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1965 Georgia

6–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1965, game by game: won vs. No. 5 Alabama 18–17; won vs. Vanderbilt 24–10; won at No. 7 Michigan 15–7; won vs. Clemson 23–9; lost at Florida State 3–10; lost at Kentucky 10–28; won at North Carolina 47–35; lost vs. Florida 10–14; lost vs. Auburn 19–21; won at Georgia Tech 17–7+14−18Won 18–17 vs. No. 5 Alabama+1No. 5 AlabamaWon 24–10 vs. Vanderbilt+14VanderbiltWon 15–7 at No. 7 Michigan+8No. 7 MichiganWon 23–9 vs. Clemson+14ClemsonLost 3–10 at Florida State-7Florida StateLost 10–28 at Kentucky-18KentuckyWon 47–35 at North Carolina+12North CarolinaLost 10–14 vs. Florida-4FloridaLost 19–21 vs. Auburn-2AuburnWon 17–7 at Georgia Tech+10Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vs5AlabamaW 18–⁠1741%
Sep 25vsVanderbiltW 24–⁠1076%
Oct 2at7MichiganW 15–⁠733%
Oct 9vsClemsonW 23–⁠976%
Oct 16atFlorida StateL 3–⁠1048%
Oct 23atKentuckyL 10–⁠2854%
Oct 30atNorth CarolinaW 47–⁠3548%
Nov 6vsFloridaL 10–⁠1448%
Nov 13vsAuburnL 19–⁠2161%
Nov 27atGeorgia TechW 17–⁠737%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 10
  2. Wk 4: 4
  3. Wk 5: 5
  4. Wk 6: 10
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
186–⁠158
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1610 +41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.6 No. 16 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 7George Patton OTWashington Redskins
Rd 7Charley Arkwright OTSt. Louis Cardinals

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Pat HodgsonEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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