Chattanooga vs. Georgia

Chattanooga and Georgia first met in 1912 and have played 9 times; Georgia leads the series 8–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Georgia 8–⁠0, and Georgia has won the last 7.

Chattanooga wins
0
Georgia wins
8
Ties
1
First meeting
1912
Longest streak
7 Georgia
Current streak
7 Georgia
Last 10 meetings
Georgia 8–⁠0
Most recent
1949

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠6
Average margin
25.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chattanooga
0–⁠5–⁠1 Chattanooga’s record at home
At Georgia
3–⁠0 Georgia’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1942: Georgia 40, Chattanooga 0by 40 points

Coach against coach

YearsChattanoogaSeriesGeorgia
1946–⁠1948Scrappy Moore0–⁠3Wallace Butts

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chattanooga’s side (Moore 0–⁠3 against Butts). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chattanooga and Georgia, 1912 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1912 game: FOOTBALL SCORES Southern

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 6, 1912

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: CHATTANOOGAHOLDS GEORGIA ID A DRAW Cunningham's Squad Bare ly Escape Defeat-Penal- ties Hurt MOccasOns

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 10, 1915

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Bulldogs Skid In Voting for First Place Eagles Goin Heavily; Michigan Is Fourth, Ohio Stute Fifth

    1942 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1942

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: Trippi Scores Twice As Georgia Wins, 34-7

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 4, 1945

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: 5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 1946

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 23, 1949Georgia 42, Chattanooga 6at Georgia
Sep 25, 1948Georgia 14, Chattanooga 7at Georgia
Nov 22, 1947Georgia 27, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Nov 23, 19463Georgia 48, Chattanooga 27at Chattanooga
Nov 4, 1945Georgia 34, Chattanooga 7at Chattanooga
Nov 14, 19421Georgia 40, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Oct 5, 1935Georgia 40, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Oct 9, 1915Chattanooga 6, Georgia 6at Chattanooga
Oct 5, 1912Georgia 33, Chattanooga 0at Georgia

Every game is listed as played on the field.