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1953 Georgia

3–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1953, game by game: won at Villanova 32–19; won vs. Tulane 16–14; lost at Texas A&M 12–14; lost at No. 4 Maryland 13–40; lost vs. LSU 6–14; won vs. North Carolina 27–14; lost vs. Alabama 12–33; lost vs. Florida 7–21; lost vs. No. 20 Auburn 18–39; lost at Southern Miss 0–14; lost at No. 10 Georgia Tech 12–28+13−27Won 32–19 at Villanova+13VillanovaWon 16–14 vs. Tulane+2TulaneLost 12–14 at Texas A&M-2Texas A&MLost 13–40 at No. 4 Maryland-27No. 4 MarylandLost 6–14 vs. LSU-8LSUWon 27–14 vs. North Carolina+13North CarolinaLost 12–33 vs. Alabama-21AlabamaLost 7–21 vs. Florida-14FloridaLost 18–39 vs. No. 20 Auburn-21No. 20 AuburnLost 0–14 at Southern Miss-14Southern MissLost 12–28 at No. 10 Georgia Tech-16No. 10 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atVillanovaW 32–⁠1936%
Sep 26vsTulaneW 16–⁠1467%
Oct 3atTexas A&ML 12–⁠1455%
Oct 10at4MarylandL 13–⁠4027%
Oct 17vsLSUL 6–⁠1458%
Oct 24vsNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠1460%
Oct 31vsAlabamaL 12–⁠3349%
Nov 7vsFloridaL 7–⁠2148%
Nov 14vs20AuburnL 18–⁠3947%
Nov 21atSouthern MissL 0–⁠1475%
Nov 28at10Georgia TechL 12–⁠2812%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 28–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 18

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 1953.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
155–⁠250
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1419 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 56 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

  • John CarsonEAP-1; UP-1
  • Zeke BratkowskiQBAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama4–⁠0–⁠36–⁠3–⁠313
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Kentucky4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠116
Ole Miss4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠117
Mississippi State3–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠35–⁠3–⁠3
Florida1–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠53–⁠8
Tulane0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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