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1970 Georgia

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

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1970, game by game: lost at Tulane 14–17; won vs. Clemson 38–0; lost at Mississippi State 6–7; lost vs. No. 5 Ole Miss 21–31; won vs. Vanderbilt 37–3; won at Kentucky 19–3; won vs. South Carolina 52–34; lost vs. Florida 17–24; won at No. 8 Auburn 31–17; lost vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech 7–17+38−10Lost 14–17 at Tulane-3TulaneWon 38–0 vs. Clemson+38ClemsonLost 6–7 at Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–31 vs. No. 5 Ole Miss-10No. 5 Ole MissWon 37–3 vs. Vanderbilt+34VanderbiltWon 19–3 at Kentucky+16KentuckyWon 52–34 vs. South Carolina+18South CarolinaLost 17–24 vs. Florida-7FloridaWon 31–17 at No. 8 Auburn+14No. 8 AuburnLost 7–17 vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech-10No. 16 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atTulaneL 14–⁠1759%
Sep 26vsClemsonW 38–⁠061%
Oct 3atMississippi StateL 6–⁠759%
Oct 10vs5Ole MissL 21–⁠3138%
Oct 17vsVanderbiltW 37–⁠369%
Oct 24atKentuckyW 19–⁠368%
Oct 31vsSouth CarolinaW 52–⁠3465%
Nov 7vsFloridaL 17–⁠2453%
Nov 14at8AuburnW 31–⁠1723%
Nov 28vs16Georgia TechL 7–⁠1765%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
242–⁠153
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1581 +34 this season
SP+ rating
15.3 No. 23 of 117; offense No. 40, defense No. 17
SRS
15.7 No. 22 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell

All-SEC

4 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chuck HeardDEAP-2
  • Larry BrasherDTAP-2
  • Chip WisdomLBAP-2
  • Kim BraswellKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

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