Georgia at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1931, page 1 (results column)

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  DIXIE CONFERENCE DOWN TO BUSINESS Vandy- TuIane and Alabama Tennessee Battles Bear Heavily on Title. TLANTA, October 1.-THE bust ~ ness of selecting a Southern ~ Conference foot ball champion starts in earnest this week. with Vanderbilt facing Tulane and Alabama meeting Tennessee. These teams, with Georgia. form the Dixie big five The Vanderbilt Tulane game at Nash vile next Saturday and the Tennessee affair at Knoxville are toss-ups. but Georgia should win from North Carolima at Chapel Hill. Georgia’s third straight win over Yale by a score of 26–⁠7 was the outstanding victory of the week end. fine offensive netted Vanderbilt Is points in the first half, but the Com modores had to call on all their defensive tactics to stave off Ohio States fine comeback in the last two quarters which brought the Big Ten team 81 points. Big Game ScoreIess. North Carolina and Florida fought to a scoreless tie in the most prominent intraconference game, although Carolima threatened on several occasions. Tennessee swamped Mississippi, $50. and Alabama rolled over Mississippi A. and NJ, $50. Tulane gave its reserves plenty Of exercise in beating Spring Hill, 400. Sewanee’s 3-to-0 field-goal win from Virginia came something as a surprise. Louisiana State won its first circuit game from South Carolina, 1912. Kentucky backs ran wild to beat Washington and Lee. $50. and Clemson nosed out North Carolina State. 60. V. P. 1. beat David son. 1876 but “ M. 1. was held to 1913 tie by Citadel. Mercer and Chattanooga set the pace in the Southern intercollegiate Athletic Association. Mercer eliminated Presbyterrain, the 1880 S. l. A. A. champion, 21–⁠7, and Chattanooga beat Howard, 14–⁠0.

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Georgia leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the two since this game.