Mercer at Georgia
Saturday, September 29, 1923 Share
Georgia beat Mercer 7–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 57°F
In the newspapers
The Birmingham age-herald, September 30, 1923, page 14
Read the text
GEORGIA BARELY IS ABLE TO BEAT MERCER, SCORE 70. ATHENS, Ga, Sept. 2s-The Bull dogs of Georgia defeated the Mercer Baptists today but their victory was held to a bare to score. During the whole of the first half Mercer held Georgia scoreless, but in the third quarter a kick by Simmons of the Baptists, on his two-yard line, was blocked and Capt. Joe Bennett fell on it back of the goal line for a touchdown for the Bulldogs.
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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Mercer–Georgia gameGeorgia leads 21–0 in 21 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 1941 | Georgia 81, Mercer 0 | |
| 1939 | Georgia 16, Mercer 9 | |
| 1938 | Georgia 28, Mercer 19 | |
| 1937 | Georgia 19, Mercer 0 | |
| 1936 | Georgia 15, Mercer 6 | |
| 1935 | Georgia 31, Mercer 0 |
Around this game
Mercer
- Next gamevs. FurmanOct. 6, 1923
- SeasonMercer in 1923
- ProgramMercer history and records
Georgia
- Next gamevs. OglethorpeOct. 6, 1923
- SeasonGeorgia in 1923
- ProgramGeorgia history and records