1943 Georgia
6–4 (0–3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tennessee Tech 67–0Oct 1
By 67 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Presbyterian | W 25–7 | 97% |
| Sep 25 | at LSU | L 27–34 | 53% |
| Oct 1 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 67–0 | 96% |
| Oct 8 | vs Wake Forest | W 7–0 | 74% |
| Oct 10 | atDaniel Field | L 7–18 | 90% |
| Oct 23 | vsLSU | L 6–27 | 51% |
| Oct 29 | vs Samford | W 39–0 | 95% |
| Nov 5 | vsPresbyterian | W 40–12 | 95% |
| Nov 13 | vs VMI | W 46–7 | 89% |
| Nov 27 | at 14Georgia Tech | L 0–48 | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 48–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 20
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 1943.
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 0–3 4th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 20
- Points
- 264–153
- Coach
- Wallace Butts
- Elo
- 1538 −105 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −9.5 No. 53 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-SEC
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Johnny CookRBAP-1
Second team
- Charles SmithRBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | 3–0 | 8–3 | 13 |
| LSU | 2–2 | 6–3 | |
 Tulane | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Georgia | 0–3 | 6–4 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.