Auburn at Georgia

Thursday, November 28, 1912

Georgia beat Auburn 12–⁠6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayAuburn6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
6
HomeGeorgia6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
12

FinalHigh 42°F, low 26°F, 0.44 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: AUBURN GOES DOWN IN DEFEAT BEFORE GEORGIA'S ONSLAUGHT THORPE TIE STAR IN BROWN DEFEAT

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 29, 1912, page 9

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    AUBURN GOES DOWN IN DEFEAT BEFORE GEORGIA’S ONSLAUGHT THORPE TIE STAR IN BROWN DEFEAT Providence. R. T., November 2s.-- James Thorpe. one of the most versa tile Indian athletes ever developed at the government school at Carlisle, Pa, closed his football career In blaze of glory on Andrews field today when tha Indians, principally through their lead- CTS individual play. defeated Brown g to O. Thorpe was in nearly every play. both on the offense and defense, made three of five touchSowns and kicked two goals. His only failure of the day was in his endeavors to kick field goals, which were difficult because os the slippery, snow covered field and wet ball. Brown rushed the ball to within half a yard of the lndians goal line and Penney went over but there was na score because of offside play. over f5, 900 persons sat through the storm and cheered both teams.

  • The The Sentinel=record's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Sentinel=record, November 29, 1912, page 4 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. King college, 0; Roanoke. 0, Washington and Lee. 16; A. & M. 6. Davidson 13; Wake Forest, 7. Chattanooga university, IS; United States cavalry, Q. Clemson. o: Georgia Tech, 20 University of Georgia. 12; Auburn |6, Alabama, z Tennessee, 0. Ohio State. 20; Michigan, 35. Notre Dame, 69; Marquette, 0. Bucknell, ‘; Washington and Jeffer son, 22. Pennsylvania State. s7; Pittsburg Lehigh, 29; Franklin and Marshall Lafayette. 1s: Dickinson. 13. Detroit University. 27; Loyolo col lege, 6. Mercer, z: University of Florida, O. University of South Carolina, 26; Citadel. ?. Texas A. & NJ. 27: Baylor, U.. 0. Texas university, AS; Arkansas, c Louisiana. 21 Tulane, 3. University of Virginia, 66; Univer- sity of North Carolina, 0. Georgia Tech 20; Clemson, Q. Carlisle. 32; Brown, 0. Notre Dame. 69; Marquette. c. Pennsylvania, [; Cornell, 2. University of Georgia, 12; Auburn, 6. Colorado, 14; Oklahoma, 2. Vanderbilt, 16 Sewanee, 0. Virginia, 66; North Carolina, Q. Alabama. 2: Tennessee, 0. Florida, 0: Merce4, 0.

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)

Auburn 50% to win. Georgia won as Elo’s underdog.

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 112 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Auburn 27, Georgia 24
2025Georgia 20, Auburn 10
2024Georgia 31, Auburn 13
2023Georgia 27, Auburn 20
2022Georgia 42, Auburn 10
2021Georgia 34, Auburn 10

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