Georgia vs. Florida

Saturday, November 10, 1962

Florida beat Georgia 23–⁠15. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 26–⁠14–⁠1.

Neutral siteGeorgia3–⁠4–⁠3 in 1962
15
Neutral siteFlorida7–⁠4 in 1962
23

FinalAttendance 42,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Dupree PAGES Gators Over Georgia, IBIS

    Evening star, November 11, 1962, page 88

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    Dupree PAGES Gators Over Georgia, IBIS JACKSONVILLE. FLA, Nov 10 (AP0 - Swift Sophomore Larry Dupree carried the Flor ida Gators to a hard-fought 23–⁠15 victory over Georgia after a stumbling start today. Dupree scampered Al yards for Floridas first touchdown and IL yards for the second With steady bursts Of power and speed, the 190-pound Dupree carried the brunt of the Florida attack with Ill yards He had help from Fullback Jim O’Donnell and the key passes Of Quarterback Tom Shannon, before a crowd of $4,000. But it wasn’t until the sew enth time Florida got the foot ball that the Gators scored. They fumbled twice in the first quarter and trailed, TO, before Dupree ignited the fire.

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)

Florida 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgia leads 58–⁠44–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 24, Florida 20
2024Georgia 34, Florida 20
2023Georgia 43, Florida 20
2022Georgia 42, Florida 20
2021Georgia 34, Florida 7
2020Florida 44, Georgia 28

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