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1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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American college football season

1959Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl,W 14–0 vs.Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5Georgia $7001010
No. 3LSU510920
No. 2Ole Miss #5101010
No. 10Alabama412722
Auburn430730
Vanderbilt322532
Georgia Tech330650
Tennessee341541
No. 19Florida240541
Kentucky160460
Tulane051361
Mississippi State070270
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented theUniversity of Georgia as a member of theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) during the1959 college football season. Led by 21st-year head coachWally Butts, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 10–1 with a mark of 7–0 in conference play, and finished as SEC champion.[1]

The Bulldogs won nine games in the regular season and lost only once, an early-season non-conference loss to South Carolina. Georgia's perfect conference record of 7–0, combined with conference losses by pre-season favorites LSU and Ole Miss, was enough to give the Bulldogs the Southeastern Conference championship. They also earned a trip to the Orange Bowl, where they defeated Missouri 14–0.

The highlight of the regular season was a come-from-behind win over Auburn to clinch the championship. Trailing the Tigers 13–7 with less than 40 seconds left in the game, The Bulldogs scored on a fourth-down fourteen-yard touchdown pass from quarterbackFran Tarkenton to End Bill Herron. Kicker Durward Pennington converted the extra point and Georgia won the game by a score of 14–13.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19AlabamaW 17–340,000[2]
September 26VanderbiltNo. 17
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 21–631,000[3]
October 3at No. 16South Carolina*No. 13L 14–3027,000[4]
October 10Hardin–Simmons*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 35–625,000[5]
October 17vs.Mississippi StateW 15–025,000[6]
October 24atKentuckyW 14–725,000[7]
October 31Florida State*daggerNo. 14
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 42–030,000[8]
November 7vs.FloridaNo. 11W 21–1040,000[9]
November 14No. 8AuburnNo. 12
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 14–1350,000[10]
November 28atGeorgia TechNo. 6
W 21–1444,000[11]
January 1, 1960vs. No. 18Missouri*No. 5CBSW 14–075,280[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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  • QBFran Tarkenton, Jr.
  • G Pat Dye
  • HB Fred Brown Jr.
  • HB/P Bobby Walden Jr.-
  • K Durward Pennington Soph.
  • FB Bill Godfrey Soph.
  • E Jimmy Vickers
  • E Aaron Box
  • E Bill Herron
  • QB Charley Britt Sr.
  • C 'Dude' Thompson Sr.
  • Fred Farah Sr.
  • G Billy Roland
  • HB Don Soberdash Sr. (Team Captain)

References

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  1. ^"1959 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023.
  2. ^"Georgia slams Alabama, 17–3".The Macon Telegraph & News. September 20, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  3. ^"Georgia rambles over Vanderbilt Commodores, 21–6".The Selma Times-Journal. September 27, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^"South Carolina surprises Georgia".The Spokesman-Review. October 4, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  5. ^"Georgia gets victory over HSU, 35–6".San Angelo Standard-Times. October 11, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^"Georgia wins, 15–0".The Atlanta Journal. October 18, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"Georgia downs Kentucky 14–7".The Paducah Sun. October 25, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  8. ^"Georgia's power game too much for FSU, 42–0".Pensacola News Journal. November 1, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^"Georgia whips Florida, 21–10".Fort Lauderdale News. November 8, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  10. ^"Georgia upsets Auburn, 14–13".The Honolulu Advertiser. November 15, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  11. ^"Georgia tumbles Tech, takes Orange Bowl bid".Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 29, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^"Missouri moves ball better, but Georgia passes to victory".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1960. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  13. ^"1959 Football Schedule". GeorgiaDogs.com. Archived fromthe original on January 1, 2011. RetrievedDecember 16, 2012.
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