Florida vs. Georgia

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1946, page 1

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  Tar Heels Trample e. NJ, PHI Georgia Defeats Florida, 1914 PASSING FEATURES CONTEST JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. g. R)-Georgia’s boWl-minded Bull dogs marched on toward an undefeated and united football season today with a 33 to IA triumph over Florida but they had to come from behind in the last halt to do it. The largest crowd ever, to fill the municipal stadium, some 25,- 900 persons, saw Florida’s putnam ned freshmen completely dominate play in the first half to mark up a halftime lead of 7 to 6. The one point deficit doomed large as George Jernigan, the Springfield rifle. missed the exira point placekick for only the second time this season. Then Georgia came back in the last half with power that left no doubt of the Bulldogs mastery. The Bulldogs great All-America candidate, Charlie Trippi, com pletely pottleo Up by the f1orlda defense for the first two periods, scored two toucndowns in the sec ond half and passed to John Don ALLISON for another. Doug Belden, sharp-shooting Florida tailback, threw a real scare Coach Wally Butts unbeaten eleven with a barrage of uncannily accurate bullet passes that kept the Bulldogs with their backs to the goal during the early stages. Belden’s target on five of the II passes completed was Broughton (Brute) Williams, the nations lead ing pass receiver. The five catches brought the big Florida ends total for the season to 20.

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Georgia leads 58–⁠44–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.