Georgia at South Carolina
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Georgia beat South Carolina 33–2. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 9–2.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

The Nome nugget, October 7, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Saturday, October 5 l49 - Purdue l4-Ohio State IT Colgate 0-Cornell 34 Northwestern 40-Syracuse 0 West Virginia 7-Fordham 20 Navy 14-Cincinatti 0 Virginia 19-Yale II Missouri 14-PistSburgh 19 Army 20-Williams l9 Princeton 7-Vanderbilt 6 Harvard 13-Amherst Michigan 2l-Mich. State IA Minnesota l3-Nebraska ‘ Texas 13-Indiana 6. Washington 21-Idaho 0 Montana eWashington State 13. Utah 12-Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9-New York Uni ‘. Georgia 33-South Carolina 2. Pacific University ‘ -Univer- sity of Portland 25. Oregon 0-Stanford 13. St. Mary’s 6-California g. Oklahoma Aggies 27 - Okla homa g. Oregon State 01Southern Cal. O. Auburn 20-Tulane IA Kentucky 47-Washington Lee 12 Notre Dame 25-College of the Pacific 2. Maryland 0-Pennsylvania 51 Kansas 0-Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin 33-Marquette 19 Texas Christian 20-Arkansas Duke 0-TenneSsee 13. Penn State 9-Bucknell 0 Alabama 20-Mercer 0.
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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia–South Carolina gameGeorgia leads 52–19–2 in 73 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonGeorgia in 1940
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat DuquesneOct. 11, 1940
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1940
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

