Duquesne at Georgia

Saturday, November 19, 1949

Georgia beat Duquesne 40–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayDuquesne3–⁠6 in 1949
0
HomeGeorgia4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1949
40

FinalHigh 61°F, low 26°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Whitewashes Duquesne, 40 10 0

    Evening star, November 20, 1949, page 45

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    Georgia Whitewashes Duquesne, 40 10 0 ATHENS, Ga, Nov. 19.-Geor- >gia capitalized on, breaks to defeat Duquesne In an tntersectional football game today. 40 to 0. The Bulldogs. unable to penetrate the big opposing line. turned intercepted passes and recovered fumbles into quick touchdowas. Georgia got under way slowly Late in the first period Nal Cook heaved q 21-yard pass to Gene Lorendo for first score. In the second quarter, Bulldog End Gene Chandler intercepted John Lahosky’s pass and went for q score. In the final minutes Of the third quarter. Claude Pipps intercepted q Lahosky pass on Duquesne’s 26 and set sail for q touchdown. Georgia really came to life In the last quarter. racking up 20 points.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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