Georgia at Miami

Friday, December 2, 1938

Miami beat Georgia 13–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
7
HomeMiami8–⁠2 in 1938
13

FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 23,367

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: Thriller Miami Celebrates Win OUer Georgia

    The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], December 3, 1938, page 14

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    Thriller Miami Celebrates Win OUer Georgia MIAMI, Dec. 3 (I.N.SJ.-Bedlam broke loose in this South ern city last night and continued until almost dawn today as University Of Miami students and supporters celebrated the Hurricanes cOnvincing 1877 victory over the Uni versity Of Georgia Bulldogs at Burdine Stadium before q rec ord crowd Of 23,367. The victory climaxed Miami’s greatest year Of football and preserved its record for this fall Of not losing at Burdine Sta dunn. The Hurricanes added excite ment to the conquest by spot ting Georgia q first half touch down and then staging q great second half rally to halt the Georgia attack cold and punch over two tOuchdOwns.

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 62% to win. Miami won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia leads 7–⁠4–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1966Miami 7, Georgia 6
1963Georgia 31, Miami 14
1961Miami 32, Georgia 7
1956Georgia 7, Miami 7
1952Georgia 35, Miami 13
1949Miami 13, Georgia 9

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