Georgia at Tennessee

Saturday, October 23, 1909

Georgia beat Tennessee 3–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayGeorgia1–⁠4–⁠2 in 1909
3
HomeTennessee1–⁠6–⁠2 in 1909
0

FinalHigh 81°F, low 43°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: TECH BATTLES SEWANEE GEORGIA BoYs PUT UP GAME FIGHT. Tennessee Eleven Finally Cops Victory By Margin of Six Points--Bne3< Field is Very Fast

    The Montgomery advertiser, October 24, 1909, page 14

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    TECH BATTLES SEWANEE GEORGIA BoYs PUT UP GAME FIGHT. Tennessee Eleven Finally Cops Victory By Margin of Six Points--Bne3< Field is Very Fast Atlanta. Ga. Oct. 23.--The Sewanee eleven defeated the Georgia School of Technology here this afternoon in hard-fought battle, making two touch downs which were converted Into goals and scoring a goal from the field. The score at the end of the first half stood: Sewanee, 6: Tech, 0. In the second half, Noise drop kicked pretty goal from the thfrty-yard line. The run of Browne, Sewanee’s quarter, on which the first score was made, was one of the prettiest ever seen here. The forward pass from Browne to Hawkins netted the second touchdown. The sewanee back field was swift. f Tech. Position. Sewanee Artley-Goree. ... L. F.. Williams. lCt., McDoweli. ..... l.. T. .. ... Falke kenbers g Spalding. L. G. ....... .Cheape Burt ......... Center. ....,. .Juhan Black k-Doukle... R. C. ....,...-; Cox Cox Jenkins. ..:.... R. E. :. .Finiay- -Giilem Wilson. ..... c. B. ........ Browne Louhrman ... l.. F. B. Myers Davis. (Capt.) R. H. B. .a.5. |. .I.anieE ! sTouchdowns. Browne. Hawkins; goals from field. Noise; halves. 25 and 20 minutes. Referee. Butler of Geor- gia; Umpire Bennett of North Caro- lima: Field Judge Pritchard of Wander bilt; Head linesman. Jameson of Per- due. sf a@&,7s e sAa’5

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)

Tennessee 56% to win. Georgia won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgia leads 30–⁠22–⁠2 in 54 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 44, Tennessee 41
2024Georgia 31, Tennessee 17
2023Georgia 38, Tennessee 10
2022Georgia 27, Tennessee 13
2021Georgia 41, Tennessee 17
2020Georgia 44, Tennessee 21

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