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1959 Georgia

10–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wallace Butts, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1959, game by game: won vs. Alabama 17–3; won vs. Vanderbilt 21–6; lost at No. 16 South Carolina 14–30; won vs. Hardin Simmons 35–6; won vs. Mississippi State 15–0; won at Kentucky 14–7; won vs. Florida State 42–0; won vs. Florida 21–10; won vs. No. 8 Auburn 14–13; won at Georgia Tech 21–14; won vs. No. 20 Missouri 14–0+42−16Won 17–3 vs. Alabama+14AlabamaWon 21–6 vs. Vanderbilt+15VanderbiltLost 14–30 at No. 16 South Carolina-16No. 16 South CarolinaWon 35–6 vs. Hardin Simmons+29Hardin SimmonsWon 15–0 vs. Mississippi State+15Mississippi Sta…Won 14–7 at Kentucky+7KentuckyWon 42–0 vs. Florida State+42Florida StateWon 21–10 vs. Florida+11FloridaWon 14–13 vs. No. 8 Auburn+1No. 8 AuburnWon 21–14 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechWon 14–0 vs. No. 20 Missouri+14No. 20 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsAlabamaW 17–⁠360%
Sep 26vsVanderbiltW 21–⁠655%
Oct 3at16South CarolinaL 14–⁠3040%
Oct 10vsHardin SimmonsW 35–⁠671%
Oct 17vsMississippi StateW 15–⁠067%
Oct 24atKentuckyW 14–⁠752%
Oct 31vsFlorida StateW 42–⁠070%
Nov 7vsFloridaW 21–⁠1057%
Nov 14vs8AuburnW 14–⁠1346%
Nov 28atGeorgia TechW 21–⁠1448%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs20MissouriOrange BowlW 14–⁠062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 14–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 17
  2. Wk 3: 13
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 11
  5. Wk 9: 12
  6. Wk 10: 6
  7. Wk 11: 6
  8. Wk 12: 5
  9. Final: 5

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 1959.

Southeastern Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 5
Points
228–⁠89
Coach
Wallace Butts
Elo
1671 +171 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.3 No. 9 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 3Charley Britt QBLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠010–⁠15
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠12
LSU5–⁠19–⁠23
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠210
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠119
Kentucky1–⁠64–⁠6
Tulane0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠72–⁠7

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