Auburn vs. Georgia

Saturday, November 15, 1952

Georgia beat Auburn 13–⁠7. It was their 55th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 27–⁠17–⁠4 in the games on file.

Neutral siteAuburn2–⁠8 in 1952
7
Neutral siteGeorgia7–⁠4 in 1952
13

FinalHigh 75°F, low 50°FAttendance 23,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: nessee Beats Florida 262 Mississippi State Cruhes LSU |96-Yord Sprint Starts Georgia TO 74-7 Victory Over Auburn

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1952, page 72

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    nessee Beats Florida 262 Mississippi State Cruhes LSU |96-Yord Sprint Starts Georgia TO 74–⁠7 Victory Over Auburn After the Tigers marched 81 yards on straight power plays. Auburn Quarterback Dudley Spence arched a pass into the end zone which End Lee Hayley shared after two Georgia defenders collaborated in batting the ball into his hands. Joe Davis converted. Thus the games entire scoring was accomplished in the third Quarted. Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia S passmaster, threw too hard and too far most of the time in the first half, but found the range better in the second. Two beauties to End John Carson kept the Georgia scoring drive alive. With the ball at the Auburn SO in the second quarter, Dudley Spence hurled a long Bratkowskitype pass to End Bill Larimore The spectacular completion nettec 54 yards to the Georgia 10. But or the next play Charles Hataway fumbled and Jim Locke, Georgis tackle, clutched the ball at the 8 Auburn ------ 0 z O. Georgia --- ...-----. D 13 O-1; Auburn scoring: Touchdowns-Hayley Georgia scorine Touchdowns-Cam asna. Madison. Conversion-Mrvos.

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 78% 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 75 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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