Tulane at Georgia

Saturday, October 22, 1955

Tulane beat Georgia 14–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 10–⁠8–⁠1.

AwayTulane5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1955
14
HomeGeorgia4–⁠6 in 1955
0

FinalHigh 79°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulane Upsets Georgia, 14-0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1955, page 70

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    Tulane Upsets Georgia, 14–⁠0 ATHENS. Ga, oct. “a pr Baby-faced Gene Newton, a slick split-T operator. sprinted 40 yards for an early touchdown and guided Tulane to a l4–⁠0 up set victory over Georgia In a Southeastern Conference game today. Tulane stopped Georgia’s touted air attack when 1t counted and the Bulldogs couldn’t punch over . score on the ground. Newton, q 20-year-old sophomore, also scored Tulane’s clinching touchdown In the fourth quarter, racing eight yards around his left end. This score was set up when Tackle Dalton Truax recovered q tumble by Georgia’s Charlie Harris at the eight. oeorsia ------------ . 3 d D Tulane scoring Touchdowns: Newton z 40, run; .. rnnj, Conversions: Zeieuka O.

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. Tulane pulled the upset.

Georgia leads 14–⁠10–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Georgia 58, Tulane 3
1972Tulane 24, Georgia 13
1971Georgia 17, Tulane 7
1970Tulane 17, Georgia 14
1969Georgia 35, Tulane 0
1957Georgia 13, Tulane 6

Around this game

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