Kentucky at Georgia

Saturday, October 27, 1956

Kentucky beat Georgia 14–⁠7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 5–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayKentucky6–⁠4 in 1956
14
HomeGeorgia3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1956
7

FinalHigh 71°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MARYLAND

    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.

Georgia leads 65–⁠12–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 35, Kentucky 14
2024Georgia 13, Kentucky 12
2023Georgia 51, Kentucky 13
2022Georgia 16, Kentucky 6
2021Georgia 30, Kentucky 13
2020Georgia 14, Kentucky 3

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