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1935 Georgia

6–⁠4 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1935, game by game: won vs. Mercer 31–0; won at Chattanooga 40–0; won vs. Furman 31–7; won at NC State 13–0; lost vs. Alabama 7–17; won vs. Florida 7–0; won at Tulane 26–13; lost vs. LSU 0–13; lost at Auburn 7–19; lost at Georgia Tech 7–19+40−13Won 31–0 vs. Mercer+31MercerWon 40–0 at Chattanooga+40ChattanoogaWon 31–7 vs. Furman+24FurmanWon 13–0 at NC State+13NC StateLost 7–17 vs. Alabama-10AlabamaWon 7–0 vs. Florida+7FloridaWon 26–13 at Tulane+13TulaneLost 0–13 vs. LSU-13LSULost 7–19 at Auburn-12AuburnLost 7–19 at Georgia Tech-12Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsMercerW 31–⁠092%
Oct 5atChattanoogaW 40–⁠090%
Oct 12vsFurmanW 31–⁠770%
Oct 19atNC StateW 13–⁠057%
Oct 26vsAlabamaL 7–⁠1751%
Nov 2vsFloridaW 7–⁠073%
Nov 9atTulaneW 26–⁠1343%
Nov 16vsLSUL 0–⁠1354%
Nov 23atAuburnL 7–⁠1949%
Nov 30atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1964%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 19–⁠7; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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 1935.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠4 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
169–⁠88
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1558 −21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.1 No. 40 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Frank JohnsonOGAP-1

Second team

  • Leroy MooreheadOGAU-2
  • John BondRBAU-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠3
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠3
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠63–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

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