Georgia Tech at Georgia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1948, page 42

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  ATHENS, Ga, Nov. 27.-The Georgia Bulldogs, beaten only once, pounded Georgia Tech for convincing 21–⁠13 victory on Sanford Field and earned q bid to the Orange Bowl. The Southeastern Conference battle also won the league cham pionship for the Bulldogs. They are unbeaten in six conference games. About $4,000 fans saw Georgia win its eight straight game to climax a campaign marked only by a loss to North Carolina. Before today Tech had the best defensive record in college football, but Georgia may have wrecked that record. The Bulldogs gained 259 yards rushing to only So for Tech. Georgia was offensive master both on the ground and in the air. All-America quarterback candidate Johnny Rauch was the passing star and stocky Joe Geri the running master. The Bulldogs opened the game with their most tco-ordinated running and passing attack of the year. Rauch passed seven times in the first half with the damp, slippery ball and five went to their receivers for 66 yards. Gene Lorendo was the receiver on three passes which helped set up touchdowns. The light, fast Yellow Jacket rush line was hampered by slippery ground and was rolled back repeat edly by Georgia’s big linesmen Georgias first touchdown was set up by a Rauch-Lorendo pass good for 46 yards. Lorendo made div ing catch of the ball and jerked away from three Tech men before being brought down 10 yards farther down field. Within three minutes Georgia scored again in near repeat performance of the first quarter drive. The first Yellow Jacket touch down came when Tackle Clay Mat thews blocked a Georgia kick and End George Broadnax covered the ball in the end zone. 1t was Georgias second blocked punt Of

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Officially, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5; as played, 69–⁠40–⁠5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.