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1989 Georgia

6–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Goff.

Schedule and results

Georgia in 1989, game by game: won vs. Baylor 15–3; won vs. Mississippi State 23–6; lost vs. South Carolina 20–24; lost at No. 6 Tennessee 14–17; lost at Ole Miss 13–17; won at Vanderbilt 35–16; won vs. Kentucky 34–23; won vs. Temple 37–10; won vs. No. 20 Florida 17–10; lost vs. No. 11 Auburn 3–20; lost at Georgia Tech 22–33; lost vs. Syracuse 18–19+27−17Won 15–3 vs. Baylor+12BaylorWon 23–6 vs. Mississippi State+17Mississippi Sta…Lost 20–24 vs. South Carolina-4South CarolinaLost 14–17 at No. 6 Tennessee-3No. 6 TennesseeLost 13–17 at Ole Miss-4Ole MissWon 35–16 at Vanderbilt+19VanderbiltWon 34–23 vs. Kentucky+11KentuckyWon 37–10 vs. Temple+27TempleWon 17–10 vs. No. 20 Florida+7No. 20 FloridaLost 3–20 vs. No. 11 Auburn-17No. 11 AuburnLost 22–33 at Georgia Tech-11Georgia TechLost 18–19 vs. Syracuse-1Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsBaylorW 15–⁠374%
Sep 23vsMississippi StateW 23–⁠680%
Sep 30vsSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠2471%
Oct 7at6TennesseeL 14–⁠1740%
Oct 14atOle MissL 13–⁠1759%
Oct 21atVanderbiltW 35–⁠1669%
Oct 28vsKentuckyW 34–⁠2368%
Nov 4vsTempleW 37–⁠1089%
Nov 11vs20FloridaW 17–⁠1054%
Nov 18vs11AuburnL 3–⁠2049%
Dec 2atGeorgia TechL 22–⁠3359%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsSyracusePeach BowlL 18–⁠1944%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 19–⁠18 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 23

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 1989.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
251–⁠198
Coach
Ray Goff
Elo
1579 −38 this season
SP+ rating
9.6 No. 32 of 103; offense No. 66, defense No. 15
SRS
8.1 No. 30 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Haffner
Defensive coordinator
Richard Bell
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Ben Smith DBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 1Rodney Hampton RBNew York Giants

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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