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1950 Georgia

6–⁠3–⁠3 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1950, game by game: won vs. Maryland 27–7; tied vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 7–7; tied vs. No. 11 North Carolina 0–0; won vs. Mississippi State 27–0; tied at LSU 13–13; won at Boston College 19–7; lost at Alabama 7–14; won vs. Florida 6–0; won vs. Auburn 12–10; won vs. Furman 40–0; lost vs. Georgia Tech 0–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 20–40+40−20Won 27–7 vs. Maryland+20MarylandTied 7–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)0Saint Mary’s (C…Tied 0–0 vs. No. 11 North Carolina0No. 11 North CarolinaWon 27–0 vs. Mississippi State+27Mississippi Sta…Tied 13–13 at LSU0LSUWon 19–7 at Boston College+12Boston CollegeLost 7–14 at Alabama-7AlabamaWon 6–0 vs. Florida+6FloridaWon 12–10 vs. Auburn+2AuburnWon 40–0 vs. Furman+40FurmanLost 0–7 vs. Georgia Tech-7Georgia TechLost 20–40 vs. Texas A&M-20Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsMarylandW 27–⁠745%
Sep 29vsSaint Mary’s (CA)T 7–⁠779%
Oct 7vs11North CarolinaT 0–⁠053%
Oct 14vsMississippi StateW 27–⁠073%
Oct 21atLSUT 13–⁠1348%
Oct 27atBoston CollegeW 19–⁠765%
Nov 4atAlabamaL 7–⁠1441%
Nov 11vsFloridaW 6–⁠058%
Nov 18vsAuburnW 12–⁠1085%
Nov 25vsFurmanW 40–⁠087%
Dec 2vsGeorgia TechL 0–⁠770%
Dec 9Bowls & playoffvsTexas A&MPresidential Cup BowlL 20–⁠4053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 40–⁠20 in the Presidential Cup Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 97th-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 1950.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠105
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1531 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.9 No. 42 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 3Billy Mixon BSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Bobby WalstonEAP-2
  • Rocco PrincipeOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

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