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1979 Georgia

6–⁠5 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1979, game by game: lost vs. Wake Forest 21–22; lost at Clemson 7–12; lost vs. South Carolina 20–27; won at Ole Miss 24–21; won vs. No. 13 LSU 21–14; won at Vanderbilt 31–10; won vs. Kentucky 20–6; lost vs. Virginia 0–31; won vs. Florida 33–10; lost vs. No. 15 Auburn 13–33; won at Georgia Tech 16–3+23−31Lost 21–22 vs. Wake Forest-1Wake ForestLost 7–12 at Clemson-5ClemsonLost 20–27 vs. South Carolina-7South CarolinaWon 24–21 at Ole Miss+3Ole MissWon 21–14 vs. No. 13 LSU+7No. 13 LSUWon 31–10 at Vanderbilt+21VanderbiltWon 20–6 vs. Kentucky+14KentuckyLost 0–31 vs. Virginia-31VirginiaWon 33–10 vs. Florida+23FloridaLost 13–33 vs. No. 15 Auburn-20No. 15 AuburnWon 16–3 at Georgia Tech+13Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsWake ForestL 21–⁠2280%
Sep 22atClemsonL 7–⁠1235%
Sep 29vsSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠2761%
Oct 6atOle MissW 24–⁠2151%
Oct 13vs13LSUW 21–⁠1446%
Oct 20atVanderbiltW 31–⁠1078%
Oct 27vsKentuckyW 20–⁠665%
Nov 3vsVirginiaL 0–⁠3177%
Nov 10vsFloridaW 33–⁠1065%
Nov 17vs15AuburnL 13–⁠3350%
Nov 24atGeorgia TechW 16–⁠344%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 16–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 12

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 1979.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
206–⁠189
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1550 −21 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 48 of 135; offense No. 71, defense No. 37
SRS
6.9 No. 46 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Erk Russell
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 2Ray Donaldson CBaltimore Colts
Rd 5Jeff Pyburn DBBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠012–⁠01
Georgia5–⁠16–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠28–⁠316
LSU4–⁠27–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠43–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10
Florida0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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