Virginia Polytechnic institute z. Bethnay IA; Rutgers 7. Maryville College, Tennessee 20 Pennsylvania O. University of Kentucky 40; George town College 6. Birmingham Southern 0; University of Chattanooga 0.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 30–⁠22–⁠2 in 54 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 44, Tennessee 41
2024Georgia 31, Tennessee 17
2023Georgia 38, Tennessee 10
2022Georgia 27, Tennessee 13
2021Georgia 41, Tennessee 17
2020Georgia 44, Tennessee 21

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