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1947 Georgia

7–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1947, game by game: won vs. Furman 13–7; lost at North Carolina 7–14; won vs. LSU 35–19; lost at Kentucky 0–26; won at Oklahoma State 20–7; lost vs. Alabama 7–17; won vs. Clemson 21–6; won vs. Florida 34–6; won vs. Auburn 28–6; won at Chattanooga 27–0; lost at No. 9 Georgia Tech 0–7; tied vs. Maryland 20–20+28−26Won 13–7 vs. Furman+6FurmanLost 7–14 at North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 35–19 vs. LSU+16LSULost 0–26 at Kentucky-26KentuckyWon 20–7 at Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateLost 7–17 vs. Alabama-10AlabamaWon 21–6 vs. Clemson+15ClemsonWon 34–6 vs. Florida+28FloridaWon 28–6 vs. Auburn+22AuburnWon 27–0 at Chattanooga+27ChattanoogaLost 0–7 at No. 9 Georgia Tech-7No. 9 Georgia TechTied 20–20 vs. Maryland0Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsFurmanW 13–⁠792%
Sep 27atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1454%
Oct 4vsLSUW 35–⁠1962%
Oct 11atKentuckyL 0–⁠2663%
Oct 18atOklahoma StateW 20–⁠763%
Oct 25vsAlabamaL 7–⁠1765%
Oct 31vsClemsonW 21–⁠681%
Nov 8vsFloridaW 34–⁠687%
Nov 15vsAuburnW 28–⁠685%
Nov 22atChattanoogaW 27–⁠079%
Nov 29at9Georgia TechL 0–⁠740%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsMarylandGator BowlT 20–⁠2063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Maryland 20–⁠20 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9

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 1947.

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
212–⁠135
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1641 −37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.2 No. 28 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 1Dan Edwards EPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Weyman Sellers EGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Dan Edwards EBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠19–⁠213
Georgia Tech4–⁠110–⁠110
Alabama5–⁠28–⁠36
Georgia3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Vanderbilt3–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠52–⁠7
Florida0–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1

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