Georgia at Kentucky
Saturday, October 24, 1959 Share
Georgia beat Kentucky 14–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 8–4–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 43°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1959, page 45
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Georgia Beats Kentucky, 14–7 LEXINTON, KY, Oct. VA (AP.-Georgia’s Bulldogs, out manuvered on the ground. ueSd two breaks to score a pair of touchdowns and whip deter mined Kentucky team, AT, tonight. The Bulldogs turned a pass interception and a blocked punt into scores for their fourth Southeastern Conference foot ball victory without a loss. Georgia’s only defeat in six starts was against South Carolima. Senior Halfback Bobby Towns grabbed a wild Ken lucky pass on the first play of the second period and romped 43 yards unmolested for Georgia’s first touchdown. Kentucky Immediately got the scoring idea and marched rs yards to match Georgia S score, the Wildcats touchdown coming on an eight-yard pass from Jerry Eisaman to Tom Rodgers. A third of the way in the third period, Bulldog tackle Larry Lancaster blocked a Kentucky punt and Georgia promptly moved % yards for its second touchdown. The score came on a 14-yard run by halfback Bobby Walden. georgia g ES1ISSiLA,v ------- Q 7 Z 0-1144 Georgia–Towns 43, pass interception bennington kicked. Kentucky-Rodger 8, pass from Elsa man bird Kicked. Walden IA, run bennington Kicked.
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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia–Kentucky gameGeorgia leads 65–12–2 in 79 meetings, counting the 66 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
Georgia
- Next gamevs. Florida StateOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonGeorgia in 1959
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Kentucky
- Next gameat MiamiOct. 30, 1959
- SeasonKentucky in 1959
- ProgramKentucky history and records

