Georgia at Miami
Friday, December 6, 1940 Share
Georgia beat Miami 28–7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 57°FAttendance 11,860
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, December 7, 1940, page 15
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Georgia–Miami gameGeorgia leads 7–4–1 in 12 meetings, counting the eight 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 gameat MercerSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonGeorgia in 1940
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. ElonOct. 3, 1941
- SeasonMiami in 1940
- ProgramMiami history and records

