1966 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–9 vs. SMU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (5–0 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorErk Russell (3rd season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (43,621)
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama + 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 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
Vanderbilt 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In 1966, The Bulldogs went 10–1,[1] with wins over seventh-ranked Florida and fifth-ranked Georgia Tech in the regular season and a win over tenth-ranked SMU in the Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of 24–9. Georgia finished as Southeastern Conference (SEC) co-champion with Alabama.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Mississippi State
W 20–1734,000
September 24vs. VMI*
W 43–715,000[2]
October 1at South Carolina*
W 7–031,141
October 8Ole Miss
W 9–345,200
October 14at Miami (FL)*
L 6–741,756
October 22Kentuckydagger
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 27–1545,348
October 29North Carolina*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 28–345,321
November 5vs. No. 7 Florida
W 27–1062,820
November 12at AuburnNo. 9
W 21–1347,000
November 26No. 5 Georgia Tech*No. 7
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivlary)
W 23–1448,782
December 31vs. No. 10 SMU*No. 4
CBSW 24–975,504
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Kirby Moore Jr
TB 24 Kent Lawrence So
FB 41 Brad Johnson
FB 44 Ronnie Jenkins
SE 87 Billy Payne So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 16 Lynn Hughes
DT 76 George Patton Sr
DT 77 Bill Stanfill So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 11 Bob Etter Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
    Injured
  • Redshirt
    Redshirt

Game summaries

At Miami (FL)

See also: 1966 Miami Hurricanes football team


Florida

1 2Total
• Georgia 3 24 27
#7 Florida 10 3 13
Scoring summary
4UGALynn Hughes 39-yard interception return

[3]

Auburn

1 2Total
• Georgia 0 21 21
Auburn 13 0 13

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

[4]

References

  1. ^ "1966 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Georgia looking more and more like SEC title threat". St. Petersburg Times. September 25, 1966. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gators Dumped." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 6.
  4. ^ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Nov 13.
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