Virginia at Georgia

Saturday, October 1, 1927

Georgia beat Virginia 32–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 6–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayVirginia5–⁠4 in 1927
0
HomeGeorgia9–⁠1 in 1927
32

FinalHigh 88°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: vIRGINIA'S eleven ROUTED BY GEORGIA

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1927, page 83

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    vIRGINIA’S eleven ROUTED BY GEORGIA ATHENS. Ga. October 1.-Showing an unusually powerful Offensive and an alright defense, the Georgia Bull. dogs sDundly trounced the StalWarts Of Virginia here today, 80 to 0. Virginia fought gamely from start to finish. but to no avail The Bull dogs worked with the smoothness of Il midseaSOn machine and never once did the Old Dominion team come within threatening distance OF the Bulldog goal. Georgia displayed a varied attack using the forward pass to good advantage as we’ll as a bone-crushing drive into the center Of the line and an antelope stunt around the ends. McCrary, Georgia fullback. was the biggest scorer for the Red and Black, getting four touchdoWns.

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.

Georgia leads 9–⁠6–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2000Georgia 37, Virginia 14Oahu Bowl
1998Georgia 35, Virginia 33Peach Bowl
1995Virginia 34, Georgia 27Peach Bowl
1987Georgia 30, Virginia 22
1979Virginia 31, Georgia 0
1927Georgia 32, Virginia 0

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