Favorite Georgia Game Memories

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UGA scores late and they think they're back in the game. Then during the kickoff, Leonard Scott delivers the dagger.
 
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GAVol said:
1998 in Athens. We kept shifting into a 46 defense and Al Wilson kept blitzing right over their center and nearly killed Quincy Carter. I'll bet he hit him 10 times.
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I remember being scared to death going into that game. We had just lost Jamal for the season and had no idea what to expect from Henry and Stephens. They worked out pretty well.
 
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GAVol said:
1998 in Athens. We kept shifting into a 46 defense and Al Wilson kept blitzing right over their center and nearly killed Quincy Carter. I'll bet he hit him 10 times.
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A play that stands out to me in that game was Raynoch Thompson's jarring late hit on a punt return against Michael Greer of Ga. It was kind of a cheap shot but it basically knocked the guy cold and really seemed to intimidate Georgia...Raynoch would often give up a personal foul penalty early in the game but he would get his money's worth with the hit and send a message that we were there to be physical and not backing down. Maybe it was dirty but we miss that toughness.
 
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I was there in 2004, you could tell it was going to be a bit different after the throw to Tinsley on 3rd down.

I was also there in 2006 when we had that epic comeback. I was sitting in the endzone area of the upper deck, where a couple of "UGA Grads" kept talking **** as we got down early, and they were "nowhere" to be found around the mid 4th quarter. 51-33
B-I-T-C-H-E-S
 
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1968 The Zero Time on the clock 2 point conversion to tie game. It was the season opener for both teams, but it decided the SEC champs.

In 1966 Dooley's Dogs had shared the SEC championship. In 1967, the Volunteers had won the SEC outright under Doug Dickey. Then in 1968, Tennessee and Georgia; who hadn't met for 31 years, played against each other for their sesaon opener.The last time they'd played was 14 years before I was born.

I was 17 and a senior in high school. This was when if you didn't have a ticket you could stand behind the fence at the north endzone on the road beside Alumni Hall. The hill going down to the field had a big concrete UT on it. After halftime you could get in free and we'd go sit around the concrete UT. Free was good for us because we had no real money except mowing lawns, paper routes, working at Dairy Queen for 65cents/hr type stuff. We had to pool our money that day to convoy 3 cars of guys and gals in from Roane County. Eats and stuff (bourbon from those cool college guys from our hometown who had so luckily preceeded us to UT.) Heck I mean gas was a whopping 29cents a gallon, what's a poor boy to do?

Anyway. Big game .. HUGE game. Lester McClain was going to play. IIRC he was the first black athlete to start in the SEC, certainly for UT, :) ...and I damn well KNOW none had for the Bulldogs. Shiest, George Wallace was running for Prez. :-(

Aaand..Tartan Turf! This was going to be the first ever college game played on artificial turf. :)

The game was a low scoring defensive barn burner. Back and forth, back and forth. In the middle of thr 3rd quarter Tennessee led 7-3.

Late in the 4th qtr with 2:41 left Georgia led 17-9. A seemingly insurmountable lead. But the Vols marched down the field and scored on a pass as time expired, and by rule, they must be allowed to attempt a PAT or 2pt conversion. Tennessee converted with no time on the clock to tie the game. Which, in the days before overtime was definitely not like kissing your sister. It certainly wasn't a loss. Georgia, with two ties and no losses won the 1968 SEC, while the Vols with only 1 tie, to Georgia, but also 1 loss to Auburn, did not.

The Memorable Tennessee-Georgia Game 40 Years Ago - 09/16/2008 - Chattanoogan.com
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
1968 The Zero Time on the clock 2 point conversion to tie game. It was the season opener for both teams, but it decided the SEC champs.

In 1966 Dooley's Dogs had shared the SEC championship. In 1967, the Volunteers had won the SEC outright under Doug Dickey. Then in 1968, Tennessee and Georgia; who hadn't met for 31 years, played against each other for their sesaon opener.The last time they'd played was 14 years before I was born.

I was 17 and a senior in high school. This was when if you didn't have a ticket you could stand behind the fence at the north endzone on the road beside Alumni Hall. The hill going down to the field had a big concrete UT on it. After halftime you could get in free and we'd go sit around the concrete UT. Free was good for us because we had no real money except mowing lawns, paper routes, working at Dairy Queen for 65cents/hr type stuff. We had to pool our money that day to convoy 3 cars of guys and gals in from Roane County. Eats and stuff (bourbon from those cool college guys from our hometown who had so luckily preceeded us to UT.) Heck I mean gas was a whopping 29cents a gallon, what's a poor boy to do?

