
1972 Georgia
7–4 (4–3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Vanderbilt 28–3Oct 21
By 25 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs | W 24–14 | 89% |
| Sep 23 | at | L 13–24 | 64% |
| Sep 30 | vs | W 28–22 | 79% |
| Oct 7 | vs | L 7–25 | 46% |
| Oct 14 | at | W 14–13 | 38% |
| Oct 21 | vs | W 28–3 | 77% |
| Oct 28 | at | W 13–7 | 70% |
| Nov 4 | vs | L 0–14 | 48% |
| Nov 11 | vs | W 10–7 | 55% |
| Nov 18 | at | L 10–27 | 31% |
| Dec 2 | vs | W 27–7 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 27–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 17
- Wk 2: 16
- Wk 3: 16
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 1972.
- Record
- 7–4
- Conference
- 4–3 5th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 16
- Points
- 174–163
- Coach
- Vince Dooley
- Elo
- 1626 −21 this season
- SP+ rating
- 16.3 No. 16 of 121; offense No. 64, defense No. 8
- SRS
- 15.0 No. 18 of 127 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Erk Russell
All-SEC
1 second teamSecond team
Chris HammondCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1972 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–1 | 10–2 | 7 | |
| 6–1 | 10–1 | 5 | |
| 4–1–1 | 9–2–1 | 11 | |
| 4–2 | 10–2 | 8 | |
| 4–3 | 7–4 | ||
| 3–3–1 | 5–5–1 | ||
| 2–5 | 5–5 | ||
| 2–5 | 3–8 | ||
| 1–6 | 4–7 | ||
| 0–6 | 3–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.