Georgia at Kentucky
Saturday, October 13, 1945 Share
Georgia beat Kentucky 48–6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 3–1–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°FAttendance 13,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Georgia–Kentucky gameGeorgia leads 65–12–2 in 79 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2025 | Georgia 35, Kentucky 14 | |
| 2024 | Georgia 13, Kentucky 12 | |
| 2023 | Georgia 51, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2022 | Georgia 16, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 30, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2020 | Georgia 14, Kentucky 3 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. LSUOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonGeorgia in 1945
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Kentucky
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonKentucky in 1945
- ProgramKentucky history and records

