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1957 Georgia Tech

4–⁠4–⁠2 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1957, game by game: won vs. No. 20 Kentucky 13–0; tied vs. No. 15 SMU 0–0; lost at LSU 13–20; lost vs. No. 9 Auburn 0–3; won at Tulane 20–13; won vs. No. 7 Duke 13–0; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 6–21; won at Alabama 10–7; tied vs. Florida 0–0; lost vs. Georgia 0–7+13−15Won 13–0 vs. No. 20 Kentucky+13No. 20 KentuckyTied 0–0 vs. No. 15 SMU0No. 15 SMULost 13–20 at LSU-7LSULost 0–3 vs. No. 9 Auburn-3No. 9 AuburnWon 20–13 at Tulane+7TulaneWon 13–0 vs. No. 7 Duke+13No. 7 DukeLost 6–21 at No. 9 Tennessee-15No. 9 TennesseeWon 10–7 at Alabama+3AlabamaTied 0–0 vs. Florida0FloridaLost 0–7 vs. Georgia-7Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs20KentuckyW 13–⁠074%
Sep 28vs15SMUT 0–⁠080%
Oct 12atLSUL 13–⁠2069%
Oct 19vs9AuburnL 0–⁠363%
Oct 26atTulaneW 20–⁠1366%
Nov 2vs7DukeW 13–⁠060%
Nov 9at9TennesseeL 6–⁠2141%
Nov 16atAlabamaW 10–⁠781%
Nov 23vsFloridaT 0–⁠065%
Nov 30vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠784%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 8: 18

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 1957.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
75–⁠71
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1609 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.2 No. 27 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Don Stephenson

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 3Stan Flowers BWashington Redskins
Rd 4Urban Henry OTLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Don StephensonCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Jerry NabersEAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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