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1967 Georgia

7–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1967, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 30–0; won at Clemson 24–17; won vs. South Carolina 21–0; lost at Ole Miss 20–29; won vs. VMI 56–6; won at Kentucky 31–7; lost at Houston 14–15; lost vs. Florida 16–17; won vs. Auburn 17–0; won at Georgia Tech 21–14; lost vs. NC State 7–14+50−9Won 30–0 vs. Mississippi State+30Mississippi Sta…Won 24–17 at Clemson+7ClemsonWon 21–0 vs. South Carolina+21South CarolinaLost 20–29 at Ole Miss-9Ole MissWon 56–6 vs. VMI+50VMIWon 31–7 at Kentucky+24KentuckyLost 14–15 at Houston-1HoustonLost 16–17 vs. Florida-1FloridaWon 17–0 vs. Auburn+17AuburnWon 21–14 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechLost 7–14 vs. NC State-7NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsMississippi StateW 30–⁠084%
Sep 30atClemsonW 24–⁠1761%
Oct 7vsSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠082%
Oct 14atOle MissL 20–⁠2957%
Oct 21vsVMIW 56–⁠690%
Oct 28atKentuckyW 31–⁠779%
Nov 4atHoustonL 14–⁠1548%
Nov 11vsFloridaL 16–⁠1759%
Nov 18vsAuburnW 17–⁠069%
Nov 25atGeorgia TechW 21–⁠1467%
Dec 16Bowls & playoffvsNC StateLiberty BowlL 7–⁠1459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 14–⁠7 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 8
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 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 1967.

Consensus All-AmericanEdgar Chandler, OT

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
257–⁠119
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1675 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.4 No. 7 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 4Edgar Chandler KBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Don HayesOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠09–⁠22
Alabama5–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Florida4–⁠26–⁠4
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠4
LSU3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠61–⁠9

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