Georgia at Miami

Friday, December 6, 1940

Georgia beat Miami 28–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
28
HomeMiami3–⁠7 in 1940
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 57°FAttendance 11,860

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 7, 1940, page 15

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    MIAMI, Fla, Dec. Prank Sinkwich, the 1S0-pound Georgia halfback, closed his sophomore foot ball career last night with q perfo1mance that left Miami hanging on the ropes with the shy end Of q 28–⁠7 score. The Georgians went into the second half trailing TO, but Sink wich hadn’t warmed up. Before 1t was over, here’s what the heet-footed halfback had done: Scored two touchdowns and set up another. Gained 145 yards in 70 tries from scrimmage, an average OF better than seven . crack. Completed 5 Of Is passes for @ yardA

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 7–⁠4–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the eight 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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