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1940 Georgia

5–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1940, game by game: won at Oglethorpe 53–0; won at South Carolina 33–2; lost vs. Ole Miss 14–28; lost at Columbia 13–19; tied vs. Kentucky 7–7; won vs. Auburn 14–13; lost vs. Florida 13–18; lost at Tulane 13–21; won vs. Georgia Tech 21–19; won at Miami 28–7+53−14Won 53–0 at Oglethorpe+53OglethorpeWon 33–2 at South Carolina+31South CarolinaLost 14–28 vs. Ole Miss-14Ole MissLost 13–19 at Columbia-6ColumbiaTied 7–7 vs. Kentucky0KentuckyWon 14–13 vs. Auburn+1AuburnLost 13–18 vs. Florida-5FloridaLost 13–21 at Tulane-8TulaneWon 21–19 vs. Georgia Tech+2Georgia TechWon 28–7 at Miami+21Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atOglethorpeW 53–⁠080%
Oct 5atSouth CarolinaW 33–⁠254%
Oct 12vsOle MissL 14–⁠2845%
Oct 19atColumbiaL 13–⁠1940%
Oct 25vsKentuckyT 7–⁠747%
Nov 2vsAuburnW 14–⁠1335%
Nov 9vsFloridaL 13–⁠1858%
Nov 16atTulaneL 13–⁠2127%
Nov 30vsGeorgia TechW 21–⁠1954%
Dec 6atMiamiW 28–⁠776%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 106th-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 1940.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
209–⁠134
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1479 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.1 No. 54 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠14
Mississippi State4–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠19
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠27–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠35–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Tulane1–⁠35–⁠5
Georgia Tech1–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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