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1961 Georgia

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Johnny Griffith.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1961, game by game: lost vs. Alabama 6–32; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–21; won vs. South Carolina 17–14; lost at Florida State 0–3; won vs. Mississippi State 10–7; won vs. Kentucky 16–15; lost at Miami 7–32; lost vs. Florida 14–21; lost vs. Auburn 7–10; lost at Georgia Tech 7–22+7−26Lost 6–32 vs. Alabama-26AlabamaLost 0–21 vs. Vanderbilt-21VanderbiltWon 17–14 vs. South Carolina+3South CarolinaLost 0–3 at Florida State-3Florida StateWon 10–7 vs. Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Won 16–15 vs. Kentucky+1KentuckyLost 7–32 at Miami-25MiamiLost 14–21 vs. Florida-7FloridaLost 7–10 vs. Auburn-3AuburnLost 7–22 at Georgia Tech-15Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsAlabamaL 6–⁠3255%
Sep 30vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠2168%
Oct 7vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠1460%
Oct 14atFlorida StateL 0–⁠347%
Oct 21vsMississippi StateW 10–⁠759%
Oct 28vsKentuckyW 16–⁠1555%
Nov 3atMiamiL 7–⁠3236%
Nov 11vsFloridaL 14–⁠2140%
Nov 18vsAuburnL 7–⁠1037%
Dec 2atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2222%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 22–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 118th-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 1961.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
84–⁠177
Coach
Johnny Griffith
Elo
1443 −126 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.0 No. 60 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1962

The 1962 draft
Rd 2Pete Case OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Pete Case OGHouston Oilers (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill McKennyFBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1961 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠01
LSU6–⁠010–⁠14
Ole Miss5–⁠19–⁠25
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠413
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠4
Florida3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠55–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠8

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