Georgia vs. Mercer
Georgia and Mercer have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1906; Georgia leads the series 21–0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 10–0, and Georgia has won the last 21. Share
- Georgia wins
- 21
- Mercer wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1906
- Longest streak
- 21 Georgia
- Current streak
- 21 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 10–0
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 8–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 25.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia
- 16–0 Georgia’s record at home
- At Mercer
- 0–5 Mercer’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Georgia’s biggest win1941: Georgia 81, Mercer 0by 81 points
- Upset1906: Georgia 55, Mercer 0Georgia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1907: Georgia 26, Mercer 6Georgia had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Georgia | Series | Mercer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1925 | George Woodruff | 3–0 | Stanley L. Robinson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Woodruff 3–0 against Robinson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
1910 · Daily press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, Virginia, Oct 30, 1910
1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 30, 1923
1925 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 27, 1925
1927 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Nov 21, 1927
1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936
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 27, 1941 | Georgia 81, Mercer 0 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 3, 1939 | Georgia 16, Mercer 9 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 17, 1938 | Georgia 28, Mercer 19 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 23, 1937 | Georgia 19, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Georgia 15, Mercer 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 28, 1935 | Georgia 31, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 20, 1933 | Georgia 13, Mercer 12 | at Mercer | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Georgia 51, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Georgia 52, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 19, 1927 | Georgia 26, Mercer 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 25, 1926 | Georgia 20, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 26, 1925 | Georgia 32, Mercer 0 | at Mercer | ||
| Sep 27, 1924 | Georgia 26, Mercer 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 29, 1923 | Georgia 7, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 30, 1922 | Georgia 41, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 1, 1921 | Georgia 28, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 28, 1911 | Georgia 8, Mercer 5 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 29, 1910 | Georgia 21, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 31, 1908 | Georgia 11, Mercer 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 19, 1907 | Georgia 26, Mercer 6 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 3, 1906 | Georgia 55, Mercer 0 | at Mercer |
Every game is listed as played on the field.