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1948 Georgia

9–⁠2 (6–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1948, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 14–7; lost vs. North Carolina 14–21; won vs. Kentucky 35–12; won at LSU 22–0; won at Miami 42–21; won at Alabama 35–0; won vs. Florida 20–12; won vs. Auburn 42–14; won vs. Furman 33–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 21–13; lost vs. Texas 28–41+35−13Won 14–7 vs. Chattanooga+7ChattanoogaLost 14–21 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 35–12 vs. Kentucky+23KentuckyWon 22–0 at LSU+22LSUWon 42–21 at Miami+21MiamiWon 35–0 at Alabama+35AlabamaWon 20–12 vs. Florida+8FloridaWon 42–14 vs. Auburn+28AuburnWon 33–0 vs. Furman+33FurmanWon 21–13 vs. Georgia Tech+8Georgia TechLost 28–41 vs. Texas-13Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsChattanoogaW 14–⁠783%
Oct 2vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2148%
Oct 9vsKentuckyW 35–⁠1263%
Oct 16atLSUW 22–⁠043%
Oct 22atMiamiW 42–⁠2169%
Oct 30atAlabamaW 35–⁠051%
Nov 6vsFloridaW 20–⁠1280%
Nov 13vsAuburnW 42–⁠1491%
Nov 20vsFurmanW 33–⁠094%
Nov 27vsGeorgia TechW 21–⁠1365%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsTexasOrange BowlL 28–⁠4158%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 41–⁠28 in the Orange Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 4: 18
  3. Wk 5: 13
  4. Wk 6: 13
  5. Wk 7: 11
  6. Wk 8: 12
  7. Final: 8

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 1948.

Southeastern Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 8
Points
306–⁠141
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1693 +99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.6 No. 10 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 1John Rauch QBDetroit Lions
Rd 4Joe Geri BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Joe Geri BLos Angeles Dons (AAFC)

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bernie ReidOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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