Georgia at South Carolina

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  The Savannah morning news, Georgia, October 27, 1904, page 1

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  GEORGIA LOST TO CAROLINA ON A SAFETY PLAY, 2 TO O Not Until the Last of the Second Half Was the Score Made Columbia, S. c., Oct. 26.-In a hard fought game at the fair grounds this afternoon, the South Carolina College defeated the University of Georgia 2 to 0. The score was made by Carolina in the last three minutes of play in the last half, after one of the most desperate stands by Georgia in defense of a goal probably seen on any grid iron this fall. Georgia succeeding in holding Carolina for downs within one half yard of the goal line after Carolina had had six trials to advance three yards, which short distance only separated them from touchdown, and the first three consecutive times Georgia being penaliZed for off-side play and one half the distance to the goal line being given Carolina on each penalty. One half yard from the goal line Georgia held for three downs and gain ed possession Of the ball. After a dis cussion about the ball being moved to equal distance on the other side of the goal post to avoid fence which would have prevented Georgia having sufficient room to kick out OF danger the ball was moved to the other side and Georgia signalled and held for a kick. 1t was here that Carolina scored.

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.

Georgia leads 52–⁠19–⁠2 in 73 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.