Tulsa vs. Georgia

Tuesday, January 1, 1946, Oil Bowl

Georgia beat No. 14 Tulsa 20–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 1–⁠0.

Neutral site14Tulsa8–⁠3 in 1945
6
Neutral siteGeorgia9–⁠2 in 1945
20

FinalAttendance 27,000Referee: L.L. McMasters (SEC; split crew: SEC, MVC)The game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story

    The Waterbury Democrat, January 2, 1946, page 10

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    St’ Marys scoring – Touchd0wna: o’connor, Desalvo. Points after touch down: Wedemeyer (placement). Oklahoma A. & M. scoring – Touch. downs: Hankins, Fenimore 2, Reynolds, Thomas (for Fenimore). Points after ouchdown-Reynolds (for Parmer) {. (placements)s substitutions: St. Mary’s-Ends, Ad- kins: tackles-Murphy. Adair; guards Bryant. Quinn; centers-Farlelgh; backs -Crowe, Adams. Oklahoma A. & M.-Ends: Won Pool Long; tackles-Monroe, Howell; guards -Duckete, Faucett: centers-schellstede backs-Grimes, Lloyd. Reynolds, Thomas. At Houston, Tex, where 27,000 fans watched the oil Bowl game, Charley Trippi led Georgia to a 20 to 6 victory over Tulsa. scoring one touchdown on a 68 yard punt return and tossing & 46-yard pass for another

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: BOWL RESULTS

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., January 2, 1946, page 7 (results column)

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    BOWL RESULTS NEW YORK, Jan. 1. H. A total of $4,000 persons turned out today for the ID bowl football games from coast-to-coast. This is 10000 more than the $4,000 who watched the eight bowl contests in the United States a year ago. Today’s results at glance (attendance figures in parentheses): Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calf Alabama “a Southern California IA $4,000. / Sugar Bowl at New Orleans – Oklahoma Aggies SO St. Mary’s 10 Cts, 0OW. Shrine Bowl at San Francisco – East An-Stars 7, West All-Stars T., tie 100000. Cotton Bowl at Dallas-Texas 40 Missouri q (46,000). Orange Bowl at Miami-Miami (Florida) 10 Holy Cross 6 $4,000. Oil Bowl at Houston-Georgia 20 Tulsa 6 (27,000). Sun Bowl at Ell Paso-New Mexico “a Denver “a Q5,000). Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla, Wake Forest 26 South Carolina IA (12,00O. Raisin Bowl at Fresno, Calf. - Drake 10 Fresno State IL 100000. Vulcan Bowl at Birmingham, State 80 Texas College 6 10000. Coconut Bowl at Miami (Fla.)- Bethune- Goodman 80 Albany ~(Ga.) Teachers O $4,000. Azalea Bowl at Orlando, Fla Knoxville 10 Florida N. and I. 0 $4,000. Flower Bowl at Jacksonville, Normal 10 Lane College 6 $4,000.

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)

Tulsa 55% to win. Georgia pulled the upset.

Georgia leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Georgia 45, Tulsa 7
1945Georgia 20, Tulsa 6Oil Bowl

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