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1988 Georgia

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Vince Dooley, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1988, game by game: won vs. No. 18 Tennessee 28–17; won vs. TCU 38–10; won at Mississippi State 42–35; lost at No. 14 South Carolina 10–23; won vs. Ole Miss 36–12; won vs. Vanderbilt 41–22; lost at Kentucky 10–16; won vs. William & Mary 59–24; won vs. Florida 26–3; lost at No. 9 Auburn 10–20; won vs. Georgia Tech 24–3; won vs. Michigan State 34–27+35−13Won 28–17 vs. No. 18 Tennessee+11No. 18 TennesseeWon 38–10 vs. TCU+28TCUWon 42–35 at Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–23 at No. 14 South Carolina-13No. 14 South CarolinaWon 36–12 vs. Ole Miss+24Ole MissWon 41–22 vs. Vanderbilt+19VanderbiltLost 10–16 at Kentucky-6KentuckyWon 59–24 vs. William & Mary+35William & MaryWon 26–3 vs. Florida+23FloridaLost 10–20 at No. 9 Auburn-10No. 9 AuburnWon 24–3 vs. Georgia Tech+21Georgia TechWon 34–27 vs. Michigan State+7Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs18TennesseeW 28–⁠1757%
Sep 10vsTCUW 38–⁠1076%
Sep 17atMississippi StateW 42–⁠3569%
Sep 24at14South CarolinaL 10–⁠2349%
Oct 1vsOle MissW 36–⁠1280%
Oct 8vsVanderbiltW 41–⁠2281%
Oct 22atKentuckyL 10–⁠1665%
Oct 29vsWilliam & MaryW 59–⁠2489%
Nov 5vsFloridaW 26–⁠362%
Nov 12at9AuburnL 10–⁠2030%
Nov 26vsGeorgia TechW 24–⁠384%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsMichigan StateGator BowlW 34–⁠2750%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan State 34–⁠27 in the Gator Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 15
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 13
  9. Wk 9: 11
  10. Wk 10: 18
  11. Wk 11: 19
  12. Wk 12: 17
  13. Wk 13: 20
  14. Wk 14: 20
  15. Wk 15: 19
  16. Wk 16: 19
  17. Final: 15

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 1988.

Consensus All-AmericanTim Worley, RB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 6
Points
358–⁠212
Coach
Vince Dooley
Elo
1675 +63 this season
SP+ rating
12.8 No. 26 of 102; offense No. 31, defense No. 24
SRS
11.8 No. 22 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Haffner

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 1Tim Worley RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Keith Henderson RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Richard Tardits LBPhoenix Cardinals
Rd 6Troy Sadowski TEAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠28
LSU6–⁠18–⁠419
Georgia5–⁠29–⁠315
Alabama4–⁠39–⁠317
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠55–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠71–⁠10

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