1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1979 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorErk Russell (16th season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (59,200)
1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 012 0 0
Georgia 5 1 06 5 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 4 2 07 5 0
Tennessee 3 3 07 5 0
Kentucky 3 3 05 6 0
Ole Miss 3 3 04 7 0
Mississippi State 2 4 03 8 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 01 10 0
Florida 0 6 00 10 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 15Wake Forest*No. 12L 21–2257,500
September 22at Clemson*L 7–1263,500
September 29South Carolina*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
L 20–2760,100
October 6at Ole MissW 24–2135,912
October 13No. 13 LSU
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 21–1461,000
October 20at VanderbiltW 31–1024,700
October 27Kentucky
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 20–660,300
November 3Virginia*dagger
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
L 0–3159,100
November 10vs. FloridaABCW 33–1068,148
November 17Auburn
L 13–3363,000
November 24Georgia Tech*ABCW 16–358,781
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 82 Anthony Arnold
QB 8 Buck Belue So
C 53 Ray Donaldson Sr
RB Carnie Norris
WR Carmon Prince
WR 24 Lindsay Scott So
RB 11 Matt Simon
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 49 Jeff Hipp
DL Jimmy Payne
DB 19 Scott Woerner Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 6 Rex Robinson Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

South Carolina


LSU

1 234Total
LSU 0 707 14
Georgia 0 7140 21

Scott Woerner recovered a fumble with just over two minutes remaining with LSU driving at the Georgia 22 to seal the upset.

[1][2]

Vs. Florida

Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs
Period 1 2 34Total
Florida 0 10 0010
Georgia 17 16 0033

at Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Date: November 10
  • TV: ABC
  • [3]
Game information

References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=mq6pegT_rlEC&dat=19791014&printsec=frontpage
  2. Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
  3. Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Nov 11. Retrieved 2020-Dec-01.


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