The Citadel at Georgia

Saturday, September 30, 1939

Georgia beat The Citadel 26–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 8–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayThe Citadel3–⁠8 in 1939
0
HomeGeorgia5–⁠6 in 1939
26

FinalHigh 85°F, low 66°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 1, 1939, page 66 (results column)

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    Iowa overpowered South Dakota, 40. Missouri uncorked unsuspected scoring strength in routing Colorado, 800, but Oklahoma, champion of the Big Six last year and unbeaten during its regular season, was held to a TT draw by Southern Method list. Texas gave the Southwest Conference one intersectional victory, punching over two touchdowns to whip Florida. 1910. Texas A. and M. was responsible for another, a 14–⁠0 triumph ever Centenary, the Louisianians’ third successive defeat. Baylor ran over Southwestern, $40. Sharing interest in the South with Tulane’s close call and North Cardinals one-sided vic tory was a fine performance by Allyn McKeen’s Mississippi State array which stopped Arkansas vaunted aerial show cold and romped OF with q 1870 decision. Alabama was slow starting, but finally mopped up Howard, 21–⁠0; Kentucky was impressive in q, 21–⁠0 conquest Of Virginia. Mill tary and Georgia revealed considerable power In Q 26–⁠0 victory over the Citadel,

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 9–⁠0–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Georgia 76, The Citadel 0
1939Georgia 26, The Citadel 0
1938Georgia 20, The Citadel 12
1920Georgia 40, The Citadel 0
1919Georgia 28, The Citadel 0
1916Georgia 6, The Citadel 0

Around this game

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