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1986 Georgia

8–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1986, game by game: won vs. Duke 31–7; lost vs. Clemson 28–31; won at South Carolina 31–26; won vs. Ole Miss 14–10; lost at No. 16 LSU 14–23; won vs. Vanderbilt 38–16; won at Kentucky 31–9; won vs. Richmond 28–13; lost vs. Florida 19–31; won at No. 8 Auburn 20–16; won vs. Georgia Tech 31–24; lost vs. Boston College 24–27+24−12Won 31–7 vs. Duke+24DukeLost 28–31 vs. Clemson-3ClemsonWon 31–26 at South Carolina+5South CarolinaWon 14–10 vs. Ole Miss+4Ole MissLost 14–23 at No. 16 LSU-9No. 16 LSUWon 38–16 vs. Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltWon 31–9 at Kentucky+22KentuckyWon 28–13 vs. Richmond+15RichmondLost 19–31 vs. Florida-12FloridaWon 20–16 at No. 8 Auburn+4No. 8 AuburnWon 31–24 vs. Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechLost 24–27 vs. Boston College-3Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsDukeW 31–⁠777%
Sep 20vsClemsonL 28–⁠3172%
Sep 27atSouth CarolinaW 31–⁠2661%
Oct 4vsOle MissW 14–⁠1072%
Oct 11at16LSUL 14–⁠2343%
Oct 18vsVanderbiltW 38–⁠1683%
Oct 25atKentuckyW 31–⁠956%
Nov 1vsRichmondW 28–⁠1391%
Nov 8vsFloridaL 19–⁠3154%
Nov 15at8AuburnW 20–⁠1628%
Nov 29vsGeorgia TechW 31–⁠2466%
Dec 23Bowls & playoffvsBoston CollegeHall of Fame BowlL 24–⁠2754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 27–⁠24 in the Hall of Fame Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 10: 19
  5. Wk 12: 20
  6. Wk 13: 18
  7. Wk 14: 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 1986.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
309–⁠233
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1638 +31 this season
SP+ rating
17.0 No. 18 of 101; offense No. 19, defense No. 21
SRS
12.8 No. 19 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Haffner
Defensive coordinator
Bill Lewis
Offense
I formation

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 7Wilbur Strozier TEDenver Broncos

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lars TateRBAP-2
  • Henry HarrisDTAP-2
  • John BrantleyLBAP-2
  • Cris CarpenterPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠19–⁠310
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠26
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠39
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Florida2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10

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