Georgia vs. Miami

Georgia and Miami have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Georgia leads the series 7–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 6–⁠3.

Georgia wins
7
Miami wins
4
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1937
Longest streak
4 Georgia
Current streak
1 Miami
Last 10 meetings
Georgia 6–⁠3
Most recent
1966

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1
1940s3–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0–⁠1
1960s1–⁠2
Average margin
13.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
4–⁠7–⁠1 Miami’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1937: Georgia 26, Miami 0by 26 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1961: Miami 32, Georgia 7by 25 points
  3. Upset1949: Miami 13, Georgia 9Miami had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgiaSeriesMiami
1939–⁠1945Wallace Butts3–⁠0Jack Harding
1948–⁠1956Wallace Butts2–⁠1–⁠1Andy Gustafson

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Miami, 1937 on1300150017001900194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1937 game: GEORGIA ELEVEN WINS Dedicates $50 Game With Miami to Retiring Mentor,

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 11, 1937

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1938 game: Thriller Miami Celebrates Win OUer Georgia

    1938 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Dec 3, 1938

  • The Evening star's story of the 1940 game

    1940 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 7, 1940

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 6, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Georgia Routs Miami AS Pass Mark Is SET

    1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 6, 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.

Every game

Oct 14, 1966Miami 7, Georgia 6at Miami
Oct 18, 1963Georgia 31, Miami 14at Miami
Nov 3, 1961Miami 32, Georgia 7at Miami
Oct 19, 195611Miami 7, Georgia 7at Miami
Dec 5, 1952Georgia 35, Miami 13at Miami
Oct 21, 1949Miami 13, Georgia 9at Miami
Oct 22, 1948Georgia 42, Miami 21at Miami
Oct 5, 1945Georgia 27, Miami 21at Miami
Dec 6, 1940Georgia 28, Miami 7at Miami
Dec 8, 1939Georgia 13, Miami 0at Miami
Dec 2, 1938Miami 13, Georgia 7at Miami
Dec 10, 1937Georgia 26, Miami 0at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.