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1937 Georgia

6–⁠3–⁠2 (1–⁠2–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1937, game by game: won vs. Oglethorpe 60–0; won at South Carolina 13–7; won vs. Clemson 14–0; lost at Holy Cross 6–7; won vs. Mercer 19–0; lost at Tennessee 0–32; lost vs. Florida 0–6; won vs. Tulane 7–6; tied vs. Auburn 0–0; tied at Georgia Tech 6–6; won at Miami 26–0+60−32Won 60–0 vs. Oglethorpe+60OglethorpeWon 13–7 at South Carolina+6South CarolinaWon 14–0 vs. Clemson+14ClemsonLost 6–7 at Holy Cross-1Holy CrossWon 19–0 vs. Mercer+19MercerLost 0–32 at Tennessee-32TennesseeLost 0–6 vs. Florida-6FloridaWon 7–6 vs. Tulane+1TulaneTied 0–0 vs. Auburn0AuburnTied 6–6 at Georgia Tech0Georgia TechWon 26–0 at Miami+26Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsOglethorpeW 60–⁠090%
Oct 2atSouth CarolinaW 13–⁠757%
Oct 9vsClemsonW 14–⁠067%
Oct 16atHoly CrossL 6–⁠739%
Oct 23vsMercerW 19–⁠093%
Oct 30atTennesseeL 0–⁠3240%
Nov 6vsFloridaL 0–⁠667%
Nov 13vsTulaneW 7–⁠650%
Nov 20vsAuburnT 0–⁠035%
Nov 27atGeorgia TechT 6–⁠634%
Dec 10atMiamiW 26–⁠079%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Georgia’s 1937 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 23atGeorgia SouthernW 7–⁠6Georgia Southern’s articleNot in Georgia’s season article; our records have Georgia playing Mercer on October 23.
Record
6–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠2 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠64
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1534 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.3 No. 40 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠09–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠28
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠26–⁠2–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠27–⁠2
Mississippi State3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia Tech3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Florida3–⁠44–⁠7
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠2–⁠26–⁠3–⁠2
Ole Miss0–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

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