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Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
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 college 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, 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

1966-09-17at Mississippi State

W 20–1734,000 1966-09-24vs. VMI*

W 43–715,000 1966-10-01at South Carolina*

W 7–031,141 1966-10-08Mississippi

W 9–345,200 1966-10-14at Miami (FL)*

L 6–741,756 1966-10-22Kentuckydagger

  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA

W 27–1545,348 1966-10-29North Carolina*

  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA

W 28–345,321 1966-11-05vs. No. 7 Florida

W 27–1062,820 1966-11-12at AuburnNo. 9

W 21–1347,000 1966-11-26No. 5 Georgia Tech*No. 7

W 27–1448,782 1966-12-31vs. No. 10 SMU*No. 4

CBSW 24–975,504

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: 1967 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide/Yearbook

Game notes

Florida

1 2Total
Georgia 3 24 27
#7 Florida 10 3 13

[2]

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.

[3]

References

  1. ^ "1966 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Gators Dumped." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 6.
  3. ^ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Nov 13.