1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1959 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–0 vs. Missouri
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1959 record	10–1 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach	Wally Butts (21st season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium

1959 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Georgia $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 3 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 2 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Alabama	4	–	1	–	2	7	–	2	–	2
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
No. 19 Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 19	Alabama		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 17–13
September 26	Vanderbilt	No. 17	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)		W 21–6
October 3	at No. 16 South Carolina*	No. 13	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)		L 14–30
October 10	Hardin–Simmons*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 35–6
October 17	Mississippi State		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 15–0
October 24	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 14–7
October 31	Florida State*	No. 14	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 42–0
November 7	vs. Florida	No. 11	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Rivalry)		W 21–10
November 14	No. 8 Auburn	No. 12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 14–13
November 28	at Georgia Tech	No. 6	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 21–14
January 1, 1960	vs. No. 18 Missouri*	No. 5	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	CBS	W 14–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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	History 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 2017
National championship seasons in bold

National championships in bold

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