Georgia at Chattanooga

Sunday, November 4, 1945

Georgia beat Chattanooga 34–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia9–⁠2 in 1945
34
HomeChattanooga5–⁠3 in 1945
7

FinalAttendance 7,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Trippi Scores Twice As Georgia Wins, 34-7

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 4, 1945, page 1

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    Trippi Scores Twice As Georgia Wins, 34–⁠7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, NoY. 3. -UD- Georgia’s Charlie Trippi crossed the Chattanooga goal twice today but shared honors with his teammates as Georgia tailed in every quarter to defeat the Uni versity of Chattanooga “a to 7 before a victory bond crowd Of T. 500. Displaying great power, Georgia never punted during the game al though they lost the ball on downs on their own 48 late in the fourth period. Charles rabbit” Smiths g. yard dash was the longest sprint of the day. Teammates Dan Ed wards and John Donaldson racked up the other Georgia scores. Chattanooga’s touchdown came in the third period on a pass from Fred Mullis to Ed Jurczak.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 8–⁠0–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Georgia 42, Chattanooga 6
1948Georgia 14, Chattanooga 7
1947Georgia 27, Chattanooga 0
1946Georgia 48, Chattanooga 27
1945Georgia 34, Chattanooga 7
1942Georgia 40, Chattanooga 0

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