Georgia at Tulane

Saturday, November 16, 1940

Tulane beat Georgia 21–⁠13. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 7–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
13
HomeTulane5–⁠5 in 1940
21

FinalHigh 56°F, low 34°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulane Finally Turns on Heat, Downs Dogged Georgia, 27-73

    Evening star, November 17, 1940, page 35

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    Tulane Finally Turns on Heat, Downs Dogged Georgia, 27–⁠73 In the third period. Sinkwich tried a pass deep in his own terri tory and Leonard Stern, Tulane guard, intercepted on the Bulldogs 13. Harry Hays, substitute half back, swept right end for yards and a touchdown. The Tulane lead didn’t last long, however. Lamar Davis, Georgia S right half, took Roman Bentz’s S kickoff and outran Tulane’s fastest backs for a 97-yard touchdown. Bubber Ely returned a punt to Georgia’s 80 and started throwing passes to set up touchdown on the 5. Fred Gloden went over in three plays. Lou Thomas place kicked Tulane ahead. 14-l3. The Wave stopped a furious Georgia passing attack, took the ball on the Tulane %, and drove tc its last touchdown in six plays After Thomas ran 30 yards. Fred Cassibry went yards over left tackle for a touchdown.

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)

Tulane 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 14–⁠10–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Georgia 58, Tulane 3
1972Tulane 24, Georgia 13
1971Georgia 17, Tulane 7
1970Tulane 17, Georgia 14
1969Georgia 35, Tulane 0
1957Georgia 13, Tulane 6

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