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1951 Georgia

5–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1951, game by game: won vs. George Washington 33–0; won at North Carolina 28–16; lost at Mississippi State 0–6; lost vs. No. 10 Maryland 7–43; lost vs. LSU 0–7; won vs. Boston College 35–28; lost vs. Alabama 14–16; won vs. Florida 7–6; won vs. Auburn 46–14; lost at No. 6 Georgia Tech 6–48+33−42Won 33–0 vs. George Washington+33George Washingt…Won 28–16 at North Carolina+12North CarolinaLost 0–6 at Mississippi State-6Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–43 vs. No. 10 Maryland-36No. 10 MarylandLost 0–7 vs. LSU-7LSUWon 35–28 vs. Boston College+7Boston CollegeLost 14–16 vs. Alabama-2AlabamaWon 7–6 vs. Florida+1FloridaWon 46–14 vs. Auburn+32AuburnLost 6–48 at No. 6 Georgia Tech-42No. 6 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsGeorge WashingtonW 33–⁠064%
Sep 29atNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠1642%
Oct 6atMississippi StateL 0–⁠660%
Oct 13vs10MarylandL 7–⁠4342%
Oct 20vsLSUL 0–⁠752%
Oct 27vsBoston CollegeW 35–⁠2880%
Nov 3vsAlabamaL 14–⁠1653%
Nov 10vsFloridaW 7–⁠646%
Nov 17vsAuburnW 46–⁠1462%
Dec 1at6Georgia TechL 6–⁠4822%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 48–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 13

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 1951.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
176–⁠184
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1514 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 45 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 4Marion Campbell OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Claude Hipps BPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Zeke BratkowskiQBAP-2; UP-3

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠11
LSU4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠38–⁠415
Auburn3–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠56–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠5
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠54–⁠6

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