Florida vs. Georgia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1948, page 45

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  Georgia Clips Keyed-Up Florida To Snure Conference Lead JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov. g. Georgia vaulted into first place in the Southeastern Conference today with 20–⁠12 victory over Florida while Georgia Tech was losing to Tennessee, 1876. Johnny Rauchs brilliant passing gave the Bulldogs their first touch down, but power plays put over the two they needed to get by the keyed up Gators. John Gilbert, Florida reserve center who usually warns the bench, starred in the Gator line that broke through time after time to smear Rauch before he could throw. Georgia was never behind, how ever, in scoring its fourth confer ence victory and its sixth win of the season. Rauch went the last foot of a 75yard frst-quarter drive that featured his passes. In the third period Joe ‘Geri scored from 13 yards out and Floyd Reid took a tossout from Rauch to go two yarcs fer fourth quarter touchdown. F.orida’s leading ground gamer, Chuck Hunsinger, made the most spectacular playa 64-yard punt return for the Gators fourth-quarter touchdown. They had registered six points in the second period after a series of line smashes that went 81 wards

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Georgia leads 58–⁠44–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.