Auburn vs. Georgia

Saturday, November 20, 1937

Auburn and Georgia tied 0–⁠0. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 17–⁠14–⁠3 in the games on file.

Neutral siteAuburn6–⁠2–⁠3 in 1937
0
Neutral siteGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 44°F, low 25°F, 0.09 in. of rainAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story: THREE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. WERE DECIDED Harvard, Minnesota, Cali- fOrnia Take Titles Since Saturday

    The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 22, 1937, page 14 (results column)

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    THREE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. WERE DECIDED Harvard, Minnesota, Cali- fOrnia Take Titles Since Saturday Limited Press Stan CorrespOndent) New York, Nov. 22-tUP)-First returns from the 1887 football sea- son today gave: California – The western Rose Bowl bid, and the Pacific coast title, Minnesota–Th western confer. ence championship. Harvard–The mythical Big Three” crown, Stub Allison’s Golden Bears cleared the last obstacle from the path to Pasadena, Saturday, when they ended their conference schedule with a 1S--S victory over Stanford, Only undefeated team in the con- ference, California piled up lS7 ponts against opponnets’ 2e in win- ming nine and tying one. Although beaten outside Of the Big Ten by Notre Dame and Nebraska Minnesota’s 0ophers ended their season with Q lS-6 victory over Q stubborn Wisconsin eleven. It was their fifth straight conference vic- tory and 1t regained for them the title relinquished to Northwestern in 1886 after a two-year reign. In one of Saturdays prize sur- prise packages, Harvard licked Yale, l3–⁠6, to annex the Big Three” lau- rels for the first time In a years, It was Yale’s only defeat of the season. With North Carolina having elinehed the southern crown the week previous with an upset victory over Duke, four major conference championships remain to be decided --southeastern southwestern, big six and Rocky Mountain. All but the southwestern will be determined this week, but this title may depend upon outcome of the Riee-s, M. U. game December {. The perfect record list was trimmed to four when Montana was upset 60 by Idaho. Lafayette closed It’s season unbeaten, and un. tied with Q GO decision over Le. high. The others--Colorado, santa Clara and Alabama--were idle. Tied, but undefeated teams, scored As fol- lows: Dartmouth 27, Columbia o; Fordham 6, st, Mary’s o; Pittsburgh 28, Penn State 2; Villanova 8, Tem. pie 0; and Holy Cross was held 0–⁠0 by Carnegie Tech. Other principal results ENst-Prineeton 26, Navy 0; Bos. ton U, iS, Boston college 0; Man. hattan IS, Niagara 2; Colgate 2, Syracuse 0; Army ~, st. Johns 0; Maryland l2, Georgetown 2. Middlewest--Ohio State 2i, Mlchi. gan 0; Purdue iS, Indiana 2; 1lli- nois 2i, Chicago o; Notre Dame 2, Northwestern 0; Nebraska 2S, Iowa o; Marquette iS, Dequesne 0; Iowa State 1S, Kansas State ‘; Missouri 3, Washington (st. Louis) o; Okla homo 10, Oklahoma A. and M, 0; Detroit 48, Creighton 2. South – Auburn o, Georgia 0; deorgie Tech l2, Florida 0: Tulane 8, Sewanee ‘; Louisiana State 62, Louisiana Normal o; Duke 20. North Carolina State ‘; Citadel ~, Erskine “a; Maryland l2, Georgetown 2; South Carolina 04, Presbyterian o, southwest--T. c. U. q, Rice 2; Ar. kansas 0, George Washington O; Baylor 27, Loyola CLOS Angeles) i3; Texas Tech 2, Centenary 2; St. Mary’s tTexas) 6, Loyola (New Or. leans) 0. Rocky Mountains--C Colorado State c, Colorado college o; Greeley 32, Colorado Mines c; Brigham Young 70, Montana State o; Arizona 0, Kansas ‘. Pacific Coast – Washington 14, Oregon 0; Washington State ‘, Ore. gon State 0; Southern Methodist e6, U. o, |. A, o; donzaga 3, Portland 2.

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)

Auburn 65% to win.

Officially, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8; as played, 64–⁠53–⁠6 in the 123 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 89 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Auburn 27, Georgia 24
2025Georgia 20, Auburn 10
2024Georgia 31, Auburn 13
2023Georgia 27, Auburn 20
2022Georgia 42, Auburn 10
2021Georgia 34, Auburn 10

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