1963 Georgia Tech

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1963, game by game: won vs. Florida 9–0; won vs. Clemson 27–0; lost at LSU 6–7; won at Tennessee 23–7; lost vs. Auburn 21–29; won at Tulane 17–3; won vs. Duke 30–6; won vs. Florida State 15–7; lost at No. 7 Alabama 11–27; won vs. Georgia 14–3+27−16Won 9–0 vs. Florida+9FloridaWon 27–0 vs. Clemson+27ClemsonLost 6–7 at LSU-1LSUWon 23–7 at Tennessee+16TennesseeLost 21–29 vs. Auburn-8AuburnWon 17–3 at Tulane+14TulaneWon 30–6 vs. Duke+24DukeWon 15–7 vs. Florida State+8Florida StateLost 11–27 at No. 7 Alabama-16No. 7 AlabamaWon 14–3 vs. Georgia+11Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsFloridaW 9–⁠062%
Sep 28vsClemsonW 27–⁠072%
Oct 5atLSUL 6–⁠742%
Oct 12atTennesseeW 23–⁠762%
Oct 19vsAuburnL 21–⁠2968%
Oct 26atTulaneW 17–⁠382%
Nov 2vsDukeW 30–⁠662%
Nov 9vsFlorida StateW 15–⁠776%
Nov 16at7AlabamaL 11–⁠2735%
Nov 30vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠378%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 14–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 9
  2. Wk 3: 7
  3. Wk 5: 8

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 1963.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
173–⁠89
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1661 +51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.3 No. 9 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Billy Lothridge

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 2Billy Martin EChicago Bears
Rd 4Ted Davis EBaltimore Colts
Rd 6Billy Lothridge QBDallas Cowboys
Rd 1Ted Davis LBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)
Rd 2Bill Martin TEKansas City Chiefs (AFL)

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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