Kentucky at Georgia
Saturday, October 27, 1956 Share
Kentucky beat Georgia 14–7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 5–4–1.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1956, page 1
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MARYLAND OOntlnue0 from rage C-l three straight losses-Purdue. on the second half of its sched- Iule. About this time of year the Cleveland Browns offense used by the Wildcats starts to jell and they get awfully tough. But this year Kentucky also has been a good defensive team except against Mississippi. Flor ida and Georgia scored only once against a good Kentucky first line anchored by Lou. Mi chaels, and LSU was shut out Those were the three Kentucky victories. In losing to Georgia Tech and Auburn, Kentucky gave up only two touchdowns. The Ole Miss game was its worst performance losing 37–7. | One of the Wildcats pass catching threats is a boy from Maryland, 6-foot-4 John Cor Inelius of Bethesda. John caught a 43-yard touchdown pass with two minutes to go last week that was the difference in a 14–7 victory over Georgia. AS a BetheSda senior. he had visited Maryland, but chose Kentucky. ! Maryland’s Lewis and Kershner will attempt to show of before a large delegation from Martinsburg, w. Va, also the home town of Don Netoskie fourth leading ground-gainer or the Kentucky squad. The three were high school teammates.
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 50% to win. Kentucky won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Kentucky–Georgia gameGeorgia leads 65–12–2 in 79 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2025 | Georgia 35, Kentucky 14 | |
| 2024 | Georgia 13, Kentucky 12 | |
| 2023 | Georgia 51, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2022 | Georgia 16, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 30, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2020 | Georgia 14, Kentucky 3 |
Around this game
Kentucky
- Next gameat MarylandNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonKentucky in 1956
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Georgia
- Next gameat AlabamaNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonGeorgia in 1956
- ProgramGeorgia history and records

