Tulane at Georgia

Saturday, November 13, 1937

Georgia beat Tulane 7–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 6–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayTulane5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
6
HomeGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1937
7

FinalHigh 74°F, low 49°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Football

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1937, page 16 (results column)

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    Football Georgia Tech, coupled with Auburn’s 81 defeat by Louisiana State. left the Crimson Tide certain to clinch the conference championship II it can get past Vanderbilt on THANKSGIVING Day. Vanderbilt, disposing of Tennessee. 1877. now is in 4 second .place tie with Louisiana State. with Auburn just behind. A dull program this Saturday sends Auburn against Georgia surprise 7–⁠6 conqueror Of Tulane: Georgia Tech against Florida, beaten. 1913, by Clemson and Tulane against Sewanee, outpointed, 1870. by Mis.issippi State North Carolina’s upset triumph over previously unbeaten Duke, 1916, left the Southern Conference chase three-cornered battle among North Carolina. Clemson and Maryland. North Carolina has finished it’s conference schedule with four victories and tie. Clemson has won two games and Maryland one without defeat or tie. Duke plays North Carolima State in the sole conference game this week. all the others watt ing for the grand finale on Thanks giving Day. Rice Remains On Top. SOUTHWEST: Rices SIS draw with Texas A. and M. left the Owls still sitting safely in f1rst place but 1t Is unlikely the championship will be decided until the closing games on December 4. This week the Owls must tackle formidable Texas Chris tian, 14–⁠0 victors over Texas. Bay lor, losing its second successive con. ference game in 1877 upset BY Southern Methodist. plays Loyola OF Los Angeles. Arka nsas, which routed Mississippi, 32–⁠6, takes on George Washington. Far West: The championship Of the Pacific Coast Conference will b. settled at Pslo Alto when California battles Stanford. California, $50 victor over Oregon, must win o. tie to clinch the crown. Stanford. which routed Washington State, $50. must win to tie the Golden Bears in the tinal standings. washington, which stopped U. c. L. A.. 1910. winds up against Oregon, and Oregon State. after 4 1912 draw with Southern California, meets Washington State. u. c. L. A. plays Southern Aethodist. Unbeaten Montana, q non-conference school, plays Idaho. Rocky Mountain: Colorado’s 35-s route Of Colorado College and Den ver’s 21-e conquest Of wyoming left the championship to be settled BY the Colorado Denver game on Thanks giving Day. A victory for Denver would leave the two teams tied in the flnal standings.

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)

Tulane 50% to win. Georgia won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia leads 14–⁠10–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Georgia 58, Tulane 3
1972Tulane 24, Georgia 13
1971Georgia 17, Tulane 7
1970Tulane 17, Georgia 14
1969Georgia 35, Tulane 0
1957Georgia 13, Tulane 6

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