1957 Georgia

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

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1957, game by game: lost vs. Texas 7–26; lost vs. Vanderbilt 6–9; lost at No. 10 Michigan 0–26; won at Tulane 13–6; lost vs. No. 15 Navy 14–27; won at Kentucky 33–14; lost vs. Alabama 13–14; lost vs. Florida 0–22; lost vs. No. 3 Auburn 0–6; won at Georgia Tech 7–0+19−26Lost 7–26 vs. Texas-19TexasLost 6–9 vs. Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 0–26 at No. 10 Michigan-26No. 10 MichiganWon 13–6 at Tulane+7TulaneLost 14–27 vs. No. 15 Navy-13No. 15 NavyWon 33–14 at Kentucky+19KentuckyLost 13–14 vs. Alabama-1AlabamaLost 0–22 vs. Florida-22FloridaLost 0–6 vs. No. 3 Auburn-6No. 3 AuburnWon 7–0 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsTexasL 7–⁠2659%
Sep 28vsVanderbiltL 6–⁠944%
Oct 5at10MichiganL 0–⁠2615%
Oct 11atTulaneW 13–⁠625%
Oct 19vs15NavyL 14–⁠2723%
Oct 26atKentuckyW 33–⁠1435%
Nov 2vsAlabamaL 13–⁠1471%
Nov 9vsFloridaL 0–⁠2233%
Nov 16vs3AuburnL 0–⁠617%
Nov 30atGeorgia TechW 7–⁠016%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠150
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1454 +12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.5 No. 39 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Ned DyeOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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