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1942 Georgia

11–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1942, game by game: won at Kentucky 7–6; won vs. Jacksonville Naval Air Station 14–0; won vs. Furman 40–7; won vs. Ole Miss 48–13; won vs. Tulane 40–0; won at Cincinnati 35–13; won vs. No. 3 Alabama 21–10; won vs. Florida 75–0; won at Chattanooga 40–0; lost vs. Auburn 13–27; won vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech 34–0; won vs. No. 11 UCLA 9–0+75−14Won 7–6 at Kentucky+1KentuckyWon 14–0 vs. Jacksonville Naval Air Station+14Jacksonville Na…Won 40–7 vs. Furman+33FurmanWon 48–13 vs. Ole Miss+35Ole MissWon 40–0 vs. Tulane+40TulaneWon 35–13 at Cincinnati+22CincinnatiWon 21–10 vs. No. 3 Alabama+11No. 3 AlabamaWon 75–0 vs. Florida+75FloridaWon 40–0 at Chattanooga+40ChattanoogaLost 13–27 vs. Auburn-14AuburnWon 34–0 vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech+34No. 2 Georgia TechWon 9–0 vs. No. 11 UCLA+9No. 11 UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atKentuckyW 7–⁠658%
Sep 25vsJacksonville Naval Air StationW 14–⁠061%
Oct 3vsFurmanW 40–⁠793%
Oct 10vsOle MissW 48–⁠1357%
Oct 17vsTulaneW 40–⁠070%
Oct 24atCincinnatiW 35–⁠1390%
Oct 31vs3AlabamaW 21–⁠1058%
Nov 7vsFloridaW 75–⁠084%
Nov 14atChattanoogaW 40–⁠095%
Nov 21vsAuburnL 13–⁠2775%
Nov 28vs2Georgia TechW 34–⁠059%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs11UCLARose BowlW 9–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UCLA 9–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Final: 2

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 1942.

National championsa title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Led the nationGeorge Poschner: yards per catch (20.5); Frank Sinkwich: rushing touchdowns (17 TD), total offense (2,187 yds)

Heisman TrophyFrank Sinkwich, RB

Consensus All-AmericanFrank Sinkwich, RB

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 1
Points
376–⁠76
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1714 +121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.0 No. 1 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Frank Sinkwich

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 1Frank Sinkwich RBDetroit Lions
Rd 2Lamar Davis BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • George PoschnerEAP-1; UP-1
  • Walter RuarkOGAP-1; UP-2
  • Frank SinkwichFBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • V. DavisEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠111–⁠12
Tennessee4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech4–⁠19–⁠25
Mississippi State5–⁠28–⁠218
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠310
LSU3–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠116
Vanderbilt2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠33–⁠7
Tulane1–⁠44–⁠5
Kentucky0–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠52–⁠7

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