Auburn at Georgia

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  Evening star, November 17, 1959, page 39 (results column)

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  Orange Boosts .AP Poll Lead; Rebels Second Syracuse, which manages to be more and more impressive with each game, counted its second straight week as the No. l college football team in the Nation today-unbeaten, united and unchallenged in the Associated Press poll. The Orangemen, with two regular-season games left before a New Years Day date in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, were named first on 126 of the 253 ballots cast by sports writers and sportscaSters for almost a 2-to-l margin over runnerup Mississippi. They did it by whipping Col gate, Ito. to retain the No. / berth they gained in a seven week rise from goth. The rankings, determined by total points awarded on a basis of 10 for first, 9 for second, ETC., show Syracuse with 2,145 points to 1859 for Mississippi, which drew SO first-place votes. Texas Drops to Fifth Ole Miss moved up from fifth in a swap with Texas after the Longhorns were handed their first defeat, 14–⁠9, by Texas Christian. Louisiana State, the defend ing champion which tumbled to third a week ago after a l4–⁠13 upset by Tennessee, remained No. 3 behind MisSissippi. The Rebels lone loss was to LSU, 7–⁠3, but they wal loped Tennessee, 1877. last Saturday. Southern California, match ing SyracuSe’s 30 record as the only other perfect-record club left among the majors, stayed in fourth-but after that the standings underwent a shakeup. Georgia jumped to sixth from 18th after beating Auburn, 14–⁠13. Penn State, beaten only by Syracuse (20–⁠18), moved from 10th to seventh, while Northwestern and Wisconsin each dropped two places, to eighth and ninth, after suffering their second defeats. TCU, also a two-time loser, shot up to 10th from 18th for its job on Texas. Auburn and Vols Fall Auburn tumbled from sixth to 18th with its second defeat. Tennessee (5-2-D plunged from ninth to Goth. Clemson dropped from llth to 18th with its 1925 upset by Maryland. Syracuse meets Boston Uni versity (4–⁠4 this Saturday, then completes the season in Los Angeles against UCLA December S. Mississippi, Texas and Georgia Tech are idle this week, while LSU plays Tulane, Penn State meets Pitt, Northwestern plays Illinois and Wisconsin meets Minnesota in regular season closers., Southern CAL ifornia plays UCLA and TCU takes on Rice in other top 10 action. The, top 10, with points based on 10 for a first-place vote. 9 for second, etc. first place votes and won-lost rec ordS in parentheSes):

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Officially, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8; as played, 64–⁠53–⁠6 in the 123 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.