1973 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1973 Georgia Bulldogs football
Peach Bowl Champions
Peach Bowl vs. Maryland, W, 17-16
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1973 record	7–4–1 ( 3–4 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley
Defensive coordinator	Erk Russell
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (59,200)

1973 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#13 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#19 Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Florida	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Auburn	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
1973-09-15	Pittsburgh*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		T 7–7	52,005
1973-09-22	Clemson*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 31–14	48,280
1973-09-29	#19 NC State*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 31–12	52,700
1973-10-06	at #3 Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		L 14–28	57,790
1973-10-13	Mississippi	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 20–0	57,800
1973-10-20	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		L 14–18	21,500
1973-10-27	Kentucky	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 7–12	54,500
1973-11-03	at #11 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 35–31	70,812
1973-11-10	vs. Florida	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party)	ABC	L 10–11	70,266
1973-11-17	Auburn	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 28–14	59,700
1973-12-01	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 10–3	60,316
1973-12-28	vs. #18 Maryland*	Atlanta Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	Mizlou	W 17–16	38,107
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Source: 1974 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide/Yearbook

Game notes

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clemson	0	7	0	7	14
• Georgia	0	3	14	14	31

Date: September 23
Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA
Game attendance: 48,290

Scoring summary

2		UGA	Leavitt 23-yard field goal	UGA 3-0

2	0:54	CLEM	J. Washington 3-yard run (Burgess kick)	CLEM 7-3

3		UGA	Jackson 4-yard run (Leavitt kick)	UGA 10-7

3		UGA	Harrison 17-yard run (Leavitt kick)	UGA 17-7

4		UGA	Page 1-yard run (Leavitt kick)	UGA 24-7

4		CLEM	Pengitore 15-yard run (Burgess kick)	UGA 24-14

4		UGA	G. Washington 97-yard kickoff return (Leavitt kick)	UGA 31-14

^[1]

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Georgia	7	14	0	14	35
Tennessee	14	0	17	0	31

Date: November 3
Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN
Game attendance: 70,812

Scoring summary

1		TEN	Condredge Holloway 7-yard run (Townsend kick)	TEN 7-0

1		UGA	Jimmy Poulos 9-yard run (Leavitt kick)	Tied 7-7

1		TEN	Steve Chancey 6-yard pass from Condredge Holloway (Townsend kick)	TEN 14-7

2		UGA	King 8-yard run (Leavitt kick)	Tied 14-14

2		UGA	King 1-yard run (Leavitt kick)	UGA 21-14

3		TEN	Townsend 40-yard field goal	UGA 21-17

3		TEN	Eddie Brown 85-yard punt return (Townsend kick)	TEN 24-21

3		TEN	Haskel Stanback 1-yard run (Townsend kick)	TEN 31-21

4	4:27	UGA	Jimmy Poulos 4-yard pass from Andy Johnson (Leavitt kick)	TEN 31-28

4		UGA	Andy Johnson 8-yard run (Leavitt kick)	UGA 35-31

Andy Johnson scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute after Tennessee went for it on a fourth-and-two at their own 28 with 2:32 remaining.^[2]

References

↑ "Freshman Sparks Georgia Victory." Ocala Star-Banner. 1973 Sept 23.
↑ "Vols Gamble and Lose to Georgia." Palm Beach Post. 1973 Nov 4.

Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game

People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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