Georgia at Virginia

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  The Washington herald, October 22, 1916, page 12

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  GEORGIA TEAM wins FROM old VIRGINIA Charlottesville Collegians Are Trim med by Southern Rival for First Time in Three Years. Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 1.-After three years of desperate attempts the Georgia eleven succeeded in registering q victory over the Virginia team this after noon on Lambeth Field. The final score was 13 to I. The victory of the Georgians was clear-cut and decisive. The backfeld was largely responsible for the victory. These men bore the brunt Of the Georgia offensive and their ground gaining through the Virginia line was consistent Dezendorf’s generalship in the game was also a feature The Georgians scored IN the first three minutes Of play when Dezendorf swooped up a Georgia punt which had touched a Virginia man and ran IS yards for a Virginia’s lone score came shortly afterward. They obtained the ball on an exchange of punts and Car rington and Russell, aided by Capt. 80 yards. A neat forward pass, Caring ton to Russell, put Capt. Spar within striking distance OF the goal, and he car ried the ball yards for a touchdown. Georgia’s second score came in the first part Of the second half: Dezendorf in tercepted Whites forward pass in mid field and ran 10 yards with the ball. Then Neville put IN his spectacular line plunging, gaining 16 yards in as many tries. Dezendorf shot a forward pass to Tate over the goal line and Georgia cinched the game The rest Of the game found Georgia on the defense and Virginia striving desperately to score. Twice they came with in striking distance OF the Red and Black goal Once when Churchman recovered a forward pass and took the ball within 10 yards Of the goal. and another time in the last period when by a series OF for ward passes they had the ball on the 3yard line. Each time the Virginia ofTense failed. large crowd filled the stadium and ideal football weather prevailed. The

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 22, 1916, page 14

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  Alabama Eleven Wins From Florida SPORTS GEORGIA WALLOPS VIRGINIA ELF VEN IN SCRAPPY GAME Home Coming Day. of Virginia Alumni Turned Into Bleak and Dreary Affair-Georga Crippled, But Outplays Opponents Charlottesville Va, October 21-Georga handed Virginia such waop in the football today when the former by of B to that the alumni annual home coming day. was bleak and dreary affair. Neither team entered the game with much confidence, Georgia crippled and Virginia admittedly weak but the Red and Black the jump by scoring touchdown the first three minutes of play and after that they played their old rivals fairly off their feet Victory rendered all the sweeter by that 1t the Athens elevens first victory the Orange and Bue after taking the losers end in three bitter nfnrtr

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  New Britain herald, October 23, 1916, page 12 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS. Army 53. Trinity 0. Wesleyan IA, N. Y. U. 0. Harvard AZ, Mass. A, c. o. Princeton 33. Lafayette 0. Navy 12, West Virginia ‘. Pennsylvania 15, Penn State Pittsburgh 30. Syracuse 0. Cornell 19. Bucknell o. Bates 6, Maine 0. Georgetown 10, Dartmouth 0. Colby 14, Bowdoin 2. Brown 20. Williams 0. Carnegie 27, Allegheny 0. Fordham AZ Susquehanna 0. Union 3. Columbia 0. Denison 27. Western Re- serve 6. Dickinson 8, Ursinus 0. Washingto and Jefferson 12, Westminster 0. Ohio State 7. Illinois 6. SWarthmore 6, Franklin & Marshall 0. Rochester 14, Buffalo 2. Gettysburg 27, Johns-Hop- kins 0. Stevens 6, Worcester Tech 0. Colgate 33. Rhode Island 0. Michigan 9, Michigan A. c. 0. Northw estern 10, Chicago 0. Iowa “A, Purdue 6. Minnesota 81, So. Dakota 0. Lebanon Valley 8. Lehigh o. Gallaudet 43. Washington 0. St. Lawrence 12, Hobart 0. Muhlenburg 43, Albright 0. Kentucky 0. Sewanee 0. Springfield 20, Amherst 0. Yale Freshmen 28, Exeter ‘. New Hampshire 14. Norwich 6. Vermont 21. Conn. A. c. 10. Rensselaer, ‘, Hamilton 6. Vanderbilt 35, Mississippi 0. Georgia 13. Virginia 7.

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Georgia leads 9–⁠6–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.