Georgia at Kentucky

Saturday, October 24, 1959

Georgia beat Kentucky 14–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 8–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia10–⁠1 in 1959
14
HomeKentucky4–⁠6 in 1959
7

FinalHigh 54°F, low 43°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Beats Kentucky, 14-7

    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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 65–⁠12–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 66 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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