Georgia at Miami
Friday, December 2, 1938 Share
Miami beat Georgia 13–7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 23,367
In the newspapers

The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], December 3, 1938, page 14
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Georgia–Miami gameGeorgia leads 7–4–1 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 1966 | Miami 7, Georgia 6 | |
| 1963 | Georgia 31, Miami 14 | |
| 1961 | Miami 32, Georgia 7 | |
| 1956 | Georgia 7, Miami 7 | |
| 1952 | Georgia 35, Miami 13 | |
| 1949 | Miami 13, Georgia 9 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. The CitadelSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonGeorgia in 1938
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestOct. 6, 1939
- SeasonMiami in 1938
- ProgramMiami history and records

