Florida at Georgia
Saturday, November 10, 1928 Share
Florida beat Georgia 26–6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 7–1.
FinalAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1928, page 1
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FLORIDA RETAINS ITS CLEAN SLATE DecisiveIy Defeats Georgia, rs to s, by Scoring in Every Period. BY the ASSOCldteU ETess, SAVANNAH, Ga, November TO- Floridas Alltgators definitely established themselves as real contenders for the Southern Conference championship here today when they defeated Georgia, Is to s. The victory kept Florida’s slate clean. It was the first time that the ALI gator has been able to defeat the Bull dog. Florida scored in every period. while the Georgians had to be content with one touchdown in the second quarter. In the first quarter, with the regulars of both in action. the ball was continually in Georgia territory. Bethea, Flor ida halfback, took a punt and stepped eff 80 yards for touchdown after sue cessive advances doWnfield within 10 minutes after the first period had opered. Later in the same period Cleens picked up Georgia tumble and raced for another touchdown, but was called back on penalty. Georgia unleashed an air attack soon after the second quarter started. A pass from johnson to dudley netted 30 yards and the sole Georgia touch down of the game. The try for the point after touchdown failed. In the third period Crabtree, Florida quarterback, eluded tacklers and followed interference 20 yards to the Sec ond Alligator touchdown. The second half was still young when the Gators tailed with their third touchdown. A pass for 30 yards from Brumbaugh to Vansickel. with an additional 20-yard skirt around Georgia OPP position. completed the play. left-handed pass from the ambidaxtrous Crabtree slipped into Brumbaugh’s arms and he stepped ABOUND the line.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 12, 1928, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are the scores of the principal football games played in various parts of the country last Saturday afternoon: California 6; Washington O. Stanford 31; Santa Clara 0. S. California 78; Arizona z. Pennsylvania [; Harvard 0. Pittsburgh 25; Washington and Jefferson o. Washington State 3s; California at Los Angeles 0. Wisconsin 25; Chicago 0. Nebraska A, Oklahoma 6. Notre Dame 12; Army 6. Carnegie Tech 13; Georgetown Michigan 6; Navy 6. Minnesota 21; Indiana 12. Northwestern ‘; Purdue G. Marquette ‘; Kansas O. Georgia Tech 19: Vanderbilt ‘. Montana State IA; Wyoming ‘. North Dakota 6; South Dakota O. South Dakota State 27; North Dakota State 6. Knox IA: Cornell ‘. Illinois If; Butler 0. Center [: Louisville o. Drake 20; Washington Ja.ver sity o. Florida 26: Georgia 6. North Carolina 0; South Caro lima 0. Detroit 39, Michigan State 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 64% to win. Florida won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Florida–Georgia gameGeorgia leads 58–44–2 in 104 meetings, counting the 96 since this game.
| 2025 | Georgia 24, Florida 20 | |
| 2024 | Georgia 34, Florida 20 | |
| 2023 | Georgia 43, Florida 20 | |
| 2022 | Georgia 42, Florida 20 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 34, Florida 7 | |
| 2020 | Florida 44, Georgia 28 |
Around this game
Florida
- Next gamevs. ClemsonNov. 17, 1928
- SeasonFlorida in 1928
- ProgramFlorida history and records
Georgia
- Next gamevs. LSUNov. 17, 1928
- SeasonGeorgia in 1928
- ProgramGeorgia history and records

