1949 Georgia
4–6–1 (1–4–1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Duquesne 40–0Nov 19
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs Furman | W 25–0 | 88% |
| Sep 23 | vs Chattanooga | W 42–6 | 84% |
| Oct 1 | at North Carolina | L 14–21 | 36% |
| Oct 8 | at 15Kentucky | L 0–25 | 41% |
| Oct 14 | vs LSU | W 7–0 | 71% |
| Oct 21 | at Miami | L 9–13 | 70% |
| Oct 29 | vs Alabama | L 7–14 | 64% |
| Nov 5 | vs Florida | L 7–28 | 65% |
| Nov 12 | vs Auburn | T 20–20 | 71% |
| Nov 19 | vs Duquesne | W 40–0 | 72% |
| Nov 26 | at Georgia Tech | L 6–7 | 32% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
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 1949.
- Record
- 4–6–1
- Conference
- 1–4–1 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 177–134
- Coach
- Wallace Butts
- Elo
- 1534 −95 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.1 No. 48 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1950
The 1950 draft| Rd 4 | Porter Payne OG | New York Giants |
All-SEC
2 second teamSecond team
Bobby WalstonEAP-2; UP-2- Floyd ReidRBAP-3; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tulane | 5–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Kentucky | 4–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
 Tennessee | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
| Georgia Tech | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
| LSU | 4–2 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Alabama | 4–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Vanderbilt | 4–4 | 5–5 | |
| Auburn | 2–4–2 | 2–4–3 | |
 Ole Miss | 2–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Florida | 1–4–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Georgia | 1–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
 Mississippi State | 0–6 | 0–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.