LSU at Georgia

Saturday, November 16, 1935

LSU beat Georgia 13–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, LSU led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayLSU9–⁠2 in 1935
13
HomeGeorgia6–⁠4 in 1935
0

FinalHigh 62°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |. s. j. RUNS OVER GEORGIA, IS TO D Counts Twice and Stopped Three Other Times in Sight of Goal.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 17, 1935, page 35

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    |. s. j. RUNS OVER GEORGIA, IS TO D Counts Twice and Stopped Three Other Times in Sight of Goal. by the ASSOCldleQ PreSS. -ANFORD FIELD, Athens, Ga, l. November 16-Louisiana State foot ball power house. featuring L 95-yard touchdown run by Lanky Jess Fatherree, tramp.ed Georgia, 13 to 0. today as the Bulldogs repelled three goal line thrusts in a spectacular battle before about 10000 fans. The convincing triumph of the Tigers from Baton Rouge, with thou sands of Louisiana enthusiasts, headed by Gov. o. K. Allen, in the stands, virtually clinched the Southeastern Conference championship for the Bernie Moore-coached gridders. Louisiana outplayed Georgia’s Bull dogs nearly the whole route, checked the only threat by the men of Harry Mehre at the 5-yard line early in the opening period and accumulated its winning points on Fatherree’s brilliant run and four quarter scoring sprint of % yards by Bill Grass, the pile driving star, in the final minutes. The Well-earned triumph of LOU isiana, left only Tulane’s Green Wave between the Tigers and a cleanup claim to the conference crown.

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 54% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.

LSU leads 18–⁠14–⁠1 in 33 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Georgia 50, LSU 30SEC Championship Game
2019LSU 37, Georgia 10SEC Championship Game
2018LSU 36, Georgia 16
2013Georgia 44, LSU 41
2011LSU 42, Georgia 10SEC Championship Game
2009LSU 20, Georgia 13

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