Auburn vs. Georgia

Saturday, November 18, 1950

Georgia beat Auburn 12–⁠10. It was their 53rd meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 25–⁠17–⁠4 in the games on file.

Neutral siteAuburn0–⁠10 in 1950
10
Neutral siteGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠3 in 1950
12

FinalHigh 59°F, low 26°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Rallies Against Passes To Defeat Auburn, ~ to 10

    Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 60

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    Georgia Rallies Against Passes To Defeat Auburn, ~ to 10 in the game after Georgia’s first score. Bill fuckers short passes to Fred Quart, Lee Haley and Bobby Golden mixed with Col den’s fleet running spanked the Auburn touchdown drive that sent the Plainsmen into the lead. Georgia Line Sets Up Score. The charging Georgia line set up the first Bulldog score when Mike Merola and Jackie Roberts fell on Davis tumble on the eight-yard line. One play later Nixon bucked it over. Bob Wal. ston’s kick was no good. Auburn came back fast with the Tucker passes to drive to the Georgia one-yard line. There Tucker took the ball on a sneak, fumbled as he fell over the goal line but recovered to make the score. After a punting battle between Georgia’s Pat Field and Auburn’s quarter, Auburn added three Dudley Spence in the second points on a field goal by Tucker after drive stalled on the eight

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8; as played, 64–⁠53–⁠6 in the 123 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Auburn 27, Georgia 24
2025Georgia 20, Auburn 10
2024Georgia 31, Auburn 13
2023Georgia 27, Auburn 20
2022Georgia 42, Auburn 10
2021Georgia 34, Auburn 10

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