Alabama at Georgia

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Alabama beat Georgia 17–⁠7. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 13–⁠10–⁠2.

AwayAlabama6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1935
17
HomeGeorgia6–⁠4 in 1935
7

FinalHigh 75°F, low 37°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: Alabama Beats Georgia II to I

    , October 28, 1935

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    Alabama Beats Georgia II to I ATHENS. Ca. Oct. 20. R1-Tnto the sodden turf OF Sanford Stadium. Alabama’s Crimson Tide rallied spectacularly TO old time form Saturday 10 bury GcorRia’s unc0nquered Bulldogs under a II to Z score In q traditional gridiron battle before 25. 1000. Fighting doegedly for three peri DDS with the count standing at Z to Y. the Rose Bowl champions capital lied on awaited breaks to score a field goal and add a touchdown IN the waning minutes 10 annihilate the previously unbeaten and unit ed Georgia gridders. Georgia scored first. midway the opening period. on a pass from John Bond to All Minot that netted 43 yards. Bond place-kicked the extra roint.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, October 28, 1935, page 3 (results column)

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    feet records has a setup Saturday. The major calamities in Oct ober’s football farewell were Yale, Penn State, VillanOva, Georgia, Mississippi. Purdue, Washington and Denver. Army conquered Yale, 14-S. Pittsburgh tumbled Penn State, 90. Detroit stopped VillanOva, 1916. Alabama ruin ed GeOrgia’s perfect record, 17–⁠7. Marquette blasted Mississippi, 33–⁠7. Carnegie Tech scored the outstanding upset of the week by beating Purdue, 10. Stanford triumphed over Wash ington go Utah pulverized Den YER, 39–⁠14. A minor casualty was Missouri, which was held to a 6–⁠6 tie by Iowa State.

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 51% to win. Alabama won as Elo’s underdog.

Alabama leads 45–⁠27–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia 20, Alabama 17
2025Georgia 28, Alabama 7SEC Championship
2025Alabama 24, Georgia 21
2024Alabama 41, Georgia 34
2023Alabama 27, Georgia 24SEC Championship
2021Georgia 33, Alabama 18CFP National Championship

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