Georgia at Temple

Friday, October 4, 1946

Georgia beat Temple 35–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGeorgia11–⁠0 in 1946
35
HomeTemple2–⁠4–⁠2 in 1946
7

FinalHigh 79°F, low 54°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |InferseciionaI Game, Take Top Billing. on |Today's Grid Card

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1946, page 11 (results column)

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    |InferseciionaI Game, Take Top Billing. on |Today’s Grid Card NEW YORK, Oct. 5.AProof that the college football season is well under way is seen in today’s card, which is literally sprinkled with sectional classics. However, for those whose view embraces the Nation as q whole, there are some attractive tntersectional contests, the standout being the clash between Dana Bibles mighty Texas squad and the Okla homa Aggies. The Aggies have not been beaten In 81 games, including two bowl contests, although they were tied last week by outplayed Arkansas. Two good East-West tilts are Boston College and Michigan State and Detroit at Holy Cross. Ohio State, held to an unexpected tie by Missouri, meets Southern Califormia in the headliner on the West Coast. Michigan Meets Iowa. Michigan ana Iowa, two Of last weeks winners in the wide-open scramble for the Big Nine title, meet an Ann Arbor in the Mid VESTS outstanding attraction. Other conference battles pit Illinois and Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana and Northwestern and Wisconsin. Notre Dame has little to fear In its contest with Pittsburgh. In the Big Six opener Kansas State visits Nebraska. Others on the Midwest card are Kansas Wichita and Iowa State Iowa State Teachers. Tennessee engages Duke In the South’s leading game, while Ala bama takes on South Carolina. In the Southeastern Conference the pairings are Louisiana State-Mississippi State, Vanderbilt Mississippi and Tulane-Florida. In the Rocky Mountain area Colo RADIO Aggies- Wyoming, Arizona-Utaf and Utah State-C colorado are the biz offerings, while on the coast Sar Francisco and Stanford, U. G. L. A. Washington and Idaho Washington State get top billing a1ssrsSl Princeton Faces Brown. The Easts Ivy League teams an generally engaged against outsid. competition, although Princeton meets Brown within the group Pennsylvania,. rated the potentia Eastern champion, figures to have an opening day romp with Lafay. ette. Dartmouth tangles with Syracuse, Yale meets Colgate and Harward faces Tufts. Army for the second week viii have to get along without Dor Blanchard in its contest with Cor. nell. Navy and Columbia, both unimpressive in last weeks openers meet in New York, and Penn State opens with Buckneu. The Friday night fans saw some thrillers In st. Louis 1914 win over Missouri, Villanova’s 26–⁠13 defeat o1 Marquette and Denver’s 26–⁠13 vic. tory over Brigham Young. In an intersectional match al Philadelphia Georgia uncorked 6 second half offensive to overpowel Temple, 35–⁠7. North Carolins blanked Miami, 21–⁠0.

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1989Georgia 37, Temple 10
1983Georgia 31, Temple 14
1981Georgia 49, Temple 3
1946Georgia 35, Temple 7

Around this game

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