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1946 Georgia

11–⁠0 (5–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1946, game by game: won vs. Clemson 35–12; won at Temple 35–7; won vs. No. 19 Kentucky 28–13; won vs. Oklahoma State 33–13; won at Furman 70–7; won vs. No. 15 Alabama 14–0; won vs. Florida 33–14; won vs. Auburn 41–0; won at Chattanooga 48–27; won vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 35–7; won vs. No. 11 North Carolina 20–10+63Won 35–12 vs. Clemson+23ClemsonWon 35–7 at Temple+28TempleWon 28–13 vs. No. 19 Kentucky+15No. 19 KentuckyWon 33–13 vs. Oklahoma State+20Oklahoma StateWon 70–7 at Furman+63FurmanWon 14–0 vs. No. 15 Alabama+14No. 15 AlabamaWon 33–14 vs. Florida+19FloridaWon 41–0 vs. Auburn+41AuburnWon 48–27 at Chattanooga+21ChattanoogaWon 35–7 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech+28No. 7 Georgia TechWon 20–10 vs. No. 11 North Carolina+10No. 11 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsClemsonW 35–⁠1268%
Oct 4atTempleW 35–⁠756%
Oct 11vs19KentuckyW 28–⁠1379%
Oct 19vsOklahoma StateW 33–⁠1368%
Oct 26atFurmanW 70–⁠789%
Nov 2vs15AlabamaW 14–⁠061%
Nov 9vsFloridaW 33–⁠1490%
Nov 16vsAuburnW 41–⁠087%
Nov 23atChattanoogaW 48–⁠2791%
Nov 30vs7Georgia TechW 35–⁠769%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs11North CarolinaSugar BowlW 20–⁠1062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 20–⁠10 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1946.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Tennessee

Heisman voteCharley Trippi, second

Maxwell AwardCharley Trippi, RB/QB/P

Consensus All-AmericanCharley Trippi, RB/QB/P

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 3
Points
392–⁠110
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1768 +160 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.0 No. 5 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 7Reid Moseley EChicago Bears
Rd 4Joe Tereshinski Sr. ENew York Yankees (AAFC)
Rd 6Jack Bush OTCleveland Browns (AAFC)
Rd 7Garland Williams OTBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠011–⁠03
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠27
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠29–⁠211
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠37–⁠4
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠37–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠43–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠62–⁠7
Florida0–⁠50–⁠9

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