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1958 Georgia

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1958, game by game: lost at No. 11 Texas 8–13; lost at Vanderbilt 14–21; lost vs. South Carolina 14–24; won vs. Florida State 28–13; won vs. Kentucky 28–0; lost at Alabama 0–12; lost vs. No. 19 Florida 6–7; lost vs. No. 4 Auburn 6–21; won vs. The Citadel 76–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 16–3+76−15Lost 8–13 at No. 11 Texas-5No. 11 TexasLost 14–21 at Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 14–24 vs. South Carolina-10South CarolinaWon 28–13 vs. Florida State+15Florida StateWon 28–0 vs. Kentucky+28KentuckyLost 0–12 at Alabama-12AlabamaLost 6–7 vs. No. 19 Florida-1No. 19 FloridaLost 6–21 vs. No. 4 Auburn-15No. 4 AuburnWon 76–0 vs. The Citadel+76The CitadelWon 16–3 vs. Georgia Tech+13Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20at11TexasL 8–⁠1334%
Sep 27atVanderbiltL 14–⁠2131%
Oct 4vsSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠2451%
Oct 11vsFlorida StateW 28–⁠1344%
Oct 25vsKentuckyW 28–⁠054%
Nov 1atAlabamaL 0–⁠1250%
Nov 8vs19FloridaL 6–⁠733%
Nov 15vs4AuburnL 6–⁠2119%
Nov 22vsThe CitadelW 76–⁠066%
Nov 29vsGeorgia TechW 16–⁠345%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 16–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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 1958.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
196–⁠114
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1501 +31 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.3 No. 18 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 4Dave Lloyd LBCleveland Browns

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Theron SappFBAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Nat DyeOTAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠011–⁠01
Auburn6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠14
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠211
Vanderbilt2–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee4–⁠34–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠114
Georgia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠63–⁠6

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