Alabama at Georgia

Saturday, November 2, 1946

No. 5 Georgia beat No. 15 Alabama 14–⁠0. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 15–⁠13–⁠2.

Away15Alabama7–⁠4 in 1946
0
Home5Georgia11–⁠0 in 1946
14

FinalHigh 69°F, low 56°FAttendance 52,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 19b. |Weekend's College Grid Stors

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1946, page 13 (results column)

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    THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 19b. |Weekend’s College Grid Stors in Buckeyes 1927 triumph over North Charlie Trippi, Georgia--Threw one scoring pass and tailed six-pointer in Bulldogs 14–⁠0 win over Alabama. Ken Holland, Arkansas–Recovered . tumble, passed and ran 35 yards to set up Razorbacks’ lone touchdown IN their 70 truWgh Wasss ever Tssss aeS twice as sooners defeated Texas Chris tians 14–⁠12. Bobby Layne, Texas–Completed nine passes for 160 yards and picked up ~ on the ground to sn issd LonshSFnnss ass’nos,.t 70 Bob De Moss, Purdue-With shoulder in harness. hit IL Of 20 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns and set up another tally as Boilermakers bowed to Wisconsin 24–⁠20. touchdown passes to aid the Hoosiers In defeating Pittsburgh 2o-6. Arnold Tucker, Army–Tossed two touchdowns as Army chalked up ts 25th consecutive win. tripping West Ken Keifiei, Princeton-Booted 20 yard field goal in last minute Of play to enable Tigers to clip highly favored Joe watt. syracuss-scorsd twice In Orange 28–⁠7 win over Temple. Don Phelps, Kentucky-Romped 70 four touchdowns, including S5-yard runback of kickoff to pace Wildcats to 1914 victory over Michigan State. Al Fassmacht, Colgate-Snared three touchdown passes to lead Red Raiders to $50 triumph over Lafayette. Jim Kekeris, Missouri–Booted three conversions to provide Tigers with their margin Of victory over Nebraska, 21–⁠20. Burr Baldwin, q. c. L. A.-Scampered into pay dirt three times as the Bruins smothered st. Mary’s 1920. Art Battle, Southern Caltfornia--- Scored Trojans’ frst two touchdowns In their 43–⁠0 rout of OREGON.

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.

On the newsreel

  • FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS – GEORGIA UPSETS ALABAMABehind Charlie Trippi's accurate passing and devastating running, the Bulldogs whirl to a brilliant 14-0 victory over the favored Crimson Tide of AlabamaUniversal Newsreel, November 4, 1946. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 45–⁠27–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

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