Georgia at Vanderbilt

Saturday, September 22, 1956

Vanderbilt beat Georgia 14–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1956
0
HomeVanderbilt5–⁠5 in 1956
14

FinalHigh 91°F, low 62°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Loses To Vanderbilt

    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.

Georgia leads 61–⁠17–⁠2 in 80 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14
2023Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 20
2022Georgia 55, Vanderbilt 0
2021Georgia 62, Vanderbilt 0
2019Georgia 30, Vanderbilt 6
2018Georgia 41, Vanderbilt 13

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