Bernie Moore's first LSU squad won six straight after an opening 10-7 loss to Rice. Harry Mehre's Georgia Bulldogs had the identical 6-1 record with their loss coming to mighty Alabama.

2,500 LSU students, including 1,200 ROTC Cadets and the Purple Band, made the trip to Athens 2 1/2 months after their benefactor, Senator Huey Long, had been assassinated. The Cadets played a role in postgame events that are still remembered in Georgia.

After the band and cadets presented an impressive program of maneuvers and cheering before the game, a misty drizzle began.

It looked to the Cadets and everyone else in the crowd of 16,000 that Georgia would score first. A 44y punt return by Charley Treadaway and a couple of successful passes put the Bulldogs deep in LSU territory. But the Tiger defense stiffened and took over on downs on the five.

After LSU lost a yard on first down, QB Ernie Seago called a variation of the old "Statue of Liberty" play. HB Abe Mickal dropped back to punt from the end zone. But instead Mickal flipped to ball to fellow HB Jess Fatherree, who headed around left end, cut back toward the middle of the field behind impressive downfield blocking led by E Gaynell Tinsley and T Paul Carroll, and dashed 95y to a touchdown. Mickal booted the extra point. LSU 7 Georgia 0

Fatherree's run was even more amazing when you take into account that he had been unnable to work out with the team Friday in Atlanta because of a Charley Horse.

The drizzle stopped after Fatherree's touchdown but left the gridiron soggy the rest of the afternoon. LSU dominated play to the final gun but could not add to their lead until the the final minutes. The Bulldogs never added another first down to the two they gained on their first possession.

With Fatherree carrying on most of the plays, the Tigers reached the Georgia 11 as the first half ended. They started out strong in the third quarter, marching from their 20 to the Georgia eight before fumbling the ball away.

When they got the ball back, Bill Crass hit the line relentlessly. Finally, on fourth and goal from the one, the intrepid Bulldogs stuffed Crass for no gain at the center of the line.

With Georgia again going three-and-out, Pinky Rohm fielded Treadaway's weak kick at the UGa 32. On the first play, Crass went through the line, ran over a couple of Red Shirts, and continued to the nine. But the dogged defenders held again when a fourth down pass fell incomplete in the end zone.

In the waning minutes, the Tigers finally salted the game away, driving 43y after a weak punt. Runs by Ernie Seago and Rohm moved the chains to the 27. On third-and-six, Crass shot over left tackle for 23y, carrying S Treadaway across the goal line. Final score: LSU 13 Georgia 0

The Tigers gained a whopping 332y to Georgia's 51. Only nine of the 332 came on passes.

When the final whistle blew, the LSU Cadets stormed the field intent on tearing down the goal posts and taking them home as souvenirs. But it was a bad day to try that because the Hanna Manufacturing Co. of Athens, which made baseball bats in addition to farm implements, gave away hundreds of miniature baseball bats to the spectators that day. Wielding their bats, the UGA student body defended their uprights and chased the LSU students all the way to the train station in downtown Athens.

Georgia coach Harry Mehre commended the Tigers. "Louisiana State has the finest team that ever played on this field. Only one defense that would have stopped that fellow Crass today, and this is a seven, three, two, one, but they wouldn't let us play more than eleven men at a time. Crass is one of the finest runners I've seen. ... My boys played great ball, but they just weren't good enough."