Anyway. Big game .. HUGE game. Lester McClain was going to play. IIRC he was the first black athlete to start in the SEC, certainly for UT, :) ...and I damn well KNOW none had for the Bulldogs. Shiest, George Wallace was running for Prez. :-(

Aaand..Tartan Turf! This was going to be the first ever college game played on artificial turf. :)

The game was a low scoring defensive barn burner. Back and forth, back and forth. In the middle of thr 3rd quarter Tennessee led 7-3.

Late in the 4th qtr with 2:41 left Georgia led 17-9. A seemingly insurmountable lead. But the Vols marched down the field and scored on a pass as time expired, and by rule, they must be allowed to attempt a PAT or 2pt conversion. Tennessee converted with no time on the clock to tie the game. Which, in the days before overtime was definitely not like kissing your sister. It certainly wasn't a loss. Georgia, with two ties and no losses won the 1968 SEC, while the Vols with only 1 tie, to Georgia, but also 1 loss to Auburn, did not.

The Memorable Tennessee-Georgia Game 40 Years Ago - 09/16/2008 - Chattanoogan.com
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It also was the first Tennessee football game broadcast by John Ward and Bill Anderson. For their memories of this game (and video footage), fast-forward to the 12:53 mark of John Ward & Bill Anderson's 10 Greatest Games (Tennessee Vols) - YouTube. From your description, I presume you remember when a small cannon was discharged from the Hill after each Tennessee score. When did that practice cease?

It is also interesting to note that we played Georgia only twice during the Neyland era. We defeated them decisively in 1936 and 1937 by the scores of 46-0 and 32-0, respectively (Tennessee vs Georgia 1869-2013).
 
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Mine was actually in a loss. The screen pass to Travis Stephens 2001. Never been so high then so low in a game before. Probably one of the worst losses in my lifetime, but that play still sticks in my mind. Man I loved that guy's toughness
 
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molsen81 said:
UGA scores late and they think they're back in the game. Then during the kickoff, Leonard Scott delivers the dagger.
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I think that was 1999. It looked like Scott was on fast-forward, and everyone else was stuck in slow-motion.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Basically the entire 1990s. Beginning with a 17-14 victory over the Bulldogs in 1989,we reeled off 9 consecutive victories, the most impressive of which were wins in 1993 (38-6), 1997 (38-13), 1998 (22-3) and 1999 (37-20). See Tennessee vs Georgia 1869-2013.
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'93 Georgia was my favorite ..went with my Dad..Neyland was rocking that night
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
It also was the first Tennessee football game broadcast by John Ward and Bill Anderson. For their memories of this game (and video footage), fast-forward to the 12:53 mark of John Ward & Bill Anderson's 10 Greatest Games (Tennessee Vols) - YouTube. From your description, I presume you remember when a small cannon was discharged from the Hill after each Tennessee score. When did that practice cease?

It is also interesting to note that we played Georgia only twice during the Neyland era. We defeated them decisively in 1936 and 1937 by the scores of 46-0 and 32-0, respectively (Tennessee vs Georgia 1869-2013).
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Wow! So many significant firsts for that one game!

Phi Sigma Kappa (Phi Sig by jig) had the cannon. It was Civil War era, but not too large a bore so fairly light. They kept it in front of their frat house and a bunch rolled it down to the games. They had a place for it where the Jumbotron is now. Story was, drunk frat boys thought if some gunpowder goes boom, a little more goes BOOM! and folks sitting near complained. .... Well duh! I don't truly know, nor do I remember exactly when it was cancelled, early to mid '70s. I do know Phi Sig had to fight to get their cannon back from Fiji(?) and other frats quite frequently. It was always an object of their desire.
 
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The 1994 game was awesome. UT had lost the week prior at UCLA and Todd Helton was the starting QB. I think he only threw 9 passes (or something like that) but kept handing it off to Stewart, Hayden, and Graham.
 
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Boca Vol said:
The 1994 game was awesome. UT had lost the week prior at UCLA and Todd Helton was the starting QB. I think he only threw 9 passes (or something like that) but kept handing it off to Stewart, Hayden, and Graham.
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Great game. Todd Helton was such a friggin athlete! Baseball, football. Probably anything. Watched him get a triple play in baseball that year, well, next year when baseball came around. Todd's a lefty playing first. No outs. Runners on 1st & 2nd. He ice cream coned the batter's line drive way over his head and while coming down tossed the ball to his throwing hand spun in the air to position himself tagged first to out the runner trying to get back and pegged second for the same! Bada bing, bada BOOM! Three outs and if you blinked your eyes you missed it.

Ummm? We were talking about football, right?
 
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