Tulane at Georgia
Saturday, October 22, 1955 Share
Tulane beat Georgia 14–0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 10–8–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tulane–Georgia gameGeorgia leads 14–10–1 in 25 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1985 | Georgia 58, Tulane 3 | |
| 1972 | Tulane 24, Georgia 13 | |
| 1971 | Georgia 17, Tulane 7 | |
| 1970 | Tulane 17, Georgia 14 | |
| 1969 | Georgia 35, Tulane 0 | |
| 1957 | Georgia 13, Tulane 6 |
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. AuburnOct. 29, 1955
- SeasonTulane in 1955
- ProgramTulane history and records
Georgia
- Next gamevs. AlabamaOct. 29, 1955
- SeasonGeorgia in 1955
- ProgramGeorgia history and records

