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1969 Georgia

5–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1969, game by game: won vs. Tulane 35–0; won at Clemson 30–0; won vs. South Carolina 41–16; lost at Ole Miss 17–25; won at Vanderbilt 40–8; won vs. Kentucky 30–0; lost vs. No. 3 Tennessee 3–17; tied vs. No. 13 Florida 13–13; lost vs. No. 11 Auburn 3–16; lost at Georgia Tech 0–6; lost vs. No. 14 Nebraska 6–45+35−39Won 35–0 vs. Tulane+35TulaneWon 30–0 at Clemson+30ClemsonWon 41–16 vs. South Carolina+25South CarolinaLost 17–25 at Ole Miss-8Ole MissWon 40–8 at Vanderbilt+32VanderbiltWon 30–0 vs. Kentucky+30KentuckyLost 3–17 vs. No. 3 Tennessee-14No. 3 TennesseeTied 13–13 vs. No. 13 Florida0No. 13 FloridaLost 3–16 vs. No. 11 Auburn-13No. 11 AuburnLost 0–6 at Georgia Tech-6Georgia TechLost 6–45 vs. No. 14 Nebraska-39No. 14 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsTulaneW 35–⁠083%
Sep 27atClemsonW 30–⁠057%
Oct 4vsSouth CarolinaW 41–⁠1677%
Oct 11atOle MissL 17–⁠2557%
Oct 18atVanderbiltW 40–⁠872%
Oct 25vsKentuckyW 30–⁠087%
Nov 1vs3TennesseeL 3–⁠1753%
Nov 8vs13FloridaT 13–⁠1358%
Nov 15vs11AuburnL 3–⁠1657%
Nov 29atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠672%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvs14NebraskaSun BowlL 6–⁠4540%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 45–⁠6 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 14
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 11
  8. Wk 8: 16
  9. Wk 9: 16
Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
218–⁠146
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1571 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.7 No. 24 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Spike Jones PHouston Oilers
Rd 7Jake Scott DBMiami Dolphins

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chip WisdomLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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