Georgia vs. Oglethorpe
Georgia and Oglethorpe first met in 1920 and have played 8 times; Georgia leads the series 7–1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Georgia 7–1, and Georgia has won the last 3. Share
- Georgia wins
- 7
- Oglethorpe wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1920
- Longest streak
- 4 Georgia
- Current streak
- 3 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 7–1
- Most recent
- 1940
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 27.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia
- 5–1 Georgia’s record at home
- At Oglethorpe
- 0–2 Oglethorpe’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Georgia’s biggest win1937: Georgia 60, Oglethorpe 0by 60 points
- Oglethorpe’s biggest win1929: Oglethorpe 13, Georgia 6by 7 points
- Upset1929: Oglethorpe 13, Georgia 6Oglethorpe had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 25, 1920
1922 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Oct 28, 1922
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, 1940 | Georgia 53, Oglethorpe 0 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Georgia 60, Oglethorpe 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 27, 1930 | Georgia 31, Oglethorpe 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 28, 1929 | Oglethorpe 13, Georgia 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 6, 1923 | Georgia 20, Oglethorpe 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Georgia 26, Oglethorpe 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 22, 1921 | Georgia 14, Oglethorpe 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 23, 1920 | Georgia 27, Oglethorpe 3 | at Oglethorpe |
Every game is listed as played on the field.