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1954 Georgia

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

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1954, game by game: won at Florida State 14–0; won vs. Clemson 14–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–6; won at North Carolina 21–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 16–14; won at Tulane 7–0; tied vs. Alabama 0–0; won vs. Florida 14–13; lost vs. Auburn 0–35; lost vs. Georgia Tech 3–7+14−35Won 14–0 at Florida State+14Florida StateWon 14–7 vs. Clemson+7ClemsonLost 0–6 vs. Texas A&M-6Texas A&MWon 21–7 at North Carolina+14North CarolinaWon 16–14 vs. Vanderbilt+2VanderbiltWon 7–0 at Tulane+7TulaneTied 0–0 vs. Alabama0AlabamaWon 14–13 vs. Florida+1FloridaLost 0–35 vs. Auburn-35AuburnLost 3–7 vs. Georgia Tech-4Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atFlorida StateW 14–⁠052%
Sep 25vsClemsonW 14–⁠758%
Oct 2vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠666%
Oct 9atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠738%
Oct 16vsVanderbiltW 16–⁠1468%
Oct 23atTulaneW 7–⁠062%
Oct 30vsAlabamaT 0–⁠045%
Nov 6vsFloridaW 14–⁠1349%
Nov 13vsAuburnL 0–⁠3548%
Nov 27vsGeorgia TechL 3–⁠731%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 7–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 20

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 1954.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
89–⁠89
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1483 +37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.2 No. 38 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 4Joe O’Malley EChicago Bears
Rd 7Bob Clemens BGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

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