Georgia vs. New York University

Georgia and New York University first met in 1929 and have played 6 times; the series is tied 3–⁠3. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3.

Georgia wins
3
New York University wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1929
Longest streak
2 Georgia
Current streak
1 New York University
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s3–⁠2
Average margin
7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
1–⁠0 Georgia’s record at home
At New York University
3–⁠2 New York University’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1933: Georgia 25, New York University 0by 25 points
  2. New York University’s biggest win1929: New York University 27, Georgia 19by 8 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and New York University, 1929 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1929 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 11, 1929

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: College Game Irish Peak Against Penn Roper Say SATURDAYS HEROES BY the Associated Press.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1930

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1931 game

    1931 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 10, 1931

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1933 game

    1933 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 30, 1933

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 28, 193919New York University 14, Georgia 13at New York University
Oct 28, 1933Georgia 25, New York University 0at Georgia
Nov 5, 1932New York University 13, Georgia 7at New York University
Nov 7, 1931Georgia 7, New York University 6at New York University
Nov 8, 1930Georgia 7, New York University 6at New York University
Nov 9, 1929New York University 27, Georgia 19at New York University

Every game is listed as played on the field.