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1977 Georgia

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1977, game by game: won vs. Oregon 27–16; lost vs. Clemson 6–7; won at South Carolina 15–13; lost at No. 10 Alabama 10–18; won vs. Ole Miss 14–13; won at Vanderbilt 24–13; lost vs. No. 8 Kentucky 0–33; won vs. Richmond 23–7; lost vs. Florida 17–22; lost vs. Auburn 14–33; lost at Georgia Tech 7–16+16−33Won 27–16 vs. Oregon+11OregonLost 6–7 vs. Clemson-1ClemsonWon 15–13 at South Carolina+2South CarolinaLost 10–18 at No. 10 Alabama-8No. 10 AlabamaWon 14–13 vs. Ole Miss+1Ole MissWon 24–13 at Vanderbilt+11VanderbiltLost 0–33 vs. No. 8 Kentucky-33No. 8 KentuckyWon 23–7 vs. Richmond+16RichmondLost 17–22 vs. Florida-5FloridaLost 14–33 vs. Auburn-19AuburnLost 7–16 at Georgia Tech-9Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsOregonW 27–⁠1683%
Sep 17vsClemsonL 6–⁠783%
Sep 24atSouth CarolinaW 15–⁠1353%
Oct 1at10AlabamaL 10–⁠1838%
Oct 8vsOle MissW 14–⁠1377%
Oct 15atVanderbiltW 24–⁠1377%
Oct 22vs8KentuckyL 0–⁠3357%
Oct 29vsRichmondW 23–⁠783%
Nov 5vsFloridaL 17–⁠2259%
Nov 12vsAuburnL 14–⁠3375%
Nov 26atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 16–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 17

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 1977.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
157–⁠191
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1526 −122 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 83 of 140; offense No. 115, defense No. 41
SRS
4.0 No. 54 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 4George Collins OGSt. Louis Cardinals

All-SEC

4 first team

First team

  • George CollinsOGUPI
  • Ronnie SwoopesDTAP-1
  • Ben ZambiasiLBAP-1; UPI
  • Bill KrugDBAP-2; UPI

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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