Mississippi State at Georgia
Saturday, October 14, 1950 Share
Georgia beat Mississippi State 27–0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 45°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 45
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Mississippi State–Georgia gameGeorgia leads 22–6 in 28 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
Around this game
Mississippi State
- Next gameat AlabamaOct. 28, 1950
- SeasonMississippi State in 1950
- ProgramMississippi State history and records
Georgia
- Next gameat LSUOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonGeorgia in 1950
- ProgramGeorgia history and records

