1950 Georgia Tech

5–⁠6 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1950, game by game: lost at SMU 13–33; lost vs. South Carolina 0–7; won vs. Florida 16–13; won at LSU 13–0; won vs. Auburn 20–0; lost vs. No. 4 Kentucky 14–28; lost at Duke 21–30; lost vs. VMI 13–14; lost vs. Alabama 19–54; won vs. Davidson 46–14; won at Georgia 7–0+32−35Lost 13–33 at SMU-20SMULost 0–7 vs. South Carolina-7South CarolinaWon 16–13 vs. Florida+3FloridaWon 13–0 at LSU+13LSUWon 20–0 vs. Auburn+20AuburnLost 14–28 vs. No. 4 Kentucky-14No. 4 KentuckyLost 21–30 at Duke-9DukeLost 13–14 vs. VMI-1VMILost 19–54 vs. Alabama-35AlabamaWon 46–14 vs. Davidson+32DavidsonWon 7–0 at Georgia+7Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atSMUL 13–⁠3343%
Sep 30vsSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠772%
Oct 7vsFloridaW 16–⁠1363%
Oct 14atLSUW 13–⁠038%
Oct 21vsAuburnW 20–⁠085%
Oct 28vs4KentuckyL 14–⁠2841%
Nov 4atDukeL 21–⁠3041%
Nov 11vsVMIL 13–⁠1468%
Nov 18vsAlabamaL 19–⁠5445%
Nov 25vsDavidsonW 46–⁠1478%
Dec 2atGeorgiaW 7–⁠030%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-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 1950.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
182–⁠193
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1536 −43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.5 No. 56 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob Bossons

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • thumb|Bob BossonsCUP-1; AP-3

Second team

  • John WeigleEAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.