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1952 Georgia

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

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1952, game by game: won at Vanderbilt 19–7; won at Tulane 21–16; won vs. NC State 49–0; lost vs. No. 4 Maryland 0–37; won at LSU 27–14; lost vs. Florida 0–30; lost at No. 19 Alabama 19–34; won at Pennsylvania 34–27; won vs. Auburn 13–7; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech 9–23; won at Miami 35–13+49−37Won 19–7 at Vanderbilt+12VanderbiltWon 21–16 at Tulane+5TulaneWon 49–0 vs. NC State+49NC StateLost 0–37 vs. No. 4 Maryland-37No. 4 MarylandWon 27–14 at LSU+13LSULost 0–30 vs. Florida-30FloridaLost 19–34 at No. 19 Alabama-15No. 19 AlabamaWon 34–27 at Pennsylvania+7PennsylvaniaWon 13–7 vs. Auburn+6AuburnLost 9–23 vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech-14No. 3 Georgia TechWon 35–13 at Miami+22Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atVanderbiltW 19–⁠743%
Sep 27atTulaneW 21–⁠1648%
Oct 4vsNC StateW 49–⁠079%
Oct 11vs4MarylandL 0–⁠3737%
Oct 18atLSUW 27–⁠1435%
Oct 25vsFloridaL 0–⁠3056%
Nov 1at19AlabamaL 19–⁠3437%
Nov 8atPennsylvaniaW 34–⁠2735%
Nov 15vsAuburnW 13–⁠778%
Nov 29vs3Georgia TechL 9–⁠2330%
Dec 5atMiamiW 35–⁠1357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 35–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19

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 1952.

Led the nationZeke Bratkowski: passing yards (1,824 yds)

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
226–⁠208
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1571 +62 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.8 No. 26 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Harry BabcockEAP-1; UP-2
  • Art DeCarloDBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠012–⁠02
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Ole Miss4–⁠0–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠29
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠38–⁠315
Mississippi State3–⁠45–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠220
LSU2–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Auburn0–⁠72–⁠8

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