1949 Georgia Tech
7–3 (5–2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 14 Tennessee 30–13Nov 5
Tennessee was ranked No. 14, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Vanderbilt | W 12–7 | 55% |
| Oct 1 | at Tulane | L 0–18 | 41% |
| Oct 8 | vsWashington and Lee | W 36–0 | 78% |
| Oct 15 | vs Auburn | W 35–21 | 86% |
| Oct 22 | at Florida | W 43–14 | 60% |
| Oct 29 | vs Duke | L 14–27 | 69% |
| Nov 5 | at 14Tennessee | W 30–13 | 42% |
| Nov 12 | at Alabama | L 7–20 | 50% |
| Nov 19 | vs South Carolina | W 13–3 | 80% |
| Nov 26 | vs Georgia | W 7–6 | 68% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Georgia 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1949.
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 5–2 4th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 197–129
- Coach
- Bobby Dodd
- Elo
- 1619 +22 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 10.0 No. 33 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Tom Coleman
All-SEC
2 second teamSecond team
Tom ColemanOTAP-2- Jimmy JordanRBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Southeastern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane | 5–1 | 7–2–1 | |
 Kentucky | 4–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
| Georgia Tech | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
 LSU | 4–2 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Alabama | 4–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Vanderbilt | 4–4 | 5–5 | |
| Auburn | 2–4–2 | 2–4–3 | |
 Ole Miss | 2–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Florida | 1–4–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Georgia | 1–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
 Mississippi State | 0–6 | 0–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.