Georgia at Kentucky

Saturday, September 19, 1942

Georgia beat Kentucky 7–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia11–⁠1 in 1942
7
HomeKentucky3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1942
6

FinalHigh 89°F, low 63°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 10,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: GEORGIA DEFEATS KENTUCKY, 7 TO 6 kentuckians Knock Orange Bowl Glitter Off Their Opponents

    The Wilmington morning star, September 20, 1942, page 6

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    GEORGIA DEFEATS KENTUCKY, 7 TO 6 kentuckians Knock Orange Bowl Glitter Off Their Opponents LOISVILLE, KY, Sept. 19-R- Georgia had Frank inkwich, and Flat-Foot FRANKIE, the All Aemrica, was what it took to beat the University of Kentucky, rs, today before gasping crowd of 10000. The Kentuckians, touted to lose by at least three touchdowns, knocked hte Orange Bowl glitter off their Georgia opponents for Sc minutes of wild and wooly game, taking 60 lead in the third quarter and holding it until frankie pitched and punched his way to the goal-line in the closing NOM ents. Leo Costa, the place kicking expert, boote the extra (and win ning) point. Dour Wally Butts, who spends his spare time telling Georgia and the nation that Georgia is no World-beater, hid his face in his hands when Kentucky recovered “a sinkwich tumble on Georgia’s seven, and Charley Kuhn punched over for the score on an end run after Bob Herbert had been stop ped cold on the one-yard line. Sinkwich had lost the kali when the oval spurted from his hands as he was tackled behind the line of scrimage.

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 65–⁠12–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 35, Kentucky 14
2024Georgia 13, Kentucky 12
2023Georgia 51, Kentucky 13
2022Georgia 16, Kentucky 6
2021Georgia 30, Kentucky 13
2020Georgia 14, Kentucky 3

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