Mississippi State at Georgia

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Georgia beat Mississippi State 27–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayMississippi State4–⁠5 in 1950
0
HomeGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠3 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 77°F, low 45°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 45

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    ATHENS, Ca, Oct. 14.-The Georgia backfield matched PROV ess with a understanding line today as Quarterback Nal Cook accounted for two touchdowns in leading the Bulldogs to 27–⁠0 vic tory over Mississippi State. Georgia’s charging linesmen rendered the State attack all but impotent all day while Art De Carlo and Marion Campbell scooped up fumbles that figured in Georgia scores. About 10000 fans saw Georgia win it’s first Southeastern Conference outing. Aerial Attack. For the first time this season, the Georgia aerial attack looked like the game for which Coach Wallace Butts is known. Cook set up one score with a 20-yard heave and his teammate, Ray Prosperi, accounted for another marker On 36-yard toss to Gus Hlebovy. States little 130-pound quarterback, Frank Branch, was rushed throughout the game. Georgia’s Halfback Lauren Hargrove. a high school All-America

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 22–⁠6 in 28 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 41, Mississippi State 21
2024Georgia 41, Mississippi State 31
2022Georgia 45, Mississippi State 19
2020Georgia 31, Mississippi State 24
2017Georgia 31, Mississippi State 3
2011Georgia 24, Mississippi State 10

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