Georgia vs. Alabama Rare Top 10 Match-Up in Athens

I mentioned this in passing last week, but I want to elaborate on how rare the game with Alabama really is. After researching this extensively last week, I have only found nine instances in the entire history of Georgia football where two Top 10 teams battled each other in Athens. (Image: AJC)

Top 10 vs. Top 10 Match-ups in Athens:

1942 --- #2 GT at #5 Georgia (W)
1946 --- #7 GT at #3 Georgia (W)
1966 --- #5 GT at #7 Georgia (W)
1971 --- #5 Auburn at #7 Georgia (L)
1976 --- #10 Alabama at #6 Georgia (W) Added
1982 --- #9 Clemson at #7 Georgia (W)
1983 --- #3 Auburn at #4 Georgia (L)
1998 --- #5 Tennessee at #7 Georgia (L)
2002 --- #10 Tennessee at #6 Georgia (W)

There were some other near misses like the 2004 LSU game. During that contest the Tigers came in at #13 while UGA was ranked #3. But I couldn't find any other games.

Like I said, I'm still not 100% sure that I exhausted all the possibilities. However, I worked with the UGA media guide and the online media guides from some of our opponents to search this.

What games am I missing? If you can post a link proving that I missed one, I'm more than happy to edit the post.

Update: Due to user emails and feedback, I added the '76 Bama game. I thought that was the season opener so I had originally missed it. I was mistaken. (The '42 Bama game was played in Atlanta).

See Also:
-- Georgia Bulldogs vs. Alabama Crimson Tide Tickets

PWD

*I used whichever poll had the Dawgs and/or their opponent rated higher. For instance the '82 Clemson game had Clemson ranked #9 in one poll and #11 in the other.

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