Georgia at Vanderbilt
Saturday, September 22, 1956 Share
Vanderbilt beat Georgia 14–0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–6–1.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 62°FAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1956, page 69
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Georgia Loses To Vanderbilt NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. % (P).-Quarterback Don Orr and Halfback Phil Chg Chief King led Vanderbilt to a 14-to-0 vic tory over Georgia tonight in the opening football game Of the Southeastern Conference here. A sellout crowd of $4,000 saw the Commodores turn on scoring drives in the second and fourth periods Of a penalty speckled contest. The visiting Bulldogs never threatened seriously. Vanderbilt drove 66 yards for its first touchdown. Orr sneaked through the line for 2 yards and the counter. He mixed two neat passes to End Bob Taylor with brilliant runs by Danny Mccall and Jim Butler. King scored the second touch. down in the fourth quarter tt climax a 65-yard drive. Georgia --- o 0 0 o. Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns--or e. D1ungeI; King u, plunge). Conver siOns-Travig 2
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)
Vanderbilt 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia–Vanderbilt gameGeorgia leads 61–17–2 in 80 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.
| 2026 | Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14 | |
| 2023 | Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 20 | |
| 2022 | Georgia 55, Vanderbilt 0 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 62, Vanderbilt 0 | |
| 2019 | Georgia 30, Vanderbilt 6 | |
| 2018 | Georgia 41, Vanderbilt 13 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. Florida StateSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonGeorgia in 1956
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. ChattanoogaSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1956
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

