Georgia at Kentucky

Saturday, October 13, 1945

Georgia beat Kentucky 48–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia9–⁠2 in 1945
48
HomeKentucky2–⁠8 in 1945
6

FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°FAttendance 13,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Smith Leads Georgia Team In Trimming Kentucky

    Evening star, October 14, 1945, page 19

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    Smith Leads Georgia Team In Trimming Kentucky LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 13.- Charles Smith, l55-pound speedster from Palatka, Fla. led Georgia S Bulldogs to a 1876 Southeastern Conference victory over Kentucky here today before 1900 spectators. The skinny junior halfback scored four of Georgia’s S seven touchdowns, including one on an 85-yard sprint and another on dash of 81 yards. The Georgia cyclone struck in its fullest fury in the second quarter. when the Bulldogs piled up 81 points. They had one touchdown in each OF the other periods. Kentucky scored its futile marker 3 minutes before the game ended when George Blanda’s passes conmeet five out of six tries in a march of rs yards. Hal Phillips took the pay-off heave.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 65–⁠12–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 74 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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