1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1966 Georgia Bulldogs football
Cotton Bowl Classic Champions
SEC Co-Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic vs. SMU, W, 24–9
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches #4
AP #4
1966 record 10–1 (5–0 SEC)
Head coach Vince Dooley (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Erk Russell
Home stadium Sanford Stadium (43,621)
1966 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Alabama § 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
#4 Georgia § 6 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1966 college football season. In 1966, The Bulldogs went 10-1, with wins over seventh ranked Florida and fifth ranked Georgia Tech in the regular season, as well as convincingly defeating tenth ranked SMU in the Cotton Bowl by a score of 24-9. Georgia finished as SEC Co-champion with Alabama.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
1966-09-17 at Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS W 20–17   34,000
1966-09-24 vs. VMI* Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA W 43–7   15,000
1966-10-01 at South Carolina* Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 7–0   31,141
1966-10-08 Mississippi Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 9–3   45,200
1966-10-14 at Miami (FL)* Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, FL L 6–7   41,756
1966-10-22 Kentuckydagger Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 27–15   45,348
1966-10-29 North Carolina* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 28–3   45,321
1966-11-05 vs. #7 Florida Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) W 27–10   62,820
1966-11-12 at Auburn #9 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 21–13   47,000
1966-11-26 #5 Georgia Tech* #7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 27–14   48,782
1966-12-31 vs. #10 SMU* #4 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) CBS W 24–9   75,504
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Florida

1 2Total
• Georgia 3 24 27
#7 Florida 10 3 13
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL
  • Game attendance: 62,820

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Auburn

1 2Total
• Georgia 0 21 21
Auburn 13 0 13
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Cliff Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
  • Game attendance: 47,000

Georgia clinched a share of the SEC with the win, rallying in the second half after Auburn scored on its first two possessions.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gators Dumped." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 6.
  2. ↑ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Nov 13.