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1963 Georgia

4–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Johnny Griffith.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1963, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 7–32; won vs. Vanderbilt 20–0; won vs. South Carolina 27–7; tied at Clemson 7–7; won at Miami 31–14; won at Kentucky 17–14; lost at North Carolina 7–28; lost vs. Florida 14–21; lost vs. No. 9 Auburn 0–14; lost at Georgia Tech 3–14+20−25Lost 7–32 vs. No. 3 Alabama-25No. 3 AlabamaWon 20–0 vs. Vanderbilt+20VanderbiltWon 27–7 vs. South Carolina+20South CarolinaTied 7–7 at Clemson0ClemsonWon 31–14 at Miami+17MiamiWon 17–14 at Kentucky+3KentuckyLost 7–28 at North Carolina-21North CarolinaLost 14–21 vs. Florida-7FloridaLost 0–14 vs. No. 9 Auburn-14No. 9 AuburnLost 3–14 at Georgia Tech-11Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs3AlabamaL 7–⁠3227%
Sep 28vsVanderbiltW 20–⁠072%
Oct 5vsSouth CarolinaW 27–⁠755%
Oct 12atClemsonT 7–⁠745%
Oct 18atMiamiW 31–⁠1440%
Oct 26atKentuckyW 17–⁠1449%
Nov 2atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠2844%
Nov 9vsFloridaL 14–⁠2145%
Nov 16vs9AuburnL 0–⁠1442%
Nov 30atGeorgia TechL 3–⁠1422%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 14–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 106th-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 1963.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
133–⁠151
Coach
Johnny Griffith
Elo
1479 +0 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.1 No. 45 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 4Jim Wilson OGSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Mickey Babb EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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