1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.

1959 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–0 vs. Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1959 record10–1 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 0 010 1 0
No. 3 LSU 5 1 09 2 0
No. 2 Ole Miss 5 1 010 1 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 1 27 2 2
Auburn 4 3 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 25 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 06 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 15 4 1
No. 19 Florida 2 4 05 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 04 6 0
Tulane 0 5 13 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 'Dogs the Southeastern Conference Championship. They also earned a trip to the Orange Bowl, where they beat 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 Quarterback Fran Tarkenton to End Bill Herron. Kicker Durward Pennington converted the extra point and Georgia won the game by a score of 14-13.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 19AlabamaW 17–3
September 26VanderbiltNo. 17
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 21–6
October 3at No. 16 South Carolina*No. 13L 14–30
October 10Hardin–Simmons*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 35–6
October 17vs. Mississippi StateW 15–0
October 24at KentuckyW 14–7
October 31Florida State*No. 14
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 42–0
November 7vs. FloridaNo. 11W 21–10
November 14No. 8 AuburnNo. 12
W 14–13
November 28at Georgia TechNo. 6
W 21–14
January 1, 1960vs. No. 18 Missouri*No. 5CBSW 14–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: GeorgiaDogs.com: 1959 football schedule[1]

Roster

G Pat Dye Jr. 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

  1. "1959 Football Schedule". GeorgiaDogs.com. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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