Georgia vs. LSU

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

1. Georgia’s biggest win2004: Georgia 45, LSU 16by 29 points
2. LSU’s biggest win1936: LSU 47, Georgia 7by 40 points
3. Upset1928: LSU 13, Georgia 12LSU had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1978: Georgia 24, LSU 17Georgia had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1945: LSU 32, Georgia 0LSU had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown2019: LSU 37, Georgia 10No. 4 Georgia at No. 1 LSU
7. Ranked showdown2003: LSU 34, Georgia 13No. 3 LSU at No. 5 Georgia
8. Ranked showdown2022: Georgia 50, LSU 30No. 11 LSU at No. 1 Georgia

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Butts 1–⁠4 against Moore). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 17, 1935

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  1943 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1943

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  1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 22, 1945

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  1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 18, 1948

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  1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1952

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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game five times: 2019, 2013, 2011, 2003, 2003.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2018 game

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  The 2011 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Georgia vs. Auburn123 meetings, Georgia 64–⁠53–⁠6
• Georgia vs. Georgia Tech114 meetings, Georgia 69–⁠40–⁠5
• Georgia vs. Florida104 meetings, Georgia 58–⁠44–⁠2
• Georgia vs. Vanderbilt80 meetings, Georgia 61–⁠17–⁠2
• LSU vs. Mississippi State115 meetings, LSU 75–⁠37–⁠3
• LSU vs. Ole Miss110 meetings, LSU 64–⁠42–⁠4
• LSU vs. Tulane90 meetings, LSU 63–⁠20–⁠7
• LSU vs. Alabama89 meetings, LSU 26–⁠58–⁠5